Hausa transcription
Hausa transcription works on any recording you drop here, from a phone voice note to a long video, and returns the Hausa as text.
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Hausa transcription is available for recordings from Nigeria, Niger and across West Africa, but accuracy for Hausa is low, so expect to fix much of the text. The draft comes back in Latin letters, the alphabet Hausa is usually written in today. It's most useful for getting a long recording onto the page, which you then correct while listening.
Questions
Can I get Hausa subtitles from a video?
Yes. Download SRT or VTT from the transcript page, then correct the lines in the subtitle editor.
Does it translate Hausa into English?
It can, on translate audio to English, but expect the English to need checking as closely as the Hausa. This page keeps the text in Hausa.
Is it free?
Yes: 90 minutes a day, with no account.
My recording mixes Hausa and English. Will that work?
Use audio to text instead, which works out the language for itself. This page expects Hausa throughout.
About Hausa recordings
- Script
- Latin alphabet (Boko), written left to right, with hooked letters such as ɓ, ɗ and ƙ.
- Spoken in
- Northern Nigeria and Niger, and as a trade language across West Africa.
- Subtitle tip
- Hooked letters such as ɓ, ɗ and ƙ need a UTF-8 subtitle file and a font that has them.