Greek video in, editable text out
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 the player with the current line highlighted. Click to replay, type to correct; it saves automatically.
Greek spelling, Greeklish and Cypriot
The text is in the Greek alphabet with the monotonic accent (τόνος) and diaeresis. Greek has several ways to write the same i-sound (ι, η, υ, ει, οι) and o-sound (ο, ω), so a misspelling that sounds right is the typical error; spelling is chosen from context, and clear speech usually gets it right.
Many people type Greek in Latin letters (Greeklish), but the transcript is always in Greek script. Cypriot Greek has its own sounds and vocabulary and is written in standard Greek spelling, with more corrections needed. Diaspora videos from Australia, the US, Germany or the UK mix in English or German. Clear speech gives a good draft that needs a moderate read.
Greek videos people transcribe
Common uploads:
- University lectures and recorded classes, for notes.
- Interviews filmed for a διπλωματική or thesis.
- News, talk shows and parliamentary speeches, for quotes.
- Church services and sermons from the Greek Orthodox Church.
- YouTube and TikTok videos that need Greek subtitles (υπότιτλοι).
Greek subtitles and exports
Export SRT or VTT for Greek subtitles in YouTube Studio, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or VLC; accents and diaeresis are kept in UTF-8. Older players that expect Windows-1253 may show garbled text; set them to UTF-8.
DOCX and PDF suit appendices and minutes; CSV gives one row per 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 Greek 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 Greek audio to text page.