Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Listening-material-with-transcript

Free Audio Resources with Transcripts

Hi Polyglots! 😊

This is a list of listening materials offering free access to full transcripts of most episodes without registration. Language not being taught must be minimal in the audio. No mainstream media.

If you have material without transcripts, you can try speech recognition with Google or IBM, mentioned HERE. They are not always reliable so you have to spot the SR engine's mistakes from time to time.

Being able to use SR doesn't mean that every material suits you. You need to find materials that meet your vocabulary level and grammar skill, otherwise you would be frustrated.

Similarly, if you have written material without audio, you can use text-to-speech.

You can find the podcasts with programs mentioned HERE.

If the website has no download button for the audio, then you can right-click and select “View page source” (Firefox), find “.mp3” or other audio extensions in the page, copy the URL and paste into a new tab. Go to it, then you can right-click on the play bar and download it.

In addition, if you want to find listening materials with daily colloquial language, you can go to THERE and find Slice of life, where some video channels have embedded subtitles in the videos.

Podcasts marked with [PL] means its content is under public license.

In progress.

Multiple languages

• Duolingo Podcast https://podcast.duolingo.com/
• Happy Scribe Public https://www.happyscribe.com/public
• Learn Irish & other languages with daily podcasts https://lmknjb.com/blog/
• Ochenta https://ochentastudio.com/ochenta-originals

Arabic

North Levantine Arabic

• Real Arabic https://realarabic.weebly.com/podcast.html, https://realarabic.weebly.com/podcast-transcripts

Chinese

Mandarin Chinese

• Learn Taiwanese Mandarin https://lear-taiwanese-mandarin.webnode.tw/%e9%9f%b3%e9%a0%bb/
• Mandarin Bean https://mandarinbean.com/all-lessons/
• Talk Taiwanese Mandarin with Abby https://talktaiwanesemandarin.wordpress.com/
• Texas Mandarin https://anchor.fm/texasmandarin
• 慢速中文 Slow Chinese https://kitchenknif.github.io/SlowChinese/ [PL]
• 還可中文 Haike Mandarin https://haikemandarintw.blogspot.com/

Yue Chinese

• 冚唪唥粵文 https://hambaanglaang.hk/ [PL]

Czech

• Czech Progress https://www.czechprogress.com/podcast
• Slowczech https://www.slowczech.com/category/audio/

Dutch

• Learn Dutch with The Dutch Online Academy https://thedutchonlineacademy.com/podcast

English

• AMAR https://www.amar-foundation.org/podcasting/
• American English Pronunciation Podcast https://pronuncian.com/podcasts
• Better at English https://www.betteratenglish.com/
• British Concil Podcast https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/podcasts
• Easy Stories in English https://easystoriesinenglish.com/
• English in 10 Minutes https://englishin10minutes.com/category/podcast-episodes/
• English Listening Lesson Library Online https://www.elllo.org/
• Learn English Through Listening https://adeptenglish.com/lessons/
• Learn English Vocabulary https://learnenglishvocabulary.co.uk/
• Luke's ENGLISH Podcast https://teacherluke.co.uk/archive-of-episodes-1-149/
• Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab https://www.esl-lab.com/
• Slow American English https://slowamericanenglish.blubrry.net/
• Speak English Podcast https://speakenglishpodcast.com/podcast/
• Storynory https://www.storynory.com/
• Spotlight English https://spotlightenglish.com/
• The Allusionist https://www.theallusionist.org/
• The Business – Podcasts https://www.businessenglishonline.net/resources/podcasts/
• The Penumbra Podcast https://www.thepenumbrapodcast.com/
• Unexpected English! https://anchor.fm/eccomi/episodes/The-Salt-Cave-American-English-Listening-e1hc5tl

Esperanto

• Esperanta Retradio https://esperantaretradio.blogspot.com/
• uea.facila https://uea.facila.org/

French

• Beaulieu Slow French https://beaulieuslowfrench.wordpress.com/
• Français Authentique https://www.francaisauthentique.com/podcasts/
• FrancaisFacile https://www.podcastfrancaisfacile.com/
• France Bienvenue https://francebienvenue1.fr/
• French Through Stories https://anchor.fm/french-through-stories
• Parle français - Le podcast Fluidité https://podcast.lefranchute.com/

