Arabic audio to text, Fusha and dialects written as spoken
Lectures, lessons, interviews, podcasts and voice notes in Arabic become text with a timestamp on every line. A second AI pass fixes hamza, taa marbuta and common spelling slips, and keeps dialect words as they were said. 30 free minutes every month, then $1 per hour with no subscription.
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Real example
A 70-second recording, transcribed, translated and summarized by TranscriptGo, shown as it appears in your account. Nothing edited.
Programming.mp3
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AI summary
هذا النص عبارة عن شرح لمفهوم لغات البرمجة.
- لغة البرمجة هي طريقة تفاهم بين الإنسان والحاسوب.
- توجد لغات برمجة مختلفة تختلف في عملها وهدفها.
- لغة الآلة هي اللغة الوحيدة التي يفهمها الحاسوب مباشرة، وتتكون من الأصفار والآحاد.
- لغات البرمجة الراقية (مثل C و BASIC) تم ابتكارها كوسيط بين لغة الإنسان ولغة الآلة لتسهيل عملية البرمجة.
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Audio: Programming.ogg, Yousry753 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · excerpt, edited; text from Arabic Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
Upload Arabic audio or video
MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4, MOV or a WhatsApp voice note, up to 120 MB. Choose Arabic, or let auto-detect find it.
Transcribed, then proofread
The whole recording is transcribed with a timestamp on every line, then a second AI pass corrects the spelling. An hour of audio takes about 30 seconds.
Translate and download
Tick “Translate to” for English, or any of 99 languages, shown side by side. Download TXT, Word, SRT or VTT.
What people transcribe in Arabic
Lectures and lessons
Long lectures, lessons and khutbahs become searchable text in about 30 seconds per hour of audio, at $1 per hour instead of paying per minute.
Interviews and research
Transcribe interviews for journalism or research and quote them with timestamps.
Podcasts and YouTube
Get a transcript for show notes and Arabic SRT subtitles that display right to left on YouTube.
Meetings
Upload a Zoom, Teams or Google Meet recording and get the full text and an AI summary.
Arabic to English
Read the English translation line by line next to the Arabic, for family recordings, study or translation work.
Long voice notes
Export a long WhatsApp voice note and read it, search it or translate it.
Fusha or dialect: what to expect
Arabic speech varies more than most languages, so here is what the result looks like before you upload.
- Dialect words stay as spoken
- Egyptian, Gulf, Levantine, Iraqi and other dialect words are written as they were said. The proofreading pass only normalises their spelling and never rewrites them into Fusha.
- Spelling Arabic readers notice
- The proofreading pass restores hamza (ان → أن, الى → إلى), dropped taa marbuta and obvious letter slips, so the text reads like written Arabic.
- Some dialects are harder
- Modern Standard Arabic and widely spoken dialects usually come out cleanest. Moroccan and Algerian Darija is hard for every speech engine, so try a short file with the free minutes first.
- No tashkeel
- The text is standard Arabic without diacritics. Full tashkeel, and checking Quran verses against the mushaf, still need a person.
Everything you need, included
- The whole Arabic recording, with a timestamp on every line
- AI proofreading pass: hamza, taa marbuta and spelling
- Dialect words kept as spoken, English and French words kept
- English translation side by side, or any of 99 languages
- Download as TXT, Word (DOCX), SRT or VTT, right to left
- About 30 seconds per hour of audio
- 30 free minutes every month, then $1 per hour that never expires
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert Arabic audio to text?
Create a free account, open Transcribe, upload your file (MP3, M4A, WAV, a WhatsApp voice note or a video, up to 120 MB) and choose Arabic. Download the text as TXT, Word, SRT or VTT.
Does it work with Egyptian, Gulf, Levantine and Maghrebi dialects?
Yes. Dialect words are written as spoken and only their spelling is normalised. Modern Standard Arabic and widely spoken dialects usually come out cleanest; Moroccan and Algerian Darija is hard for every speech engine, so try 30 free minutes on your own recording first.
Is Arabic transcription free?
Every account gets 30 free minutes every month, with no credit card. After that, prepaid hours cost $1 per hour, sold in blocks of 5 hours, and never expire.
Does it add tashkeel (diacritics)?
No. You get standard Arabic without diacritics, with hamza and taa marbuta corrected. Full tashkeel still needs a person.
Can I translate Arabic audio into English?
Yes. Tick “Translate to” and choose English. The English text appears line by line next to the Arabic, with the same timestamps, and you can download English subtitles or an AI summary too.
Can I make Arabic subtitles (SRT) for YouTube?
Yes. Download an SRT or VTT file with timestamps. Arabic is written right to left in the file and displays correctly on YouTube.
Is it suitable for long lectures, khutbahs and lessons?
Yes for spoken lectures: the whole recording is transcribed in about 30 seconds per hour of audio. For Quran recitation, check the verses against the mushaf.
What about English or French words in the speech?
They are kept exactly as spoken, not translated or dropped.
Try it on your own recording
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