How the video gets in
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.
When it is done, the transcript and player sit side by side. Clicking a line plays it; typing fixes it.
Belarusian, Russian and trasianka
Most everyday speech in Belarus is in Russian, and many videos switch between the two languages or use trasianka, a mix of both. The model writes what it recognises as the selected language, so Russian passages may come out with Belarusian letters such as ў and і, or Belarusian words may be pulled toward Russian spelling. If a long section is purely Russian, split it off and transcribe it with Russian selected, or fix those lines in the editor.
There are two spelling traditions: the official one and taraškievica, used by some independent media and diaspora writers. The draft does not follow taraškievica reliably, so adjust the spelling if your publication uses it. Belarusian is a lower-resource language for the model; clear speech gives a usable draft that needs a careful read.
Belarusian videos people bring
Typical uploads:
- Independent news, interviews and YouTube talk shows, many produced in Poland or Lithuania.
- Literary readings, lectures and courses in Belarusian.
- Testimonies and interviews recorded for archives and human-rights documentation.
- Podcasts filmed for YouTube, for subtitles and show notes.
- Family videos and interviews with grandparents.
Belarusian subtitles and exports
Export SRT or VTT to put Belarusian subtitles on the video. UTF-8 keeps ў, і and the apostrophe used in words like сям'я. Edit the transcript before exporting so the subtitle file carries the fixes.
DOCX and PDF suit articles and reports; CSV lists each line with its time for research coding. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
English and audio-only files
The transcript is written in Belarusian 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 Belarusian audio to text page.