Transcribe Swahili YouTube videos to text
Paste a link to any Swahili YouTube video and get a clean, readable transcript with speakers and timestamps.
00:00Speaker 1: Habari na karibu. Leo tunazungumzia jinsi usemi unavyogeuka kuwa maandishi.
“Hello and welcome. Today we're talking about how speech turns into text.”
How it works
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Paste a YouTube link
Copy the address of any public YouTube video and paste it in the box. Have the file? Upload it instead.
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Choose the language
Leave it on auto-detect or pick the spoken language of the video.
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Download the transcript
Read it on the page, copy it, or download TXT, MD, SRT or VTT.
About transcribing Swahili videos
Swahili is a lingua franca across East Africa and often mixes with English in Kenya and Tanzania.
Swahili is spoken in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and DR Congo. Transcripts are written in the Latin script, with punctuation and paragraphs added automatically.
Frequently asked questions
Does it work with Swahili YouTube videos that have no captions?
Yes. The audio of the video is transcribed directly, so it works whether or not the video has Swahili captions.
How do I add Swahili captions to my own YouTube video?
Download the SRT file from the result page, then in YouTube Studio open the video, go to Subtitles, choose Swahili, and upload the file.
Can it transcribe Swahili mixed with English?
Yes. Mixed-language speech is detected automatically, so recordings where speakers switch between Swahili and English are transcribed in the right language word by word.
Which script is the Swahili transcript written in?
Transcripts are written in the Latin script, with punctuation and paragraphs added automatically.
How much does Swahili transcription cost?
1 credit per minute of audio, with free minutes for new accounts and credit packs from $1. No subscription.
Which file formats are supported?
Almost any audio or video file: MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, OPUS, FLAC, WEBM, MP4, MOV, MKV and more, up to 500 MB and 5 hours.
What happens to my files?
Your upload is deleted from processing storage as soon as the transcript is ready. The transcript stays in your account until you delete it.
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