Multilingual transcription

Upload the recording, record it in your browser or paste a YouTube or Vimeo link, and leave the language on Detect automatically. Every speaker gets a label and every word its time, usually a few minutes after you upload. To give your team one language, translate the transcript and read both side by side.

Leave the language on Detect automatically, whether people take turns in two languages or mix them. It detects the language, even when someone switches mid‑sentence. Lines carry no language label, so in a bilingual interview, check names and numbers where the language changes: click a word to hear it.

99+ languages, from Afrikaans to Zulu, detected automatically, or pick one before you transcribe. The full list is on this page. You can translate into 99+ languages too, but the lists differ a little: a Zulu or Irish recording can be translated into English, though neither is a translation target.

It depends on the language and the recording, so we don't quote an accuracy number. Strong accents, crosstalk and background noise can lower accuracy in any language. Pick the language when the whole recording is in one language, add names to custom vocabulary, and check quotes by ear: click a word to hear that moment, or slow the audio down.

Every line keeps its speaker name and time, beside the original, while the recording plays. It uses your corrected transcript. Pick a formal or informal tone and natural or literal idioms, correct any translated line, share it by link and download TXT, SRT or VTT. More on how to translate audio.

Yes. Translate the transcript, then download the translation as SRT or VTT: one caption per transcript line, with its times and no speaker name. Line and caption length settings work on the original's subtitles only, so split long captions before you publish. The translation's TXT keeps the speaker names.

Some transcribe audio files, with limits. One popular assistant takes audio files up to 512 MB, for subscribers only, and its help center warns that speaker identification may be unreliable and results may vary by language. Another takes up to 10 min of audio on its free tier. Neither says how it handles two languages in one recording (checked 12 October 2026). PrismaScribe labels every speaker, times every word and translates side by side.

It can write down speech as it hears it. The translator apps we checked listen through the microphone and translate as people talk, and some let you save that text. Their help pages don't describe opening a recording you already have (checked 12 October 2026). PrismaScribe opens a recording you already have, from a file or a link, labels every speaker and times every word, in 99+ languages.

No. The transcript and the translation are automatic, and no person reviews them. For a court, an immigration office or another official use, you'll need a certified translator, and a transcript and translation help you prepare. For quotes you publish, check each line against the audio, or have a translator review it.

Your recordings and transcripts are encrypted in transit and at rest, visible only to you and the people you share them with, and never used to train AI models. They're kept until you delete them. PrismaScribe doesn't anonymize automatically: rename each participant to a code such as Participant 3, edit out names said aloud before you translate, and check your institution's rules on participant data before you upload.

Yes, a short recording. Free transcribes the first 15 min of each file, 15 min a day and 30 min a month, with no card. It includes 20,000 translation characters a month, about 20 min of English speech. On the web, a longer upload becomes a 15 min preview. Top‑up hours, which never expire, transcribe a full interview; translating all of it needs a paid plan.

The language doesn't change the price: an hour of recording uses an hour of your plan, or 1.25× with custom vocabulary and 2× with noise removal. Free costs $0 for 30 min a month, up to 15 min a file. A paid plan starts with Starter at $7 a month for 5 hr and 500,000 translation characters. Premium ($20) has 20 hr and 2,000,000, Pro ($40) 40 hr and 10,000,000. Compare plans.