How well does it handle Portuguese?
This is one of the engine’s strongest languages — expect clean, publishable text from clear audio.
Both Brazilian and European Portuguese, auto-detected from the audio itself.
The model follows the speaker's variant — 'você' vs 'tu' conjugation and Brazilian vs European spelling both come out consistent with the recording.
What you get
Speaker labels
Every voice in the recording is separated and labelled — works in Portuguese 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 Portuguese SRT and VTT subtitle files possible.
Search & quote
The transcript is searchable in Portuguese — 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 Portuguese audio here
Podcasts, church recordings and interviews across Brazil and Portugal. In the last 30 days people transcribed 41 Portuguese recordings here.
Transcribe Portuguese by recording type
Portuguese audio to text · Portuguese interview · Portuguese lecture · Portuguese podcast · Portuguese meeting · Portuguese youtube video
Questions people ask
Do I need to tell it the audio is Portuguese?
No — the language is detected from the first seconds of audio automatically. If a recording mixes Portuguese and English, each part is transcribed in the language actually spoken.
Can I get English text from Portuguese audio?
No. The transcript comes back in the language that was spoken, so Portuguese audio produces Portuguese text. Captions and every export stay in the source language; translation is not something Whipscribe does.
Does it work on Portuguese 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 Portuguese transcript is typically ready in about a minute per half hour of audio.
Related: Audio to text · Subtitle generator · Interview transcription · Bulk transcription