How well does it handle Arabic?
Accuracy is strong on clear audio; give names and technical terms a quick scan.
Modern Standard Arabic is strong; output is right-to-left Arabic script.
Dialects (Egyptian, Gulf, Levantine, Maghrebi) are transcribed toward MSA — review dialect-heavy conversation. SRT/VTT exports carry RTL text correctly.
What you get
Speaker labels
Every voice in the recording is separated and labelled — works in Arabic 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 Arabic SRT and VTT subtitle files possible.
Search & quote
The transcript is searchable in Arabic — 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 Arabic audio here
Khutbahs, lectures, news archives, interviews.
Transcribe Arabic by recording type
Arabic audio to text · Arabic interview · Arabic lecture · Arabic podcast · Arabic meeting · Arabic radio show · Arabic voicemail · Arabic movie & film subtitles
Questions people ask
Do I need to tell it the audio is Arabic?
No — the language is detected from the first seconds of audio automatically. If a recording mixes Arabic and English, each part is transcribed in the language actually spoken.
Can I get English text from Arabic audio?
No. The transcript comes back in the language that was spoken, so Arabic audio produces Arabic text. Captions and every export stay in the source language; translation is not something Whipscribe does.
Does it work on Arabic 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 Arabic transcript is typically ready in about a minute per half hour of audio.
Related: Audio to text · Subtitle generator · Interview transcription · Bulk transcription