Transcribe Italian audio to text
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Italian 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
Italian is not one accent. These are the varieties the model is built to handle, so a regional speaker is not a special case.
Standard Italian Northern Roman Neapolitan accent Sicilian accent- Speakers
- about 65 million
- Where it's spoken
- Italy, Switzerland, San Marino and Vatican City
- Language family
- Indo-European, Romance
- Say hello
- Ciao
What the output looks like
Timestamped, speaker-labelled, and editable in your browser the moment it lands.
Iniziamo con i numeri dello scorso trimestre.
In English: Let's start with 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 Italian 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 |
|---|---|---|
| e | è | The accent separates and from is. |
| ano | anno | Doubled consonants are audible but easy to halve. |
| Dangelo | D'Angelo | Apostrophes vanish from surnames. |
Getting the best Italian transcript
Add names and brand terms to your custom dictionary with their doubled consonants intact. Italian holds a doubled consonant audibly longer, and the dictionary keeps the spelling right.
Record regional speakers with a close microphone. Italian accents vary a great deal from north to south, and proximity gives the model more of the signal to work from.
Common questions about Italian transcription
Who needs Italian transcription?
Italian broadcasters and publishers, fashion and design houses recording internal reviews, legal and notarial practices, universities, and manufacturing companies documenting technical meetings.
How accurate is Italian transcription?
We estimate around 97.5% on clear, single-speaker Italian 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 Italian accents and dialects are supported?
These varieties: Standard Italian, Northern, Roman, Neapolitan accent, Sicilian accent. 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 Italian?
Italian holds doubled consonants for noticeably longer than single ones, and the difference changes the word. The model writes the doubling, which is where most of the spelling mistakes in Italian transcripts come from.
Will Italian text export correctly?
Yes. Italian 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 Italian 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 Italian transcript?
Yes. Pick a target language and click translate: your Italian 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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Ensuring accuracy for automatically transcribing Italian 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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