Catalan video, step by step
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 beside a player with the current line highlighted. Click a line to replay it and type the fix; edits are saved automatically.
Central, Valencian, Balearic and Spanish
Catalan from Barcelona, València, Mallorca, Lleida or Andorra all transcribe into standard Catalan spelling. Valencian and Balearic forms (the Balearic article es and sa, or Valencian verb endings) may be written in their central equivalents, so check them if the variety matters for your text.
Code-switching with Spanish is everywhere, from interviews to TikToks, and in Northern Catalonia with French. Keep Catalan selected when it is the main language; Spanish sentences usually come out in Spanish, but short Spanish words can be bent into Catalan spelling. Catalan has more training data than many regional languages, so clear speech gives a good draft that needs a moderate read.
Catalan videos people transcribe
Common uploads:
- University lectures and recorded classes, for notes.
- Interviews filmed for a TFG or TFM, for the written appendix.
- YouTube and TikTok videos from Catalan creators, for subtitles.
- Council meetings, plenaries and public talks.
- Recorded Teams or Zoom meetings for minutes (acta).
Catalan subtitles (subtítols) and exports
Export SRT or VTT for Catalan subtitles. The UTF-8 files keep à, è, é, í, ò, ó, ú, ï, ü, ç and the punt volat in l·l. Some fonts render the punt volat poorly; if it looks wrong in your editor, try another subtitle font. Fix the text before exporting.
DOCX and PDF suit an acta or an appendix; CSV lists each line with its time. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
Translation and the audio page
The transcript is written in Catalan 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 Catalan audio to text page.