Study Japanese using transcripts, vocabulary lists and games with friends
About Bilingual News: Transcripts
Bilingual News: Transcripts is an education app developed by バイリンガルニュース.
Download Statistics
Bilingual News: Transcripts has been downloaded 51 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 100 times.
User Ratings
Bilingual News: Transcripts is rated 2.57 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 150 ratings.
App Information
Bilingual News: Transcripts is FREE to download. The APK download size is 27.08 MB. The latest version available is 2.0.38. The last update was on February 24, 2026.
Technical Requirements
Bilingual News: Transcripts requires Android 4.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Medium Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play February 2015.
Description
Official transcripts application for the Bilingual News podcast.
Listeners are able to use transcripts while listening along with the podcast to study Japanese or English. Using the app, you can look up and learn words you don't know, create your own vocabulary lists, take notes and learn with friends.
[Bilingual News]
Bilingual News is a podcast covering world news with occasional guest appearances. It is conducted in a mixture of English and Japanese. The podcast audio is available for free and without ads on iTunes and the Google Podcast app.
[Free Content]
Transcripts for episodes 1-3 are also available for free.
[Cloud/Archive]
The Cloud page contains all available transcripts. All transcripts hosted on the Cloud are accessible to subscribed users.
The Archive tab contains all transcripts individually purchased by the user.
[Essay Tab]
The Essays tab is an active list of original essay content considering a wide range of subjects. The essays feature partial translations and vocabulary lists intended to assist the reader.
[Dictionary Function]
Users can look up the definition of a word within a transcript by highlighting it and tapping "Define"（辞書）.
[Self-Test Function]
This feature presents vocabulary to the user in a flash card style format. A character on the screen will evolve as the user progresses and learns new words.
Add words to the Word List（単語リスト) by highlight a word within a transcript and tapping "Add"（追加）.
[Notes Function]
Users are able to take notes on the Notes page, easily accessible from any transcript by swiping right.
[Word Lists]
Multiple word lists can be created with customs definitions and used in the Self-Test feature.
[Transcription Repair]
In the event that a transcript document does not display properly, this feature attempts to correct the problem by re-downloading the document.
[Print]
Print transcripts by tapping "Print" in the top right of any transcript document.
[Transcript Subscription]
All transcripts and essays are accessible via a ¥240/month subscription. The auto-renewing payment will be made via your iTunes account unless disabled a day before the end of the subscription period. Users are able to unsubscribe within the Account Settings menu.
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Comments on Bilingual News: Transcripts for Android
★★★★☆Plamena Koleva· Jun 29, 2020
While I love the podcasts and have been listening to them for years, I have had trouble with this app more than once. There have been multiple occasions where the transcripts just won't open. It would give me a different error like "episode not available" or "damaged or invalid PDF" which is disappointing considering I'm paying a monthly subscription fee and wish to be able to access the files whenever I please, and not whenever the app decides it will allow me to. Still love Mami and Michael.
★★★★☆Caitlin B· Aug 25, 2020
Love the podcast and happy the transcripts are here! I have trouble looking up words in the transcript mode which has been discouraging. I've figured out how, but the translation screen is a bit confusing with the mix of results. Would also really appreciate the reading included for kanji there! Thanks for all you do.
★★☆☆☆Stefan Pröll-大石· Mar 3, 2016
The Podcast is great the app not Scrolling and reading the texts is awful (you know the thing you would need an app for). Selecting single words for saving them to a note doesn't work at all. In addition, you can't export your saved words, so there isn't really much of a point of doing it the first place. In short, you would be better off with a simple PDF, an Excel or csv file for vocabulary would also go a long way.
★☆☆☆☆Matthew Knowles· Sep 28, 2018
Freezes on a loading screen after rejecting permissions to make and manage phone calls and SMS messages. Why was it asking for these permissions?
★☆☆☆☆Piotr Kira· Jun 21, 2017
I bought subscription and transcriptions aren't available to download, I get all the time notification "episode not available" Please help me!!!
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