Full transcript sounds appealing, but is it really what people want? For all signals I've got so far, there's not strong use case for podcast transcript.
It may be more realistic to ask podcasters to provide good show notes, instead of full transcripts. All important things (wikipedia entries, guests background, places mentioned, ...) should be in show notes. Listeners may be interested to contribute to show notes, which is lightweight enough to produce.
My downfall is remembering a sentence or two but having no idea which of the approximately 20 podcasts I listen to the content came from. There are sometimes guests who are on multiple podcasts, overlapping topics, etc.
That's a good point I hadn't considered. Personally I don't consume show notes, but perhaps reading those would help me out overall.
It may be more realistic to ask podcasters to provide good show notes, instead of full transcripts. All important things (wikipedia entries, guests background, places mentioned, ...) should be in show notes. Listeners may be interested to contribute to show notes, which is lightweight enough to produce.