From Euskara video to text
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. Click a line and playback jumps there; correct it and the change is saved.
Batua, dialects and Spanish or French
The draft is written in standard Basque (Batua), the form used in schools, EITB broadcasts and most written text. Spoken dialects from Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, Navarre or Iparralde differ in vocabulary and verb forms, and the model tends to write them in Batua spelling or misread them, so dialect-heavy video needs a careful read.
Code-switching is common: Spanish in Bilbao or Donostia, French in Iparralde, plus English in tech and music. Keep Basque selected when it is the main language; long Spanish or French passages may be written partly in Basque spelling, so fix those lines or split the video. Basque is a lower-resource language for the model: expect a usable draft on clear speech, and more corrections than you would see in Spanish.
Basque videos people transcribe
Common uploads:
- Recorded lessons from ikastolak and university classes taught in Basque.
- Interviews and news clips, for quotes and research.
- Bertsolaritza sessions with spoken introductions and commentary.
- YouTube and TikTok videos from Basque-language creators, for captions.
- Talks and council meetings held in Euskara.
Basque subtitles (azpitituluak)
Export SRT or VTT for Basque subtitles; they load in YouTube Studio, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and VLC. Subtitle lines come from the edited transcript, so correct it first. Improvised bertso verses are hard for the model; expect to rewrite those lines by hand.
DOCX, PDF and TXT suit notes and reports. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
Translation and the audio page
The transcript is written in Basque 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 Basque audio to text page.