How well does it handle Afrikaans?
Accuracy is strong on clear audio; give names and technical terms a quick scan.
Standard Afrikaans output; Cape and inland accents both transcribe on the same model.
English code-switching — near-universal in South African recordings — is handled cleanly.
What you get
Speaker labels
Every voice in the recording is separated and labelled — works in Afrikaans the same as in English, because speaker labels follow voices, not words.
Word-level timestamps
Each word is timed to the audio, which is what makes accurate Afrikaans SRT and VTT subtitle files possible.
Search & quote
The transcript is searchable in Afrikaans — jump to the exact second something was said and copy it with its timestamp.
Every export
TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX and JSON on every pack — no format paywall.
Who transcribes Afrikaans audio here
Church services, radio, interviews and family recordings.
Transcribe Afrikaans by recording type
Afrikaans audio to text · Afrikaans interview · Afrikaans lecture · Afrikaans podcast · Afrikaans meeting · Afrikaans customer call
Questions people ask
Do I need to tell it the audio is Afrikaans?
No — the language is detected from the first seconds of audio automatically. If a recording mixes Afrikaans and English, each part is transcribed in the language actually spoken.
Can I get English text from Afrikaans audio?
No. The transcript comes back in the language that was spoken, so Afrikaans audio produces Afrikaans text. Captions and every export stay in the source language; translation is not something Whipscribe does.
Does it work on Afrikaans video, not just audio?
Yes — upload MP4/MOV/WebM or paste a link; the audio track is extracted automatically and transcribed the same way.
How much does it cost?
A pack from $4 (500 minutes) opens the full transcript. Preview any transcript instantly with no signup; a pack from $4 opens the full transcript, no account needed. After that, one-time credit packs: $8 for 1,000 minutes, $12 for 2,000 minutes or $24 for 5,000 minutes, and credits never expire.
Is this live captioning?
No — Whipscribe transcribes recordings, not live speech. Upload a file that already exists and the Afrikaans transcript is typically ready in about a minute per half hour of audio.
Related: Audio to text · Subtitle generator · Interview transcription · Bulk transcription