Upload a Punjabi video or audio file, or paste a link, and download timed subtitles in Gurmukhi: 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 Punjabi 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 Punjabi
For a transcript rather than subtitles, see transcribe Punjabi, Punjabi audio to text and Punjabi YouTube video to text. For subtitles from any YouTube link, YouTube to SRT; for any file, the SRT generator.
Captioning Punjabi
Punjabi is written in two scripts. Gurmukhi is used in Indian Punjab and by most of the Sikh diaspora; Shahmukhi, a Perso-Arabic script written right to left, is used in Pakistan. The text from a Punjabi recording is in Gurmukhi and is strongest on Indian Punjabi. Pakistani Punjabi recordings are weaker, so treat their output as a draft.
Gurmukhi marks nasal sounds with the tippi (ੰ) and bindi (ਂ), and doubles a consonant with the addak (ੱ) above the letter before it. All three are small marks that change the word, so a font or tool that loses them turns a correct cue into a wrong one.
Delivery
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15-minute vlog | $0.12 | $0.09 | $0.07 |
| 1-hour katha | $0.48 | $0.36 | $0.29 |
| 2-hour kirtan programme | $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 Punjabi speech is transcribed in Gurmukhi; read it through, correct any line, and download SRT or VTT from the transcript.
Gurmukhi. Indian Punjabi transcribes best; Pakistani Punjabi recordings are weaker and should be treated as a draft.
Yes. Clean recordings transcribe well. Where music sits loud under the voice, expect more corrections.
One that covers Gurmukhi with its marks, such as Noto Sans Gurmukhi or Raavi on Windows. Check that tippi, bindi and addak display in a cue.
We have not published a benchmark figure for Punjabi, 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. Punjabi SRT and VTT from one upload; packs from $6 for 500 minutes.