German

• DaZPod http://blog.dazpod.de/
• Deutsch lernen durch Hören https://www.einfachdeutschlernen.com/
• deutsch-to-go.de https://www.deutsch-to-go.de/
• Learn German Today https://learngermantodaypodcast.wordpress.com/exercises-texts-solutions/
• Radio D https://www.goethe.de/de/m/spr/ueb/rod.html
• Slow German https://slowgerman.com/
• student.stories http://www.studentstories.de/index.html
• The Authentic German Learning Podcast https://www.authenticgermanlearning.com/german-podcast/
• vorleser.net https://www.vorleser.net/

Hungarian

• Let's Learn Hungarian! https://letslearnhungarian.net/audiolessons/

Indonesian

• Speak indo podcast https://speakindo.life/

Italian

• 5 Minute Italian http://joyoflanguages.com/italianpodcast/
• Arkos Academy https://www.arkosacademy.com/category/podcast/
• OnlineItalianClub.com https://onlineitalianclub.com/index-of-italian-listening-comprehension-exercises/
• Podcast Italiano https://podcastitaliano.com/benvenuti/
• Radio Arlecchino https://www.coerll.utexas.edu/ra/sitemap.php [PL]

Japanese

• 4989 American Life Podcast https://www.4989americanlife.com/, https://www.4989americanlife.com/blog
• Haru no Nihongo https://www.haru-no-nihongo.com/podcast
• Japanese with Noriko https://www.japanesewithnoriko.com/
• JLPT Stories https://jlptstories.com/
• Learn Japanese Pod https://learnjapanesepod.com/
• Learn Japanese with Manga/Naoto https://www.learn-japanese-with-manga.com/blog
• LTJ https://ruby-s.net/script/
• News in Slow Japanese https://newsinslowjapanese.com/
• Nihongo SWiTCH https://nihongoswitch.com/
• SAKURA TIPS https://sakuratips.com/category/pod-cast/
• Yuru Talk https://yurutalk.substack.com/?no_cover=true
• にほんごザッツ☆談 https://nihongothatsdan.com/

Korean

• Korean NewYorker https://koreannewyorker.wordpress.com/ [PL]
• Intermediate Korean https://intermediatekorean.podbean.com/
• 뭐말영 https://anchor.fm/juliasse

Norwegian

Norwegian Bokmål

• norskpodden https://norskbloggen.no/

Polish

• HelloPolish! https://www.hellopolish.pl/

Portuguese

• Língua da Gente - Portuguese Podcast: Lessons https://linguadagente.coerll.utexas.edu/
• Portuguese from Portugal https://www.portuguesefromportugal.com/articles
• Portuguese With Carla https://portuguesewithcarla.com/category/podcast/
• Portuguese With Leo https://www.portuguesewithleo.com/episodes
• Say it in Portuguese https://sayitinportuguese.pt/site/index.php/podcast

Russian

• Next Level Russian https://nextlevelrussian.com/transcripts/
• Very Much Russian https://verymuchrussian.com/russian-podcast/

Spanish

• Audiria https://www.audiria.com/
• Español con Juan https://1001reasonstolearnspanish.com/podcasts/
• Español Podcast / Spanishpodcast https://www.spanishpodcast.org/podcasts/
• Radio Ambulante https://radioambulante.org/category/audio/episodios
• Se Habla Español https://www.quincetc.es/audios
• Simple Stories in Spanish https://smalltownspanishteacher.com/category/spanish_videos/simple-stories-spanish/
• SpanishPodcast https://www.spanishpodcast.net/blog/
• The Unlimited Spanish Podcast https://unlimitedspanish.com/podcasts/

Swedish

• Learn Swedish for free with Say It In Swedish https://www.sayitinswedish.com/course/beginner

Thai

• You too can learn Thai http://youtoocanlearnthai.com/?page_id=31

Turkish

• Learn Turkish-Intermediate- Turkish Coffee Podcast http://learnturkishwithturkishcoffee.com/my-podcast-transcripts-2/

Vietnamese

• Your Vietnamese Tutor https://anchor.fm/yourvietnamesetutor