Upload a Malayalam video or audio file, or paste a link, and download timed subtitles in Malayalam script: SRT for YouTube and video editors, VTT for web players.
How it works
Drop a file, or paste a public link from YouTube, Google Drive or a podcast feed. Files over 500 MB continue on the upload page, up to 10 hours or 5 GB.
Read the first Malayalam cues against the audio. Correct a line on the transcript and the subtitle file carries the correction.
SRT for YouTube Studio and video editors, VTT for web players. TXT, DOCX and JSON come from the same transcript.
What to expect with Malayalam
For a transcript rather than subtitles, see transcribe Malayalam, Malayalam audio to text and Malayalam YouTube video to text. For subtitles from any YouTube link, YouTube to SRT; for any file, the SRT generator.
Captioning Malayalam
Malayalam joins words together freely, so a single word can run past twenty characters and a caption line holds only a few of them. A cue that looks short in seconds can still be wide on screen; check the longest cues on the actual player.
The script has two looks. The 1971 script reform introduced a simplified way of writing many conjuncts and vowel signs, while traditional orthography keeps the old ligatures, and both are in use today. The Unicode text is the same either way: the font decides which look the viewer sees. Choose a font that matches what your audience reads, such as Noto Sans Malayalam or Manjari.
Delivery
<track> element with srclang="ml". How to attach it.Before you rely on it
Each cue is a phrase from the transcript with its start and end time. Most run a few seconds. A passage spoken without a pause can come out as one long cue of up to about half a minute, so split those in your editor if your platform wants two short lines at a time.
Cue times are taken from the recording itself, so the file lines up with the video or audio you uploaded. If you trim the start of the video afterwards, shift the cues by the same amount in your editor.
Open the transcript, correct a misheard name or number on its line, and the SRT and VTT you download carry the correction with the timing unchanged.
You get the subtitle file. Fonts, colours, position and captions drawn into the picture are done in your video editor or player, which reads this file.
Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per recording. The box on this page takes files up to 500 MB; larger ones continue on the upload page. 99+ languages, detected automatically.
Speakers are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters. The cues in the subtitle file carry the words and their timing only.
Pricing
The preview is free. When the full transcript needs a pack, one-time packs are $6 for 500 minutes, $8 for 1,000 minutes, $12 for 2,000 minutes, $24 for 5,000 minutes. Credits never expire, which comes to about $0.29 to $0.72 per hour of audio.
| Recording | $6 or $8 pack | $12 pack | $24 pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20-minute interview | $0.16 | $0.12 | $0.10 |
| 1-hour film-industry podcast | $0.48 | $0.36 | $0.29 |
| 2-hour church service | $0.96 | $0.72 | $0.58 |
Figures are the share of a pack each recording uses. A button opens secure checkout for that pack. Every export format is included; full details on the pricing page.
FAQ
Upload the video or paste its link in the box on this page. The Malayalam speech is transcribed in Malayalam script; read it through, correct any line, and download SRT or VTT from the transcript.
Malayalam has traditional and reformed ways of drawing conjuncts. The text in the file is identical; each player's font decides which form you see.
Malayalam script. English words the speaker used appear as spoken.
Fewer than in English, because words join together and run long. Check the widest cues on screen rather than counting characters.
We have not published a benchmark figure for Malayalam, so we do not quote one. Judge it on your own recording: the free preview (first 20 minutes free) shows the text before you pay.
Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file. Files over 500 MB continue on the upload page rather than in the box on this page.
Every page in this set uses the same upload box and the same export. All subtitle pages
First 20 minutes free. Malayalam SRT and VTT from one upload; packs from $6 for 500 minutes.