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What This Solves

Aelano’s search is not only about finding things in your library — it puts searching your library and finding new content behind the same entry point. You can search the transcripts you already imported and, at the same time, search across all of Aelano, YouTube, and podcasts everywhere for channels, then import whatever you like straight from the results.

Situations where this helps:

  • You want to listen to a particular episode again but forgot what it was called or which folder it is in
  • You want a new channel to study but do not know its name or which platform it is on
  • You have heard the name of a foreign-language podcast (recommended by a friend, say) and want to find it
  • You know the name of a YouTube channel and want to see whether it is on Aelano, and import it if it is not

Aelano’s bottom navigation bar has a “Discover” entry that includes search. You can also go straight there from the search icon on the Home page.

Once search is open, there is an input box at the top and four filter tabs below it.

Four Search Scopes

After you type a keyword, switch between the filter tabs to decide what you are searching:

Content sources

Searches content sources across all of Aelano — the ones you subscribed to, the ones other users subscribed to, and the ones featured on the Discover page. When you find a content source you like, one tap subscribes it into your own library.

Good for: you are looking for a particular podcast or channel whose name you have heard, but you do not know whether anyone on Aelano has subscribed to it.

Transcripts

Searches every episode already transcribed in your own library (titles, sources, and possibly excerpts of the content). Good for: you want to listen to an episode again but forgot which folder it is in or which channel it came from.

YouTube

Searches YouTube directly for channels and playlists (not individual videos). When you find a channel you like, you can import it straight from the search results as an Aelano subscription, without going back to YouTube to copy the link.

Good for: you want to follow a YouTube channel long term but have not subscribed to it in Aelano yet.

Podcasts

Searches podcast shows everywhere (the Apple Podcasts index plus RSS). Any podcast you find can be subscribed into Aelano directly.

Good for: you have heard the name of a podcast and want to see which platform it is on and whether you can study it in Aelano.

How to Use It

1. Type a keyword

Go to the search page and type a keyword into the input box at the top. It can be a channel name, a podcast name, an episode title, or a fragment of content you remember (for example, “BBC News”, “daily japanese”, “the episode about the environment”).

2. Switch the search scope

The four tabs below let you switch. The default is “Content sources”. To find something you already imported, switch to “Transcripts”. To find something new, switch to “YouTube” or “Podcasts”.

3. Tap a result

  • A transcript in your library → opens the player directly
  • A content source on Aelano → opens the content source detail page, where you can subscribe
  • A YouTube channel or playlist → shows an “Import channel” or “Import playlist” button, and one tap subscribes it
  • A podcast → shows an “Import podcast” button, and one tap subscribes it

A Few Practical Tips

  • Keep keywords short: search engines all prefer short keywords. “BBC News” works better than “BBC News Today Latest Episode”.
  • Not sure whether it is a podcast or on YouTube? Search both: a lot of content is published on several platforms at once. The results tell you which platform it is on and which one is more convenient to subscribe to.
  • The YouTube tab searches channels, not videos: the “YouTube” filter searches channels and playlists, not individual videos. To find a single video, it is better to copy the link in YouTube and use Import from a Link.
  • Use the “Transcripts” filter to find things in your library: the default “Content sources” filter searches the whole platform, which returns too many results if your library is large. When you specifically want something you imported, switch to “Transcripts”.

Common Questions

Why does searching “Content sources” show content other people subscribed to?

Content sources on Aelano are a shared abstraction — content sources other people subscribed to can also show up in your search results. The upside is that you can discover good content other people are already studying. Once you subscribe, that content source goes into your own library, and the two do not affect each other.

Is content in the search results transcribed automatically?

No. The content sources, channels, and podcasts you find do not consume any of your transcription points until you open an episode to study it. Only when you actually start studying an episode is that episode transcribed.

Why can I not find something I just imported?

Content that was just imported and is still transcribing does not appear in search results immediately. Try again once transcription finishes (and it plays normally in your library).

Does the “Transcripts” filter search the text inside subtitles?

It searches titles, sources, and show information. Searching the text of the subtitles themselves is a finer-grained “search within an episode”: there is currently an episode-level search inside the player (on the player screen), and full-text search across all your transcripts is still being worked on.

Why can I not find a podcast?

The podcast may not have a public RSS feed, or it may be a Spotify exclusive (exclusive podcasts cannot be imported). Try searching under the “YouTube” filter as well — some podcasts are published on YouTube at the same time.

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