Dutch · The Latin alphabet
Transcribe Dutch audio to text
Dutch (Nederlands) is spoken mainly in Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname and written in the Latin alphabet. Upload a recording — lecture, interview, voice message or meeting — and get a searchable transcript with timestamps in a few minutes.
Transcribe Dutch nowHow well Dutch works on Sprechverlauf
Dutch 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 Dutch. 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 Dutch
Dutch sounds different across Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname. 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.
Dutch is close to Afrikaans and German. On short clips, automatic detection can mix them up — select Dutch explicitly before you start.
Tips for better Dutch transcripts
- In step two, pick "Dutch" 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 Dutch for free?+
Yes. The free trial transcribes Dutch 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 Dutch?+
Yes, with a plan. Microsoft MAI-Transcribe-2 separates speakers in Dutch too; the transcript then shows "Speaker 1", "Speaker 2" and so on. The free trial gives plain text.
Do I have to select Dutch before starting?+
No, the language is detected automatically. Selecting it helps with very short recordings and because Dutch is easily confused with Afrikaans and German.
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.