How well does it handle Indonesian?
This is one of the engine’s strongest languages — expect clean, publishable text from clear audio.
One of the strongest Southeast Asian languages in Whisper.
Colloquial Jakarta speech mixes in English and slang; the model keeps up, though heavy Javanese code-switching deserves review.
What you get
Speaker labels
Every voice in the recording is separated and labelled — works in Indonesian the same as in English, because diarization listens to voices, not words.
Word-level timestamps
Each word is timed to the audio, which is what makes accurate Indonesian SRT and VTT subtitle files possible.
Search & quote
The transcript is searchable in Indonesian — 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 Indonesian audio here
Podcasts, khutbah recordings, startup meetings.
Questions people ask
Do I need to tell it the audio is Indonesian?
No — the language is detected from the first seconds of audio automatically. If a recording mixes Indonesian and English, each part is transcribed in the language actually spoken.
Can I get English text from Indonesian audio?
Yes. Alongside transcription in Indonesian, the engine can translate the speech to English text in the same pass — useful for subtitling Indonesian content for an international audience.
Does it work on Indonesian 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?
The preview is instant with no signup. Credits are one-time purchases that never expire: $4 for 300 minutes, $12 for 2,000 minutes (about 36¢ per hour of audio).
Is this live captioning?
No — Whipscribe transcribes recordings, not live speech. Upload a file that already exists and the Indonesian transcript is typically ready in about a minute per half hour of audio.
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