Mandarin speech to Chinese characters, with timestamps — for lessons, interviews, podcasts, videos and meetings. Translate to English in one click.
The language is set to Chinese on this page. Upload the recording and get the text in Chinese characters, split into timed lines. Download TXT, or SRT for Chinese subtitles. Tick Translate to English for English text instead.
Output is usually Simplified Chinese for Mandarin speech. If you need Traditional characters, paste the text into any simplified-to-traditional converter.
It's strongest on Mandarin. Cantonese is recognised, but accuracy is lower and the output is written in standard Chinese characters.
Yes. Without an account you can transcribe files up to 10 minutes, 3 files a day. A free account raises that to 60 minutes a day and 30-minute files; paid plans go up to 60-minute files.
No. Your file is converted in your browser and sent in short pieces for transcription; we don't store the audio or the text. Download your transcript before closing the page.