Transcribe Punjabi gurdwara katha and keep the explanation in Gurmukhi.
A 60-minute Punjabi katha recorded at a gurdwara in the United States is transcribed in about 2 minutes, with Punjabi detected automatically and the kirtan left out of the text. The first 20 minutes are free, and a ten-day katha series of 60-minute sessions, 600 minutes, fits the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes.
For the sevadar who records the diwan
The katha explains the bani in everyday Punjabi. In writing, it can be read again by the sangat at home.
A first draft, then one review
Punjabi output is a fast first draft, so plan one review pass by someone fluent before the text is shared. Lines of Gurbani quoted in the katha should be checked against the Guru Granth Sahib itself, never taken from the transcript.
The katha's thread, in a brief
The brief gives the theme and the main points of the explanation, a starting place for a newsletter note or the gurdwara's website.
Find a passage by time
Chapters follow the katha as it moves from one shabad or sakhi to the next, with timestamps, so a sevadar can share the right ten minutes.
A full series in one evening
Upload each day's katha as its own file through the upload page, or paste the YouTube replay links one after another.
What happens to recordings
The katha is streamed and saved, and the explanation stays locked in audio.
✗ Audio only
A long recording with kirtan, ardas and katha in one stream; finding the explanation of one shabad means listening again from the start.
- No written katha for the sangat
- Youth who follow Punjabi better in writing
- Tools that ignore Gurmukhi
- Kirtan and speech in one long file
- Sevadars typing by hand
- Old series lost on drives
✓ A reviewed transcript
The draft is ready before langar is served; one reader corrects it over the week.
- The katha as Gurmukhi text
- Chapters for each theme and sakhi
- Dates and names from announcements listed
- The kathavachak named in the summary
- Captions to correct and add to the replay
- A year of Sunday katha on the $24 pack
Sample output
A Sunday katha in Punjabi, with an English line for the youth.
Illustrative lines written for this page; no real gurdwara or kathavachak is quoted. In English: sangat ji, today we will reflect on the meaning of this shabad; Guru Sahib teaches us to remember the Name in every breath; this is what living in humility means; and an English line asking the youth to stay for the Q&A after langar.
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 $6 (500 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
$6/500 min
8 hours of audio — $0.72 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.
- 500 minutes of audio
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
- Executive summary & key quote
Best value
$12/2,000 min
33 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 2,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
Bulk pack
$24/5,000 min
83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 5,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Punjabi katha recordings, answered.
How long does a 60-minute katha take?
About 2 minutes; a 90-minute evening session about 3, since processing runs at roughly 2 minutes per hour of audio.
What happens to the kirtan?
Sung kirtan and shabads are music and are not transcribed; the spoken katha, announcements and spoken ardas come through. A recording of a whole diwan therefore gives a shorter text than its length suggests, focused on the explanation.
How many sessions fit each pack?
Eight 60-minute kathas, 480 minutes, fit the $6 pack of 500. A ten-day series, 600 minutes, fits the $12 pack of 2,000. A year of weekly 45-minute Sunday katha is 2,340 minutes, which fits the $24 pack of 5,000. No subscription is involved, and unused minutes stay on the account.
The kathavachak explains some points in English for the youth. Is that handled?
Yes. The recording is detected on its main language, Punjabi for a katha, and English passages are handled in the same pass. No one chooses a language before uploading.
Will a long livestream file upload?
One file can run up to 10 hours or 5 GB. Before a first pack, uploads go up to 2 GB; a file larger than that starts once a pack is on the account. A YouTube replay link needs no upload at all.
What do we download, and does the recording stay with the gurdwara?
TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training, so names read out in the ardas stay with the gurdwara.
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