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Product20 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

How to import a podcast into Yomidori

Add any Japanese podcast with a public RSS feed to your shelf, listen free, and transcribe the episodes you want to read along with. Here's how.

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The Yomidori team

Add a podcast to Yomidori and it becomes a show on your shelf. Every episode streams free from the creator's own source, on every plan. When you want to read while you listen, transcribe an episode: Yomidori turns it into a transcript synced to the audio, sentence by sentence. Tap a word to gloss it, save it, and it joins your review queue with the sentence it came from.

What you need

A podcast's RSS feed URL. Most shows publish one; it usually ends in something like /feed or /rss. If a recommendation post here has an Open in Yomidori button, the feed is already filled in for you, so just tap it.

The steps

  1. Open Yomidori, tap Import and choose Add a podcast.
  2. Paste the RSS feed URL and tap Find the podcast.
  3. Check it's the right show, then tap Add to shelf.
  4. Open the show and play any episode. Listening is free.
  5. To read along, tap Transcribe on an episode. It runs in the background and you'll get a notification when the transcript is ready.
Tip

Transcription is part of Premium, with a monthly allowance of minutes. An episode someone else has already transcribed usually doesn't use any of yours.

Finding good feeds

Not sure where to start? Our Recommendations are all shows with public feeds that sit at a sensible level for learners. Each one has a one-tap button that opens it in the app.

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