How well does it handle Punjabi?
Supported end-to-end; treat the output as a fast first draft and plan a review pass — it still beats typing from scratch.
Gurmukhi-script output for Indian Punjabi recordings.
Pakistani Punjabi (Shahmukhi orthography) is weaker — treat output as a draft there. Kirtan and katha recordings transcribe well when the audio is clean.
What you get
Speaker labels
Every voice in the recording is separated and labelled — works in Punjabi 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 Punjabi SRT and VTT subtitle files possible.
Search & quote
The transcript is searchable in Punjabi — 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 Punjabi audio here
Katha, kirtan archives, interviews, family tape.
Questions people ask
Do I need to tell it the audio is Punjabi?
No — the language is detected from the first seconds of audio automatically. If a recording mixes Punjabi and English, each part is transcribed in the language actually spoken.
Can I get English text from Punjabi audio?
Yes. Alongside transcription in Punjabi, the engine can translate the speech to English text in the same pass — useful for subtitling Punjabi content for an international audience.
Does it work on Punjabi 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 Punjabi transcript is typically ready in about a minute per half hour of audio.
Related: Audio to text · Subtitle generator · Interview transcription · Bulk transcription