Japanese Transcription
To transcribe Japanese audio or video to text, upload the file or paste a link, choose Japanese as the language and start. You get a Japanese transcript with timestamps, which you can edit, translate or download as DOCX, TXT, SRT or VTT.
Japanese transcription at a glance
| Language list entry | Japanese |
|---|---|
| Script | Kanji, hiragana and katakana |
| Text direction | Left to right |
| Speaker labels | Not from the default Japanese model; add them in the editor |
| Auto Detect (beta) | Recognises Japanese |
| Downloads | DOCX, TXT, SRT, VTT |
| Translation | Into 116 languages, Japanese among them |
| Free plan | 200 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long |
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How to transcribe Japanese audio and video to text

Add the Japanese recording
A Japanese meeting, podcast or webinar works as an audio file (MP3, WAV or M4A), a video file (MP4, WEBM, MOV or MKV) or a YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo or X link. Upload the file or paste the link.
Choose Japanese
Open the language list and choose Japanese from the Popular group at the top. Unsure what language a file is in? Auto Detect (beta) also recognises Japanese.
Check the transcript
The transcript opens in the editor with timestamps. The default Japanese model does not label speakers, so add and name them in the editor, or retranscribe the file with another speech model. Correct any misheard words before you export.
Download or translate
Download DOCX or TXT with optional timestamps and speaker names, or SRT and VTT subtitle files. The translate panel turns the transcript into any of 116 languages.
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One upload. Every format you need.
Drop in a recording and work from the transcript — clips, captions, chapters, show notes and posts all come from the same file.