Tamil script, formal and colloquial
The transcript is in Tamil script. Formal speech such as news, lectures and discourses comes out best; fast colloquial speech needs a review pass.
For a YouTube video, paste the link instead of uploading a file. English words mixed into Tamil sentences are the passages most worth checking.
What we measured on Tamil recordings
From 29 July to 12 October 2026, people transcribed 14 Tamil recordings on WhipScribe; the median one was 10.7 minutes long and 0 % ran an hour or more. Processing took a median 4.9 minutes per hour of audio. Our quality review, an AI-assisted reading of a timed excerpt of each transcript, scored 43 % of 14 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 Tamil 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
- Open WhipScribe and drop the Tamil audio or video onto the upload box, or paste a public link.
- Wait while it processes; about two minutes per hour of audio is typical.
- Read the free preview, then open the full transcript with a pack.
- Read it through against the audio (the timestamps take you to each line) and correct names and places.
- Export as TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT or JSON, or translate it first.