Adding a Luxembourgish 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 finished draft runs next to the video. Clicking a line plays it again, so each correction is a short listen followed by a quick edit.
German spellings, French words
Luxembourgish has a small number of speakers and little transcribed speech, so the model knows it far less well than German or French. Expect a rough draft that leans toward German spelling: Luxembourgish words may be written the German way, and the letters ë and é may be missing. Spelling rules were also revised in 2019, so check the draft against current conventions.
Code-switching is the norm. A Luxembourgish sentence can carry French phrases, German terms and English, and people often change language with each speaker. Keep Luxembourgish selected for mostly Luxembourgish video. If a speaker switches to French or German for a long stretch, those lines are usually readable but may need cleaning up.
Luxembourgish videos people transcribe
Typical uploads:
- Local news and interview clips.
- Debates in the Chamber of Deputies, held mostly in Luxembourgish.
- School and university presentations, and recorded lessons.
- Family videos, weddings and speeches.
- Interviews with cross-border workers and residents for research or journalism.
- Your own social videos, for Luxembourgish subtitles.
Subtitles and exports
Export SRT or VTT after editing; the files are UTF-8 so ë and é display correctly in YouTube and video editors. DOCX and PDF suit minutes and reports, TXT is plain text, and CSV gives a row per line.
Getting a better draft
Clear speech from one person with a close microphone works best. Turn on audio repair for noisy events. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
The transcript stays in Luxembourgish. 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 Luxembourgish audio to text page.