How an Armenian video gets transcribed
Drop in the video file without converting it: MP4, MOV, MKV, WEBM, AVI, 3GP or a screen recording from your phone. The sound is pulled out on our server, and every timestamp points to the same moment in the original video. If the video is online, use Import from link: public YouTube, TikTok and Vimeo videos, Dropbox and Google Drive share links and direct file links all work. Only the audio is fetched, one video per link, and several links can wait in the queue.
The transcript appears next to a player with the current line highlighted, so you can follow along and fix words as you hear them.
Eastern, Western and mixed speech
Eastern Armenian is spoken in Armenia and by many Armenians in Russia and Iran; Western Armenian is the language of much of the diaspora in Lebanon, France, the US and elsewhere. Pronunciation differs (Western speakers voice some consonants the other way round), and so does spelling: Armenia uses the reformed orthography, while Western Armenian keeps the classical one. The draft may follow one convention or mix them, so if your text must follow classical spelling, check it as you read.
Videos from Yerevan often switch into Russian, and diaspora videos into English or French. Those words usually come out in their own script. Armenian is a mid-resource language for the model: clear speech gives a usable draft, but plan a careful read.
Armenian videos people bring
Common uploads:
- News, interviews and political talk shows, for quotes and research.
- Church services and talks from the Armenian Apostolic Church and other communities.
- Recordings of grandparents' stories, for family and genocide-era oral histories.
- YouTube vlogs, comedy and TikToks, for Armenian captions.
- Lectures and classes from Armenian schools and universities.
Armenian subtitles and exports
Export SRT or VTT for subtitles in the Armenian alphabet. They are UTF-8 and show correctly on YouTube; if an editor displays boxes, pick a font that covers Armenian, such as Noto Sans Armenian. Edit the transcript first so the subtitles carry the corrected text.
DOCX and PDF keep the script for printing; CSV lists each line with its start time. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
Translation and the audio page
Ask an AI assistant to keep names and places as they are when you translate; Armenian surnames are easy to mangle.
The transcript is written in Armenian as it was spoken; nothing is translated. To read it in English, open the Google Translate link on the transcript, or use the AI prompt export to hand the text to ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. For recordings without video, see the Armenian audio to text page.