Arabic · Arabic script
Transcribe Arabic audio to text
Arabic (العربية) is spoken mainly in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Iraq, and United Arab Emirates and written in Arabic script. Upload a recording — lecture, interview, voice message or meeting — and get a searchable transcript with timestamps in a few minutes.
Transcribe Arabic nowHow well Arabic works on Sprechverlauf
Arabic works in the free trial: three transcriptions of up to 10 minutes per calendar month, no account, as text with timestamps. It runs on Whisper Large v3 Turbo, a model trained on roughly 100 languages.
With a day pass, credit or Pro, Microsoft MAI-Transcribe-2 takes over. It separates speakers, so the transcript shows who said what — useful for interviews, meetings and conversations in Arabic. Microsoft reports an average word error rate of 5.2% across the model's 60 languages (FLEURS benchmark); individual languages score above or below that.
What matters for Arabic
Arabic is written right to left. The transcript keeps that direction, and Word or PDF exports stay correctly aligned. Timestamps and speaker labels still sit at the start of each line, so long recordings remain easy to scan.
Arabic sounds different across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Iraq, and United Arab Emirates. The models are trained on many varieties; the stronger the dialect and slang, the more the transcript drifts toward the standard language or mishears regional words.
Arabic is close to Persian and Urdu. On short clips, automatic detection can mix them up — select Arabic explicitly before you start.
Tips for better Arabic transcripts
- In step two, pick "Arabic" instead of automatic detection if the recording is short or starts with music.
- Record close to the microphone; a clip-on mic beats a built-in laptop mic by a wide margin.
- Overlapping speech hurts every recognizer. Short pauses between speakers help more than any editing afterwards.
- Check names, numbers and technical terms: click a timestamp to hear that exact passage.
Frequently asked questions
Can I transcribe Arabic for free?+
Yes. The free trial transcribes Arabic without an account: three files of up to 10 minutes per calendar month, as text with timestamps. Longer files and speaker separation start at €2.99, no subscription.
Does Sprechverlauf separate speakers in Arabic?+
Yes, with a plan. Microsoft MAI-Transcribe-2 separates speakers in Arabic too; the transcript then shows "Speaker 1", "Speaker 2" and so on. The free trial gives plain text.
Do I have to select Arabic before starting?+
No, the language is detected automatically. Selecting it helps with very short recordings and because Arabic is easily confused with Persian and Urdu.
Which files can I upload?+
MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG/Opus, FLAC, WebM, AAC, MP4, MOV — upload up to 100 MB or paste a direct link to the audio file. Download the result as Word, PDF, TXT, SRT or VTT.