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Welsh 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
Welsh is not one accent. These are the varieties the model is built to handle, so a regional speaker is not a special case.
Northern Welsh Southern Welsh Standard written Welsh- Speakers
- about 900,000, of whom roughly 560,000 use it daily
- Where it's spoken
- Wales, with a long-established community in Patagonia
- Language family
- Indo-European, Celtic, Brythonic
- Say hello
- Shwmae
What the output looks like
Timestamped, speaker-labelled, and editable in your browser the moment it lands.
Gadewch i ni ddechrau gyda ffigurau'r chwarter diwethaf.
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 Welsh 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clanelli | Llanelli | The Welsh ll has no English equivalent and gets approximated. |
| ei pen | ei ben | Initial consonants mutate with grammar, changing the spelling of the word. |
| Caernarvon | Caernarfon | Anglicised place-name spellings compete with the Welsh forms. |
Getting the best Welsh transcript
Add Welsh place names to your custom dictionary in their Welsh spelling. Many have an anglicised form still in circulation, and the dictionary settles which one your transcripts use.
Add the regional vocabulary your speakers use to your custom dictionary. North and south Wales have their own everyday words for the same things, and the dictionary makes sure each comes back in the form your readers expect.
Common questions about Welsh transcription
Who needs Welsh transcription?
Public bodies across Wales meeting their Welsh-language duties, broadcasters and independent producers subtitling Welsh programming, universities and heritage archives, and businesses serving customers bilingually across Wales.
How accurate is Welsh transcription?
We estimate around 95.4% on clear, single-speaker Welsh 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 Welsh accents and dialects are supported?
These varieties: Northern Welsh, Southern Welsh, Standard written Welsh. 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 Welsh?
Welsh changes the first letter of a word depending on the grammar around it, so the same word appears with several different opening consonants. The model is trained on the mutated forms, so the word is recognised whichever shape it arrives in.
Will Welsh text export correctly?
Yes. Welsh 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 Welsh 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 Welsh transcript?
Yes. Pick a target language and click translate: your Welsh 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 Welsh 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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