How well does it handle Chinese (Mandarin)?
Accuracy is strong on clear audio; give names and technical terms a quick scan.
Simplified-script output by default, with sentence segmentation despite no spaces in the script.
Tone-dependent homophones resolve from context. Mandarin transcribes most accurately; for Cantonese use our dedicated Cantonese page.
What you get
Speaker labels
Every voice in the recording is separated and labelled — works in Chinese (Mandarin) 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 Chinese (Mandarin) SRT and VTT subtitle files possible.
Search & quote
The transcript is searchable in Chinese (Mandarin) — 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 Chinese (Mandarin) audio here
Meetings, lectures, podcast archives, drama clipping. In the last 30 days people transcribed 29 Chinese (Mandarin) recordings here.
Transcribe Chinese (Mandarin) by recording type
Chinese (Mandarin) audio to text · Chinese (Mandarin) interview · Chinese (Mandarin) lecture · Chinese (Mandarin) podcast · Chinese (Mandarin) meeting · Chinese (Mandarin) youtube video · Chinese (Mandarin) live stream
Questions people ask
Do I need to tell it the audio is Chinese (Mandarin)?
No — the language is detected from the first seconds of audio automatically. If a recording mixes Chinese (Mandarin) and English, each part is transcribed in the language actually spoken.
Can I get English text from Chinese (Mandarin) audio?
No. The transcript comes back in the language that was spoken, so Chinese (Mandarin) audio produces Chinese (Mandarin) text. Captions and every export stay in the source language; translation is not something Whipscribe does.
Does it work on Chinese (Mandarin) 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 Chinese (Mandarin) transcript is typically ready in about a minute per half hour of audio.
Related: Audio to text · Subtitle generator · Interview transcription · Bulk transcription