Transcribe Arabic audio to text
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Arabic transcription, in detail
Accuracy, the accents we cover, and the words worth teaching your custom dictionary.
Estimated accuracy
Known locally as
Script, right to left
Model
Estimated on clear, single-speaker audio. Recording quality, crosstalk and background noise move this figure further than the language itself does.
Accents and varieties covered
Arabic is not one accent. These are the varieties the model is built to handle, so a regional speaker is not a special case.
Modern Standard Arabic Egyptian Levantine Gulf Maghrebi- Speakers
- about 400 million, counting every variety
- Where it's spoken
- Across North Africa and the Middle East, official in more than 20 countries
- Language family
- Afro-Asiatic, Semitic
- Say hello
- مرحبا
What the output looks like
Timestamped, speaker-labelled, and editable in your browser the moment it lands.
نبدأ الاجتماع بمراجعة أرقام الربع الأخير.
In English: We'll open the meeting with a review of last quarter's figures.
Words worth adding to your custom dictionary
Every language has a handful of words any engine has to guess at. In Arabic these are the usual ones. Add them to your custom dictionary once and they come back right in every transcript from then on.
| Commonly guessed | What you meant | Why they collide |
|---|---|---|
| كتب | كتّب | Short vowels are unwritten, so two different verbs share one spelling. |
| Al Ahly | Al Ahli | Club and family names transliterate several ways in the same meeting. |
| انشاء | إن شاء | A set phrase that runs together in fast speech. |
Getting the best Arabic transcript
Record broadcast-style and conversational material with the same care over microphone placement. The model moves between Modern Standard Arabic and the spoken varieties inside one recording, and clean audio is what lets it follow the switch.
Put speaker names, organisations and place names into your custom dictionary before you upload. Arabic names transliterate several ways, and the dictionary settles on the one your organisation uses.
Common questions about Arabic transcription
Who needs Arabic transcription?
Newsrooms and broadcasters covering the Middle East and North Africa, policy and development researchers, international organisations working across the region, and diaspora media producing programmes for audiences in several countries at once.
How accurate is Arabic transcription?
We estimate around 95.5% on clear, single-speaker Arabic audio. Recording quality moves that figure further than the language does, so a close microphone and one person speaking at a time is the biggest lever you have. Names, places and industry terms go into your custom dictionary once and come back right in every transcript after that.
Which Arabic accents and dialects are supported?
These varieties: Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, Maghrebi. The model is built for all of them, so a recording with several accents in the room is handled the same way as one without.
What is distinctive about Arabic?
Written Arabic leaves out short vowels, so one spelling can stand for several different words and the reader supplies the rest from context. The model resolves them from the sentence around them rather than the letters alone, and it moves between Modern Standard Arabic and the spoken varieties inside a single recording.
Will Arabic text export correctly?
Yes. Arabic text (Arabic) comes through every export unchanged: Microsoft Word, PDF, plain text, and SRT, VTT and Avid DS subtitles. Text direction and diacritics survive the round trip, so a transcript opens the way it looked in the editor.
How long does Arabic transcription take?
Most transcriptions are ready in less time than the length of the file. A 60-minute recording is typically processed well under an hour, and you get an email as soon as it is ready.
Can I translate a Arabic transcript?
Yes. Pick a target language and click translate: your Arabic transcript is translated into any of 60+ languages as a full, editable document with word-level timestamps preserved, so you can export subtitles from the translation just as you would from the original.
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Advanced Artificial Intelligence
Advanced AI speech recognition that handles a wide range of accents, dialects and languages.
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One-Click Translation
Translate your Arabic transcripts to over 60 languages with a single click. Create multilingual versions of the same recording without leaving the editor.
Ensuring accuracy for automatically transcribing Arabic audio into text
Just like converting any language audio or video file into text, there are a few tips to follow to get the best results:
Ensure that speakers are not talking over each other and that the recording device is close to the person speaking.
Try to reduce background noise
Try to eliminate any static or echo
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