Cantonese transcription
Cantonese transcription works on any recording you drop here, from a phone voice note to a long video, and returns the Cantonese as text.
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Cantonese transcription returns the speech in Chinese characters, for recordings from Hong Kong, Guangdong or anywhere else Cantonese is spoken. Check the text against the recording before you use it. For Mandarin, use Chinese transcription instead.
Questions
Which script does it write in?
Chinese characters. We can't promise Traditional characters, as Hong Kong writes them, rather than Simplified, so check before you publish.
My recording mixes Cantonese and English. Will that work?
Use audio to text for a mixed recording. It works out the language for itself, where this page expects Cantonese all the way through.
Does it translate Cantonese into English?
Yes: translate audio to English. Check the English against the recording before you rely on it. This page keeps the text in Cantonese.
Is it free?
Yes: 90 minutes a day, with no account.
About Cantonese recordings
- Script
- Chinese characters, mostly Traditional, written left to right, with some characters used only in written Cantonese.
- Spoken in
- Hong Kong, Macau and the Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Chinese communities abroad.
- Subtitle tip
- Cantonese subtitle lines are usually kept to about 16 characters.