Accidental Tech Podcast · Thursday, August 6, 2026
John Gruber reported that Overcast has added a basic transcript search feature to its test flight build. He confirmed that the feature works and will be coming to the App Store soon. Marco Arment later confirmed this feature as one he has wanted for a long time.
“I complained about a feature that I wanted to have in Overcast, and I went on vacation, and then I came back and it's in Overcast. The system works.”
“In uh, Overcast test flight build 1169. Uh, there is now basic transcript search, which I wanted. And I tried it and it works and yay.”
“the other thing is that, uh, the thing that I've been working on, which is almost done, I think, is the basic transcript search. Which is a feature that I've wanted for ages.”