Uploading Assamese video
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 draft opens beside a player. Clicking a line replays it, which you will use a lot with Assamese.
What to expect from an Assamese draft
Assamese has very little training data in the model. Expect a rough draft with many corrections, especially on fast or noisy speech. It works best on slow, clear video with one speaker, such as a lecture or a talk to camera. It is still a head start compared with typing an hour of speech by hand.
Assamese shares most of its script with Bengali but has its own letters, ৰ and ৱ. Because the model knows far more Bengali, some words may come out with Bengali spelling or Bengali letters; watch for that while reviewing. Videos from Guwahati often mix in English, Hindi or Bengali, and those words may appear in Latin letters or in Assamese script.
Assamese videos worth transcribing
What people upload:
- News clips and interviews from Assamese channels, for quotes.
- Bihu performances with spoken introductions, and cultural programmes.
- Recorded classes and lectures taught in Assamese.
- Family videos and interviews with elders.
- YouTube and TikTok videos that need Assamese captions.
Assamese subtitles and exports
Export SRT or VTT for subtitles in Assamese script. The files are UTF-8; YouTube displays them correctly. If a video editor shows boxes or broken conjuncts, set a font that covers Bengali-Assamese script, such as Noto Sans Bengali. Song lyrics in a video are usually transcribed poorly, so subtitle those by hand.
DOCX and PDF keep the script for printing. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
Reading Assamese video in English
The transcript is written in Assamese 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 Assamese audio to text page.