Transcribe Urdu audio to text
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Urdu 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
Urdu is not one accent. These are the varieties the model is built to handle, so a regional speaker is not a special case.
Standard Urdu Karachi Lahore Dakhini- Speakers
- about 230 million, counting second-language speakers
- Where it's spoken
- Pakistan and northern India
- Language family
- Indo-European, Indo-Aryan
- Say hello
- السلام علیکم
What the output looks like
Timestamped, speaker-labelled, and editable in your browser the moment it lands.
آئیے گزشتہ سہ ماہی کے اعداد و شمار سے شروع کرتے ہیں۔
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 Urdu 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ہے | ہیں | Singular and plural copulas differ by one letter. |
| meeting | میٹنگ | English business vocabulary arrives in Latin script. |
| کلم | قلم | Two letters for sounds that merge in most South Asian accents. |
Getting the best Urdu transcript
Add names, organisations and English business terms to your custom dictionary. Urdu leaves short vowels out of the writing, so the dictionary is doing real work on every proper noun.
Record with a close microphone. Urdu uses letter pairs that merge in most South Asian accents, and proximity gives the model more to distinguish them by.
Common questions about Urdu transcription
Who needs Urdu transcription?
Pakistani broadcasters and newsrooms, legal and government proceedings, development organisations working across South Asia, and Urdu-language media serving diaspora audiences.
How accurate is Urdu transcription?
We estimate around 95.1% on clear, single-speaker Urdu 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 Urdu accents and dialects are supported?
These varieties: Standard Urdu, Karachi, Lahore, Dakhini. 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 Urdu?
Urdu is written in a flowing Nastaliq style where letters change shape depending on their neighbours, and it leaves short vowels out. The model resolves the missing vowels from context and writes the English business vocabulary that peppers spoken Urdu in Urdu script, as the newspapers do.
Will Urdu text export correctly?
Yes. Urdu text (Perso-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 Urdu 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 Urdu transcript?
Yes. Pick a target language and click translate: your Urdu 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 AI speech recognition that handles a wide range of accents, dialects and languages.
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One-Click Translation
Translate your Urdu 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 Urdu 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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