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How do I transcribe Finnish audio to text (litterointi)?

Upload the recording to WhipScribe or paste a public link, and the Finnish speech comes back as timestamped Finnish text. Case endings and double letters are written correctly, and colloquial puhekieli is kept as spoken, the way research litterointi asks for. The opening minutes are a free preview; a pack from $4 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest.

Price
Free preview of the opening minutes; packs $4 = 500 min · $12 = 2,000 min · $24 = 5,000 min; credits never expire
Per file
Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file
Languages
99+, detected automatically
Turnaround
About 2 minutes per hour of audio; most files finish in under a minute
Checked
2026-10-25

Puhekieli as spoken

Finnish is detected from the audio. Case endings, ä and ö, and double vowels and consonants are written correctly.

Colloquial Finnish (puhekieli) is written as spoken, with forms such as mä and oon kept, which is what most research litterointi asks for.

What we measured on Finnish recordings

From 29 July to 12 October 2026, people transcribed 10 Finnish recordings on WhipScribe; the median one was 51.7 minutes long and 20 % ran an hour or more. Processing took a median 2.2 minutes per hour of audio. Our quality review, an AI-assisted reading of a timed excerpt of each transcript, scored 80 % of 10 as clean (4 or 5 of 5). It is a reading check, not a word-error-rate test, and music, noise and mixed languages pull scores down more than the language itself.

English subtitles or an English translation

Once the Finnish transcript is unlocked, choose English (or any of 99 languages) under Translate into above it and download TXT, DOCX, SRT or VTT with the original timing; translating an unlocked transcript adds no charge beyond the minutes the transcription used. It is machine translation, not a certified one.

What it costs

Every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes. The rest transcribes with a minute pack: $4 / 500 minutes, $12 / 2,000 minutes or $24 / 5,000 minutes, one-time. Credits never expire.

How to do it

  1. Open WhipScribe and drop the Finnish audio or video onto the upload box, or paste a public link.
  2. Wait while it processes; about two minutes per hour of audio is typical.
  3. Read the free preview, then open the full transcript with a pack.
  4. Read it through against the audio (the timestamps take you to each line) and correct names and places.
  5. Export as TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT or JSON, or translate it first.

Related questions

Is puhekieli changed into book Finnish?

No. It is written as spoken; change it in the review pass if you need kirjakieli.

How long can the recording be?

One file can be up to 10 hours and 5 GB.

Is my recording private?

Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training.

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Every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes; packs from $4 for 500 minutes transcribe the rest. A single file may be up to 10 hours and 5 GB.

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