Somali transcription
Somali transcription for your audio and video files: drop the recording and the Somali comes back as text or timed subtitles.
Transcription is free within your daily minutes
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Somali transcription is available here, but accuracy for Somali is low, so expect to correct a lot of the text. Somali is written in Latin letters, and the draft comes back that way. Use it to get a long recording started, then fix it while you listen.
Questions
Is it free?
Yes, 90 minutes a day and no account.
Does it translate Somali into English?
It will try, on translate audio to English. With accuracy this low, check the English as closely as you would the Somali. This page keeps the text in Somali.
How long can the recording be?
Up to 90 minutes, in a file under 95 MB.
Can I get Somali subtitles from a video?
Yes. Download SRT or VTT from the transcript page, and correct the lines in the subtitle editor.
About Somali recordings
- Script
- Latin alphabet, written left to right, with doubled vowels for long sounds.
- Spoken in
- Somalia, Djibouti, eastern Ethiopia and north-eastern Kenya.
- Subtitle tip
- Subtitle lines in the Latin alphabet are usually kept to about 42 characters, two lines at most.