Video file or YouTube link
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 transcript lines up with the player. Click a line to listen again, correct it on the spot, and the change is saved.
Macedonian Cyrillic and its neighbours
Output is in the Macedonian Cyrillic alphabet, including ѓ, ќ, ѕ, љ, њ, џ and ј. Because Macedonian is close to Bulgarian and Serbian, and the model has seen more of those, the draft can slip into their spellings, for example writing щ or ъ where Macedonian uses other letters. That is the main thing to watch for in review.
Accuracy is a usable draft that needs a careful read. Many speakers mix in Serbian words, and in western Macedonia some videos switch between Macedonian and Albanian. Macedonian communities in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and North America often blend in the local language. Regional speech from the east or south-west of the country is transcribed too, but local words may be replaced with standard forms.
Macedonian videos people transcribe
Common uploads:
- TV news, talk shows and political interviews, for quotes.
- University lectures and online lessons.
- Church services and religious talks.
- Family videos and weddings.
- Your own YouTube or TikTok videos, for subtitles.
Macedonian subtitles
Export SRT or VTT to add Macedonian subtitles in YouTube Studio, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or VLC. Files are UTF-8, so the Macedonian letters show correctly as long as the font covers Cyrillic. DOCX and PDF suit documents, and CSV gives a row per line.
Accuracy and English
Clear speech with a close microphone gives the best draft; panels with crosstalk need more work. Turn on audio repair for footage with traffic or crowd noise, and check surnames, place names and numbers, which are the usual slips. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
The transcript stays in Macedonian. 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 Macedonian audio to text page.