Getting a Kreyòl video 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.
Church services and radio-style talk shows filmed for YouTube can be long; they are split into parts and processed in parallel, then shown next to a player.
What to expect from the draft
Haitian Creole has little training data in the model. Expect a rough draft with many corrections, especially in fast, lively conversation or with music behind the voice. Slow, clear speech from one speaker, such as a pastor or a teacher, gives the best result. Correcting a timed draft is still quicker than typing it all.
Kreyòl spelling is phonetic and uses accents such as ò and è (pòt, frè). Because the model knows French much better, it may write a Kreyòl word in French spelling (for example moi where Kreyòl has mwen); check those. Haitians often switch into French in formal speech and into English or Spanish in the diaspora in Miami, New York, Boston, Montréal or the Dominican Republic.
Haitian Creole videos people transcribe
Typical uploads:
- Sermons, prayer meetings and gospel programmes.
- News commentary and talk shows posted on YouTube.
- Interviews with family members, for history and community projects.
- Health and community-information videos for Haitian audiences.
- TikToks and comedy sketches that need captions.
Kreyòl subtitles and exports
Export SRT or VTT for Kreyòl subtitles; ò and è are kept in UTF-8. Fix the text before exporting, since subtitles are built from the edited transcript.
DOCX and PDF suit printed handouts or archive records. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
English, French and audio-only recordings
The transcript is written in Haitian Creole 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 Haitian Creole audio to text page.