Getting your video in
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 then plays along with the video. Click a line to jump there, type the fix, and it is saved immediately.
Rumi spelling, Manglish and Indonesian
The transcript is in Rumi, the Latin-alphabet spelling used in Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore. Jawi, the Arabic-based script still used in religious and some official writing, is not produced.
Malaysian speech switches languages constantly. English words and whole phrases appear mid-sentence, along with particles such as lah, kan and meh, and Chinese or Tamil terms in mixed company. The model writes what it hears, so English phrases usually stay in English. Malay and Indonesian are close but differ in spelling and vocabulary, and the draft can drift toward Indonesian words; for videos from Indonesia, use the Indonesian page. Regional speech such as Kelantanese or Terengganu Malay is harder and comes out closer to standard Malay.
Malay videos people transcribe
Common uploads:
- Ceramah and tazkirah, to share a religious talk as text.
- University lectures and online classes.
- YouTube podcasts and TikTok videos, for subtitles.
- Interviews for research or a final-year project.
- Zoom and Teams meetings from the office.
Malay subtitles and documents
Export SRT or VTT for sari kata in YouTube Studio, CapCut, Premiere Pro or VLC. Edit first so the subtitles carry the corrected text. DOCX and PDF suit reports and assignments, TXT pastes anywhere, and CSV gives a row per line with its start time.
Accuracy and English
Clear Malay speech gives a good draft. Names, Arabic religious terms and fast code-switching are the usual corrections. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack, handy for podcasts with two or three hosts.
The transcript stays in Malay. 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 Malay audio to text page.