Nynorsk and Bokmål in the transcript
Norwegian has one spoken language and two written standards, Bokmål and Nynorsk. Selecting Norwegian Nynorsk asks the model to write Nynorsk. It saw far less Nynorsk text than Bokmål, so the transcript often mixes the two: you may see ikke instead of ikkje, jeg instead of eg, or hva instead of kva. Plan a careful read to make the forms consistent.
If you only need a readable Norwegian transcript and Bokmål is fine, the Norwegian page usually gives a cleaner result. Choose this page when the text must end up in Nynorsk, for example for a municipality, school or broadcaster that writes in it.
Dialects
Nobody speaks Nynorsk as such; people speak dialects, and many Nynorsk users live in Vestlandet and inland valleys where dialects differ a lot from Oslo speech. The model writes standard forms, so a speaker from Sogn, Sunnmøre or Hardanger will be written down in normalised spelling, with some words mistaken.
Strong dialect, fast speech and several people talking at once all add corrections. Names of farms, places and people are worth checking against a list.
Getting the recording in
Upload the recording as it is: MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, OPUS, FLAC or AAC, a voice note saved from WhatsApp or Telegram, or a video file such as MP4 or MOV. You can also record from your microphone in the browser. Long files are split and processed in parallel, so a ten-minute recording usually takes a minute or two.
The transcript opens next to a player. The current line is highlighted, clicking a line jumps there, and your edits save automatically.
Who uses Nynorsk transcription
Typical files are interviews for local newspapers and radio, council and board meetings, school and university lectures, research interviews, and oral history from older people in rural communities. Students writing their thesis in Nynorsk use it to transcribe interviews they need to quote.
Exports and next steps
Export TXT or DOCX for notes and documents, PDF for a fixed copy, SRT or VTT for subtitles, and CSV with one row per line and its start time. Timestamps and speaker names can be switched on or off in each export. Speaker labels are available on paid plans or with a Minute Pack.
For video, such as a recorded lecture or a local news clip, see the Norwegian Nynorsk video to text page.