Chinese transcription
Transcribe Chinese audio to text
Upload a Mandarin Chinese recording and get the text in Chinese characters. The language is detected for you.
First 30 min free · the whole file (up to 3 h) US$2
- No sign-up for your first file
- Files up to 2 GB, even hours long
- Your file is deleted after transcription
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1 free file without an account · 3 a week with one
- No sign-up for your first file
- Your file is deleted after transcription
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In short
To transcribe Chinese audio to text, upload the recording to TranscribTxt: an MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4 or MOV file up to 2 GB. Mandarin is detected as Chinese, and the text comes back in Chinese characters, ready to copy or download as TXT or SRT. TranscribTxt lets you check the text before you pay: while you have a free file left (1 a week without an account, 3 with a free one), the first 30 minutes of a long recording are transcribed free.
How do I transcribe Chinese audio to text?
Pick your Chinese recording
Drop the audio or video file into the box at the top of this page: MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4, MOV and more, up to 2 GB. Your first file needs no account.
Leave the language on automatic
Mandarin is detected as Chinese, so there's nothing to set up. If you'd rather be sure, pick Chinese under "Language of the recording" before you upload.
Read the first 30 minutes free
While you have a free file left, a recording up to 30 minutes is transcribed in full, and a longer one goes straight to a free preview of its first 30 minutes. Check the Chinese text before you pay.
Get the whole file for US$2
One payment covers the whole recording, up to 3 hours (a file up to 500 MB), and it never renews. The rest is transcribed from the same upload. Copy the text, or download it as TXT, or as SRT with timestamps.
How accurate is Chinese transcription?
We don't publish an accuracy percentage. Clear speech, with one person talking at a time, comes out cleanest; background noise, cross-talk and phone audio cause more mistakes, in any language. The first 30 minutes are free while you have a free file left, so check the text on your own recording before you pay.
| What to expect | |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | Detected as Chinese automatically |
| Cantonese | Pick Cantonese in the language list before you upload |
| Characters | Simplified or traditional, as the speech model writes them; we don't convert them |
A recording that mixes Chinese and English is transcribed in one main language, so check names, brands and technical terms.
What does a Chinese recording cost?
Pick the row that fits your recording.
| Your recording | Best fit |
|---|---|
| A Chinese recording up to 30 min | Free: files up to 30 minFirst file without sign-up, 3 a week with a free account. No card needed. |
| One Chinese meeting or lecture up to 3 h | Pay per file: US$2The whole transcript of one recording up to 3 h (a file up to 500 MB), like a 2-hour lecture. One payment. |
| Over 3 h, or several Chinese files this week | 7-day pass: US$5The Week Pass: a file over 3 h, or several files this week. Up to 25 h of audio, one payment. |
| Chinese recordings every week | Pro: US$10 a monthFor recordings every week, or many short files a day: no daily file limit. Up to 100 h of audio a month. |
| A Chinese YouTube video with captions | YouTube link with captions: freePaste the link to get the video's own captions as text. No payment needed. |
More on long recordings of 1–3 hours.
Common questions
How do I transcribe Chinese audio to text?
Upload the recording to TranscribTxt: an MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4 or MOV file up to 2 GB. Mandarin is detected as Chinese, and the text comes back in Chinese characters, ready to copy or download as TXT or SRT. Your first file needs no account.
Can it transcribe Mandarin and Cantonese?
Mandarin, yes: it's detected as Chinese automatically. For a Cantonese recording, pick Cantonese in the language list ("Language of the recording", under the upload box) before you upload. Either way, the first 30 minutes are free while you have a free file left, so you can read the text before you pay.
Will the text be in simplified or traditional characters?
It can be either: the speech model picks the characters, and TranscribTxt doesn't convert between them. The first 30 minutes are free while you have a free file left, so you can see which ones your recording gets before you pay.
Can it handle Chinese with English words mixed in?
It transcribes each file in one main language, here Chinese, so the English words are the part to check: names, brands and technical terms may come out misspelled or written in characters.
How much does Chinese transcription cost?
On TranscribTxt, the whole transcript of one recording up to 3 hours (a file up to 500 MB) is US$2, paid once. For a longer recording, or several in a week, TranscribTxt's 7-day Week Pass is US$5 once and covers up to 25 hours of audio. A Chinese recording up to 30 minutes is free while you have a free file left; for a longer one, the first 30 minutes are free, so you can check the characters before you pay.
What if it's detected as the wrong language?
Pick Chinese in "Language of the recording", under the upload box, and upload the file again; for a Cantonese recording, pick Cantonese. Picking it before the first upload saves a second run. Your choice stays set in this browser, so switch back to Detect automatically for a file in another language.
What you get
Text with a timestamp for every line
Copy it, or download TXT for documents and SRT for subtitles.
Hi team, thanks for joining.
Today we will review the third quarter numbers, then talk through the product roadmap for next quarter.
Let us get started.
Generated by TranscribTxt with word-level timestamps — exportable as TXT, SRT, or JSON.
30 min freewith each free file
US$2a whole recording up to 3 h and 500 MB, paid once
2 GBper file, even hours long
99languages, detected for you
No sign-upfor your first file
Pricing
Pay only when you need more
Try 1 file without an account. A free account gets 3 files a week, up to 30 min each. No card needed.
Pay once, nothing renews
One file
US$2 once
Any one file up to 3 h, the whole transcript
Week Pass
US$5 once
7 days of Pro, up to 25 h of audio
For weekly recordings
Pro
US$10 /mo
- 100 h of audio a month
- Any length, files up to 2 GB
- TXT, SRT and JSON
US$10/mo · renews monthly until you cancel
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