> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.particle.pro/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get word-level transcript > Returns the word-level timestamped transcript for a podcast episode. Use start/end to extract a time range, limit/cursor to paginate (defaults to all words), and exclude_spacing=true to drop the inter-word whitespace tokens that NLP/LLM consumers don't need. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.json get /v1/podcasts/episodes/{id}/transcript/words openapi: 3.1.0 info: description: Public API for Particle — news intelligence, financial data, and analysis. title: Particle API version: 0.1.0 servers: - url: https://api.particle.pro security: - ApiKeyHeader: [] - BearerAuth: [] paths: /v1/podcasts/episodes/{id}/transcript/words: get: tags: - Podcast Transcripts - tier:standard summary: Get word-level transcript description: >- Returns the word-level timestamped transcript for a podcast episode. Use start/end to extract a time range, limit/cursor to paginate (defaults to all words), and exclude_spacing=true to drop the inter-word whitespace tokens that NLP/LLM consumers don't need. operationId: get-episode-word-transcript parameters: - description: Episode slug or ID in: path name: id required: true schema: description: Episode slug or ID type: string - description: Start time in seconds explode: false in: query name: start schema: description: Start time in seconds format: double type: number - description: End time in seconds explode: false in: query name: end schema: description: End time in seconds format: double type: number - description: Max words per page. Omit to return all matching words. explode: false in: query name: limit schema: description: Max words per page. Omit to return all matching words. format: int64 maximum: 5000 minimum: 1 type: integer - description: Opaque pagination cursor from a previous response. explode: false in: query name: cursor schema: description: Opaque pagination cursor from a previous response. type: string - description: >- Drop type:"spacing" tokens (whitespace between words). Pass true for NLP, search, and LLM consumption — roughly halves the payload. Leave false for caption/karaoke rendering where inter-word timing matters. explode: false in: query name: exclude_spacing schema: description: >- Drop type:"spacing" tokens (whitespace between words). Pass true for NLP, search, and LLM consumption — roughly halves the payload. Leave false for caption/karaoke rendering where inter-word timing matters. type: boolean responses: '200': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WordTranscriptResponse' description: OK default: content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlatformError' description: Error x-codeSamples: - label: cURL lang: curl source: |- curl -H "X-API-Key: $PARTICLE_API_KEY" \ "https://api.particle.pro/v1/podcasts/episodes/{id}/transcript/words" components: schemas: WordTranscriptResponse: additionalProperties: false properties: cursor: description: Pass to next request for more results type: string episode_id: description: Parent episode ID type: string has_more: description: Whether more words exist beyond this page type: boolean language: description: Transcript language code type: string words: description: Word-level timestamped transcript items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TranscriptWord' type: - array - 'null' required: - episode_id - words - has_more type: object PlatformError: additionalProperties: false properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. examples: - Property foo is required but is missing. type: string error_code: type: string errors: description: Optional list of individual error details items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDetail' type: - array - 'null' instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. examples: - https://example.com/error-log/abc123 format: uri type: string resolve: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResolve' status: description: HTTP status code examples: - 400 format: int64 type: integer title: description: >- A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. This value should not change between occurrences of the error. examples: - Bad Request type: string type: default: about:blank description: A URI reference to human-readable documentation for the error. examples: - https://example.com/errors/example format: uri type: string type: object TranscriptWord: additionalProperties: false properties: end_seconds: description: End time in seconds format: double type: number speaker: description: Speaker name or ID type: string start_seconds: description: Start time in seconds format: double type: number text: description: Word text type: string type: description: 'Token type: word, spacing, audio_event' type: string required: - text - start_seconds - end_seconds type: object ErrorDetail: additionalProperties: false properties: location: description: >- Where the error occurred, e.g. 'body.items[3].tags' or 'path.thing-id' type: string message: description: Error message text type: string value: description: The value at the given location type: object ErrorResolve: additionalProperties: false properties: action: type: string endpoint: type: string message: type: string method: type: string url: type: string required: - message type: object securitySchemes: ApiKeyHeader: description: Pass your API key in the X-API-Key header (recommended). in: header name: X-API-Key type: apiKey BearerAuth: description: Pass your API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. scheme: bearer type: http ````