How well does it handle Tamil?
Supported end-to-end; treat the output as a fast first draft and plan a review pass — it still beats typing from scratch.
Tamil-script output; formal speech does noticeably better than rapid colloquial Chennai speech.
Diglossia is real in Tamil — written-style formal audio (news, lectures) is strong; spoken-style needs review.
What you get
Speaker labels
Every voice in the recording is separated and labelled — works in Tamil 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 Tamil SRT and VTT subtitle files possible.
Search & quote
The transcript is searchable in Tamil — 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 Tamil audio here
Lectures, devotional recordings, interviews.
Transcribe Tamil by recording type
Tamil audio to text · Tamil interview · Tamil lecture · Tamil podcast · Tamil meeting · Tamil youtube video
Questions people ask
Do I need to tell it the audio is Tamil?
No — the language is detected from the first seconds of audio automatically. If a recording mixes Tamil and English, each part is transcribed in the language actually spoken.
Can I get English text from Tamil audio?
No. The transcript comes back in the language that was spoken, so Tamil audio produces Tamil text. Captions and every export stay in the source language; translation is not something Whipscribe does.
Does it work on Tamil 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 Tamil transcript is typically ready in about a minute per half hour of audio.
Related: Audio to text · Subtitle generator · Interview transcription · Bulk transcription