Starting with a Khmer video
Drop in the video file unchanged: MP4, MOV, MKV, WEBM, AVI, M4V, 3GP or a phone screen recording. The sound track is pulled out on the server, so there is no convert-to-MP3 step, and every timestamp still matches the picture. If the video is online, paste its public link under Import from link: YouTube, Shorts, TikTok, public Vimeo, Dropbox or Google Drive share links, or a direct link to a video file. Only the audio is downloaded. Playlists and channels are refused, so queue videos one link at a time, and sign-in-only posts such as Instagram need to be downloaded and uploaded.
The draft plays in sync with the video. Click any line to replay it, then type the correction directly into the line.
A rough draft in Khmer script
Khmer is a low-resource language for the speech model, so treat the output as a starting point that needs many corrections rather than a finished text. It does best on slow, clear speech from one speaker, such as a monk's talk or a teacher at a whiteboard.
Khmer script is written without spaces between words, with spaces marking phrases, and uses stacked subscript consonants. The draft may break phrases in different places from a careful writer. Proper names, Pali and Sanskrit terms in religious talks, and numbers are the most common corrections. English and older French loanwords appear in Cambodian speech; they may be written in Khmer letters or in Latin script.
Khmer videos people transcribe
Typical material:
- Dharma talks and Buddhist ceremonies, to share the teaching as text.
- Cambodian TV news and YouTube interviews.
- Lessons recorded for children learning to read and write Khmer abroad.
- Family videos and interviews with elders, often recorded by Cambodian families in the United States, France or Australia.
- Your own Facebook, YouTube or TikTok videos, for Khmer subtitles.
Khmer subtitles
Export SRT or VTT after editing. The files are UTF-8 and YouTube renders Khmer properly. In desktop subtitle editors, choose a Khmer font such as Khmer OS or Noto Sans Khmer, otherwise subscript consonants may display in the wrong place. Short, corrected lines make the most readable subtitles, so trim long segments in the editor before exporting. DOCX and PDF suit a written record.
Better drafts and English
A close microphone, little background music and audio repair for noisy footage all help. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
The transcript stays in Khmer. For an English reading, open the Google Translate link on the transcript, or use the AI prompt export to hand the text to ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. For audio-only recordings, see the Khmer audio to text page.