How well does it handle Pashto?
Supported end-to-end; treat the output as a fast first draft and plan a review pass — it still beats typing from scratch.
Perso-Arabic script output with Pashto-specific letters (ښ, ږ, ړ) preserved.
Dari and Urdu switches inside Pashto recordings deserve review; clear single-speaker audio performs best.
What you get
Speaker labels
Every voice in the recording is separated and labelled — works in Pashto 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 Pashto SRT and VTT subtitle files possible.
Search & quote
The transcript is searchable in Pashto — 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 Pashto audio here
Interviews, radio archives, NGO field recordings and oral history.
Questions people ask
Do I need to tell it the audio is Pashto?
No — the language is detected from the first seconds of audio automatically. If a recording mixes Pashto and English, each part is transcribed in the language actually spoken.
Can I get English text from Pashto audio?
Yes. Alongside transcription in Pashto, the engine can translate the speech to English text in the same pass — useful for subtitling Pashto content for an international audience.
Does it work on Pashto 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 Pashto transcript is typically ready in about a minute per half hour of audio.
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