Transcribe an Arabic khutbah so the reminder outlives Friday afternoon.
A 45-minute Arabic khutbah recorded in the United States is transcribed in about 90 seconds, with Arabic detected automatically and English passages handled in the same pass. Packs start at $4 for 300 minutes, and credits never expire.
For the volunteer who keeps the recordings
The khutbah is heard once by the people in the hall. Written down, it reaches the ones who missed Jumu'ah.
A written reminder for the week
The brief sets out the khutbah's central point and its takeaways, a ready start for the newsletter, the website post or a short message to the community's group chat.
Verses and hadith located
Each time the khatib cites a surah, a hadith or a date, the transcript holds it with a timestamp, so the clip for social media starts at the right second. Melodic recitation of the Qur'an should be checked against the mushaf before it is quoted in print.
Captions for the livestream
SRT and VTT files put Arabic captions on the replay, which helps listeners who follow the Arabic better when they can read it.
Older khutbahs, all at once
Paste a YouTube channel's replays one by one, share a Google Drive folder of past Fridays, or send a long camera file through the upload page.
Where Friday's words go
Most khutbahs are recorded, uploaded and never found again.
✗ Without text
The recording sits on a channel with a date for a title, and nobody can search inside it for the topic they remember.
- No way to search a khutbah by topic
- Volunteers writing summaries by hand
- Tools that expect English only
- Translation teams starting from audio
- Clips cut by guessing timestamps
- Large livestream files that stall uploads
✓ With the transcript
The text is ready before the hall has emptied after the prayer.
- The khutbah as searchable Arabic text
- Chapters from the opening praise to the closing du'a
- Names, dates and references listed
- The khatib named in the summary and key quotes
- A written base for an English translation
- A year of Fridays on the $32 pack
Sample output
A Friday khutbah in Arabic, with an English announcement at the end.
Illustrative lines written for this page, not taken from any mosque or khatib. In English: praise be to God; brothers and sisters, I advise you and myself to be mindful of God; today we speak about patience in hardship; the Prophet said that the strong one controls himself in anger; and a reminder of Saturday's youth program.
Export
One transcript. Five clean formats.
Every pack exports all five — no format is held back for a higher tier.
Plain text
De-ummed paragraphs. Ready to paste.
SRT captions
Timed to the speech. Every video editor reads this.
WebVTT
HTML5 player + YouTube uploads.
Show notes
Formatted with chapters and pull-quotes.
Machine-readable
Timestamped text for your own tools.
Pricing
Honest pricing, no surprises.
A pack from $4 (300 minutes) opens the full transcript. After that, no subscription and no auto-renew — every tier is a one-time minute pack, and credits never expire. Buy once, use the minutes whenever you need them.
Casual pack
$4/300 min
5 hours of audio — $0.80 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.
- 300 minutes of audio
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
- Executive summary & key quote
Best value
$18/3,000 min
50 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 3,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
Bulk pack
$32/6,000 min
100 hours of audio — $0.32 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 6,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Arabic khutbah recordings, answered.
How long does a khutbah take to transcribe?
A 45-minute khutbah takes about 90 seconds, at roughly 2 minutes of processing per hour of audio. A two-hour evening halaqa takes about 4 minutes, so the text is usually ready before anyone has left the parking lot.
What does a year of Friday khutbahs cost?
Fifty-two khutbahs of 35 minutes come to 1,820 minutes, which fits the $18 pack of 3,000. Packs start at $4 for 300 minutes, and credits never expire. Every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes, and a pack carries a longer recording on from where the preview stopped.
Our khatib switches between Arabic and English. Will that work?
Yes. The recording is detected on its main language, and passages in the other language are handled in the same transcript. A khutbah given mostly in English with Arabic du'a and verses is detected as English; one given mostly in Arabic with an English summary at the end is detected as Arabic. Nobody picks a language from a menu.
The livestream file is huge. How do we send it?
If the khutbah went out as a YouTube live stream, paste the replay link and nothing needs to upload. A camera file can be up to 10 hours or 5 GB, with or without a pack. The box on this page takes files up to 500 MB, and a bigger file continues on the main upload page.
Who is named in the transcript?
The khatib and any other speakers are identified and named in the summary, the key quotes and the chapters. The transcript itself reads as continuous text, without a name in front of every line.
Which files do we get, and is the recording kept private?
TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training, so a khutbah that touches on personal matters in the community stays with the people who uploaded it.
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