From Romanian video to transcript
Drop in the video file without converting it: MP4, MOV, MKV, WEBM, AVI, 3GP or a screen recording from your phone. The audio is pulled out on our server, so every timestamp still points to the right moment in the video. If the video is online, choose Import from link and paste a public link from YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo, Dropbox or Google Drive, or a direct link to the file; only the sound is downloaded.
The text opens beside the player with the current line highlighted, so you can follow along and correct as you watch. Several videos can be uploaded together, for example a full course or a set of interviews.
Diacritics: ș and ț with a comma
Correct Romanian uses ș and ț with a comma below. Older keyboards and fonts used ş and ţ with a cedilla instead, and the two look almost identical but are different characters. If you search or replace in Word later, mixed forms can cause surprises, so keep an eye out when you paste text from other sources into the transcript.
Speech from Moldova is recognised with the Romanian setting and written in Latin script. Everyday videos also borrow English words (meeting, deadline, job) and use informal forms such as io for eu or spoken contractions; the draft may keep or normalise them, so pick one style while editing.
Romanian videos people transcribe
Common examples:
- Recorded university lectures and online courses, for notes.
- Interviews filmed for a licență or master's thesis.
- YouTube vlogs, podcasts filmed on camera and TikTok clips, for subtitles.
- Talk shows and news segments, for quotes.
- Video calls and family videos shared by Romanians working in Italy, Spain or the UK.
Romanian subtitles and documents
Export SRT or VTT for subtitles (subtitrări). Both are UTF-8 text, so ă, â, î, ș and ț show correctly in YouTube Studio, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut and VLC. Correct the transcript before exporting; the subtitle file is built from the edited text. DOCX, PDF and TXT cover written records, and CSV lists every line with its start time.
Accuracy and English
Clear speech gives a good draft that needs a light check. Names, numbers and English brand names are the most common slips, and noisy street clips or several people talking at once take more work. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
The transcript stays in Romanian; there is no built-in translation. To read it in English, 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 Romanian audio to text page.