From Bulgarian video to transcript
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.
Several videos can be uploaded together, for example a series of lectures, and each becomes its own transcript beside a player.
Bulgarian spelling, accents and English
The text is in Bulgarian Cyrillic, including ъ, щ, ю and я. Bulgarian has articles attached to the end of nouns, and the long and short forms (-ът and -а for masculine nouns) depend on grammar rather than sound, so this is a classic spot to check in the draft. The model usually gets it right in clear speech; with fast speech it is worth a read.
Regional speech from the Rhodopes or the north-west, and Macedonian speakers, are written in standard Bulgarian spelling. Business, IT and gaming videos are full of English terms; those may be written in Latin letters or transliterated into Cyrillic. Clear speech gives a good draft that needs a light read; noisy street interviews need more.
Bulgarian videos people transcribe
Typical uploads:
- News clips, interviews and parliamentary debates, for quotes.
- YouTube podcasts and vlogs, for Bulgarian subtitles.
- University lectures and online courses.
- Recorded Zoom or Teams meetings for minutes.
- Family videos from relatives in Bulgaria, the UK, Germany or Spain.
Bulgarian subtitles (субтитри)
Export SRT or VTT to add Bulgarian subtitles in YouTube Studio, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut or VLC. Cyrillic is kept because the files are UTF-8. Correct the text first; subtitle lines are cut from it.
DOCX and PDF suit minutes and reports, and CSV gives one row per line with its start time. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
Translation and audio-only files
The transcript is written in Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian audio to text page.