Italian video to an editable transcript
Upload the video file as it is: MP4, MOV, M4V, WEBM, MKV, AVI or a phone screen recording. There is no need to convert it to audio first; the sound is taken out on our side and the timestamps stay aligned with the original video. If the video is on YouTube or TikTok, choose Import from link and paste the public link instead, and only the audio is fetched.
The transcript opens next to a player. Click a sentence to hear it again and fix the word in place, then export the result as subtitles or a document.
Regional accents and dialect
Standard Italian with a Roman, Milanese, Neapolitan or Sicilian accent transcribes well on clear audio. Dialect proper, such as Neapolitan or Sicilian spoken among family, is a separate language in all but name; the model writes it as the nearest Italian, so treat that output as a draft.
Watch for apostrophes and accents: un po' versus un pò, perché with é, and elisions like l'ho or c'è. The model usually gets them right, but subtitles are where a wrong accent is most visible.
Italian videos people transcribe
Common uploads:
- Lezioni universitarie and recorded webinars, for notes and a tesi.
- Interviews filmed for research, journalism or family history.
- YouTube, TikTok and Instagram Reels, for Italian subtitles.
- Recorded meetings in Teams, Zoom or Google Meet, for a verbale.
Italian subtitles (sottotitoli) and exports
Export SRT or VTT to add Italian subtitles in YouTube Studio, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or CapCut, with accented letters intact. DOCX and PDF suit a verbale or a thesis appendix, and CSV gives one row per line for research coding. Timestamps and speaker names are optional in each export; speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
Accuracy and English
Clear speech gives a draft that needs only light edits. Music, crosstalk and a distant microphone lower the accuracy, and names and places are the usual errors.
The transcript stays in Italian. To read it in English, use the Google Translate link on the transcript or the AI prompt export with ChatGPT or Claude. For audio-only recordings, see the Italian audio to text page.