Amharic transcription
Amharic transcription works on any recording you drop here, from a phone voice note to a long video, and returns the Amharic as text.
Transcription is free within your daily minutes
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Amharic transcription is rough here, and we'd rather say so before you drop a file. Expect most lines to need correcting, and some to need writing again from the recording. The text comes back in Ge'ez script, the Fidel alphabet Amharic is written in across Ethiopia.
Questions
Does it translate Amharic into English?
Yes, on translate audio to English, but expect rough English. This page keeps the text in Amharic.
How long can the recording be?
Up to 90 minutes, in a file under 95 MB. Try a short clip first to judge whether the result is useful to you.
Which script does it write in?
Ge'ez script, also called Fidel, as Amharic is normally written.
Is it free?
Yes, 90 minutes a day with no account.
About Amharic recordings
- Script
- Ge'ez script (Fidel), written left to right; each character is a syllable.
- Spoken in
- Ethiopia, where it is a working language of the federal government.
- Subtitle tip
- Ge'ez subtitles need a UTF-8 file and a font that has Ge'ez letters.