Transcribe English audio to text
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English transcription, in detail
Accuracy, the accents we cover, and the words worth teaching your custom dictionary.
Estimated accuracy
Known locally as
Script, left to right
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
English is not one accent. These are the varieties the model is built to handle, so a regional speaker is not a special case.
British North American Australian Global accents English/Spanish English/Mandarin- Speakers
- about 1.5 billion, most of them second-language speakers
- Where it's spoken
- Worldwide, and the working language of most international business
- Language family
- Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic
- Say hello
- Hello
What the output looks like
Timestamped, speaker-labelled, and editable in your browser the moment it lands.
Let's open with the numbers from last quarter.
Words worth adding to your custom dictionary
Every language has a handful of words any engine has to guess at. In English 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 |
|---|---|---|
| their | there | Homophones that only context can separate. |
| Siobhan | Siobhán | Irish given names rarely survive a first pass unaided. |
| e bit dar | EBITDA | Finance acronyms come back spelled out as syllables. |
Getting the best English transcript
Pick the spelling variant you publish in: British, North American or Australian. If the room has several accents in it, choose the global-accents model instead of any single one.
Turn on the bilingual mode if your speakers switch between English and Spanish or English and Mandarin. It keeps both languages in one transcript instead of forcing a choice.
Common questions about English transcription
Who needs English transcription?
Broadcasters, law firms, universities, market research agencies, podcast producers and corporate teams almost everywhere, which is why English transcription is the most heavily tuned of everything we offer.
How accurate is English transcription?
We estimate around 98.4% on clear, single-speaker English 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 English accents and dialects are supported?
These varieties: British, North American, Australian, Global accents, English/Spanish, English/Mandarin. 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 English?
English has more accepted accents than any other language we support, and a meeting often has several of them in the room. Alongside the British, North American and Australian spelling options there is a global-accents model for mixed rooms, and bilingual English/Spanish and English/Mandarin modes for speakers who switch languages mid-sentence.
Will English text export correctly?
Yes. English text (Latin) 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 English 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 English transcript?
Yes. Pick a target language and click translate: your English 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.
Why transcribe English with Go Transcribe
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Advanced Artificial Intelligence
Advanced AI speech recognition that handles a wide range of accents, dialects and languages.
Trusted by Businesses Globally
Thousands of businesses work with Go Transcribe and rely on us for English transcription.
One-Click Translation
Translate your English 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 English 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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