How well does it handle Kannada?
Accuracy is strong on clear audio; give names and technical terms a quick scan.
Kannada-script output in standard orthography.
English technical terms inside Kannada speech — universal in Bangalore audio — are handled.
What you get
Speaker labels
Every voice in the recording is separated and labelled — works in Kannada 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 Kannada SRT and VTT subtitle files possible.
Search & quote
The transcript is searchable in Kannada — 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 Kannada audio here
Lectures, interviews, pravachana recordings and startup meetings.
Transcribe Kannada by recording type
Kannada audio to text · Kannada interview · Kannada lecture · Kannada podcast · Kannada meeting · Kannada deposition · Kannada voicemail
Questions people ask
Do I need to tell it the audio is Kannada?
No — the language is detected from the first seconds of audio automatically. If a recording mixes Kannada and English, each part is transcribed in the language actually spoken.
Can I get English text from Kannada audio?
No. The transcript comes back in the language that was spoken, so Kannada audio produces Kannada text. Captions and every export stay in the source language; translation is not something Whipscribe does.
Does it work on Kannada 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 Kannada transcript is typically ready in about a minute per half hour of audio.
Related: Audio to text · Subtitle generator · Interview transcription · Bulk transcription