diff --git a/model/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/model/feed/FeedItem.java b/model/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/model/feed/FeedItem.java
index bc95dc85f..0f5a3f4bb 100644
--- a/model/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/model/feed/FeedItem.java
+++ b/model/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/model/feed/FeedItem.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public class FeedItem implements Serializable {
     private String podcastIndexChapterUrl;
     private String podcastIndexTranscriptUrl;
     private String podcastIndexTranscriptType;
+    private String podcastIndexTranscriptText;
 
     private int state;
     public static final int NEW = -1;
@@ -462,6 +463,14 @@ public class FeedItem implements Serializable {
         }
     }
 
+    public String getPodcastIndexTranscriptText() {
+        return podcastIndexTranscriptText;
+    }
+
+    public String setPodcastIndexTranscriptText(String str) {
+        return podcastIndexTranscriptText = str;
+    }
+
     @NonNull
     @Override
     public String toString() {
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/model/feed/FeedMedia.java b/model/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/model/feed/FeedMedia.java
index 02c221611..76a891c15 100644
--- a/model/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/model/feed/FeedMedia.java
+++ b/model/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/model/feed/FeedMedia.java
@@ -513,4 +513,11 @@ public class FeedMedia implements Playable {
         }
         return super.equals(o);
     }
+
+    public String getTranscriptFileUrl() {
+        if (getLocalFileUrl() == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return getLocalFileUrl() + ".transcript";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/net/download/service/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/net/download/service/episode/MediaDownloadedHandler.java b/net/download/service/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/net/download/service/episode/MediaDownloadedHandler.java
index cf9ec17e1..b856d1b67 100644
--- a/net/download/service/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/net/download/service/episode/MediaDownloadedHandler.java
+++ b/net/download/service/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/net/download/service/episode/MediaDownloadedHandler.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import de.danoeh.antennapod.model.MediaMetadataRetrieverCompat;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.model.feed.Feed;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.net.sync.serviceinterface.SynchronizationQueueSink;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.ui.chapters.ChapterUtils;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.ui.chapters.PodcastIndexTranscriptUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.greenrobot.eventbus.EventBus;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -64,6 +66,15 @@ public class MediaDownloadedHandler implements Runnable {
             if (media.getItem() != null && media.getItem().getPodcastIndexChapterUrl() != null) {
                 ChapterUtils.loadChaptersFromUrl(media.getItem().getPodcastIndexChapterUrl(), false);
             }
+            FeedItem item = media.getItem();
+            if (item != null && item.getPodcastIndexTranscriptUrl() != null) {
+                String transcript = PodcastIndexTranscriptUtils.loadTranscriptFromUrl(
+                        item.getPodcastIndexTranscriptType(), item.getPodcastIndexTranscriptUrl(), false);
+                if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(transcript)) {
+                    item.setPodcastIndexTranscriptText(transcript);
+                    PodcastIndexTranscriptUtils.storeTranscript(media, transcript);
+                }
+            }
         } catch (InterruptedIOException ignore) {
             // Ignore
         }
diff --git a/storage/database/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/storage/database/DBWriter.java b/storage/database/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/storage/database/DBWriter.java
index 11e1ad751..2106eae39 100644
--- a/storage/database/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/storage/database/DBWriter.java
+++ b/storage/database/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/storage/database/DBWriter.java
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ public class DBWriter {
             media.setLocalFileUrl(null);
             localDelete = true;
         } else if (media.getLocalFileUrl() != null) {
+            // delete transcript file before the media file because the fileurl is needed
+            if (media.getTranscriptFileUrl() != null) {
+                File transcriptFile = new File(media.getTranscriptFileUrl());
+                if (transcriptFile.exists() && !transcriptFile.delete()) {
+                    Log.d(TAG, "Deletion of transcript file failed.");
+                }
+            }
+
             // delete downloaded media file
             File mediaFile = new File(media.getLocalFileUrl());
             if (mediaFile.exists() && !mediaFile.delete()) {
diff --git a/ui/chapters/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/ui/chapters/PodcastIndexTranscriptUtils.java b/ui/chapters/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/ui/chapters/PodcastIndexTranscriptUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9add3db23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/chapters/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/ui/chapters/PodcastIndexTranscriptUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package de.danoeh.antennapod.ui.chapters;
+
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.model.feed.FeedMedia;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.net.common.AntennapodHttpClient;
+import okhttp3.Request;
+import okhttp3.Response;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+
+public class PodcastIndexTranscriptUtils {
+
+    private static final String TAG = "PodcastIndexTranscript";
+
+    public static String loadTranscriptFromUrl(String type, String url, boolean forceRefresh) {
+        StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
+        Response response = null;
+        try {
+            Log.d(TAG, "Downloading transcript URL " + url.toString());
+            Request request = new Request.Builder().url(url).build();
+            response = AntennapodHttpClient.getHttpClient().newCall(request).execute();
+            if (response.isSuccessful() && response.body() != null) {
+                str.append(response.body().string());
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            if (response != null) {
+                response.close();
+            }
+        }
+        return str.toString();
+    }
+
+    public static void storeTranscript(FeedMedia media, String transcript) {
+        File transcriptFile = new File(media.getTranscriptFileUrl());
+        FileOutputStream ostream = null;
+        try {
+            if (!transcriptFile.exists() && transcriptFile.createNewFile()) {
+                ostream = new FileOutputStream(transcriptFile);
+                ostream.write(transcript.getBytes(Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
+                ostream.close();
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            IOUtils.closeQuietly(ostream);
+        }
+    }
+}