Spanish · The Latin alphabet
Transcribe Spanish audio to text
Spanish (español) is spoken mainly in Spain, Mexico, Argentina, and Colombia 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 Spanish nowHow well Spanish works on Sprechverlauf
Spanish 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 Spanish. 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 Spanish
Spanish sounds different across Spain, Mexico, Argentina, and Colombia. 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.
Spanish is close to Catalan, Galician, and Portuguese. On short clips, automatic detection can mix them up — select Spanish explicitly before you start.
Tips for better Spanish transcripts
- In step two, pick "Spanish" 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 Spanish for free?+
Yes. The free trial transcribes Spanish 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 Spanish?+
Yes, with a plan. Microsoft MAI-Transcribe-2 separates speakers in Spanish too; the transcript then shows "Speaker 1", "Speaker 2" and so on. The free trial gives plain text.
Do I have to select Spanish before starting?+
No, the language is detected automatically. Selecting it helps with very short recordings and because Spanish is easily confused with Catalan, Galician, and Portuguese.
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.