Adding the 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 draft opens next to the player. Click a line to replay it and rewrite it in Nynorsk; edits save automatically.
What to expect with Nynorsk
Nynorsk is one of Norway's two written standards, used widely in Vestland, Møre og Romsdal and other parts of western Norway, in many schools and by NRK for part of its content. It is a way of writing Norwegian, not a separate spoken language, and the speech model has seen very little Nynorsk text. Expect a rough draft in which Bokmål forms creep in: jeg for eg, ikke for ikkje, hva for kva, and Bokmål verb and plural endings.
Because of this, many users get a cleaner result by transcribing with Norwegian (Bokmål) and then converting to Nynorsk while editing; others prefer to start with Nynorsk selected. Try both on a short clip and keep whichever needs fewer fixes. Dialect speech from Sogn, Sunnmøre or Hardanger is written in a standard form either way, so dialect words need adding by hand.
Videos that need Nynorsk text
Typical uses:
- Lectures and school videos from Nynorsk-using schools and colleges.
- Interviews for theses or local newspapers that publish in Nynorsk.
- Municipal meetings, for minutes in the municipality's written standard.
- Your own YouTube or TikTok videos, for Nynorsk subtitles.
Nynorsk subtitles and documents
Once corrected, export SRT or VTT for subtitles in YouTube Studio or a video editor. DOCX and PDF suit minutes and assignments, and TXT is handy for pasting. Timestamps can be kept or removed.
Tips and English
A close microphone and audio repair for wind and room echo help. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
The transcript stays in Nynorsk. 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 Nynorsk audio to text page.