What to expect from Luxembourgish
Luxembourgish has little training data in the speech model, and it shares a lot with German, which the model knows very well. The result is a rough draft that often drifts into German spelling or German words. It works best on slow, clear speech from one person close to the microphone; meetings, phone calls and radio with music need much more correction.
For a long interview, correcting a timed draft is still usually quicker than typing everything from scratch.
Upload the recording as it is: MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, OPUS, FLAC, a voice message or a phone recording. You can also record from your microphone in the upload box. Nothing needs converting first.
Spelling: Luxembourgish, not German
Luxembourgish has its own official spelling, revised in 2019. Points to check during review:
- German spellings in place of Luxembourgish ones, such as ich for ech or nicht for net.
- The letters ë and é, which are easy for the model to drop.
- The n-rule (Eifeler Regel), where a final n is dropped before most consonants: the draft may keep or drop it wrongly.
- Nouns are capitalised, as in German; the model usually does this.
French, German and English in one recording
Luxembourg is multilingual, and speakers switch between Luxembourgish, French, German and English, sometimes in one sentence. Many everyday words are French, such as merci or Camion. Keep Luxembourgish selected when it dominates. A French meeting with some Luxembourgish should be transcribed with French, and a German one with German.
Do not rely on auto-detect: it almost always picks German for Luxembourgish speech. Set the language yourself, as this page does.
The transcript opens next to a player that highlights the current line. Click a line to hear it again, correct the word in place, and your changes save automatically.
Who transcribes Luxembourgish
Typical files are interviews for research and journalism, school and university material, Chamber and municipal meeting recordings, local radio and podcasts, and family recordings with grandparents. Cross-border workers learning Luxembourgish also transcribe lesson recordings to study from. Older speakers from the north and the Moselle valley use regional pronunciations that need extra attention.
Export TXT, DOCX, PDF, CSV, SRT or VTT, with timestamps and speaker names switched on or off per export. Speaker labels are available on paid plans or with a Minute Pack.
For video files, see the Luxembourgish video to text page.