From Swedish video to text
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 transcript opens next to a player. Click any line to play from there; correct a word and it is saved. Several files can be uploaded together, for a lecture series or a batch of interviews.
Dialects, Finland Swedish and English
Swedish is one of the better-supported languages, and standard Stockholm speech gives a strong draft. Skåne, Gotland or Norrland dialects and Finland Swedish are recognised too, though local words are pulled towards standard spelling. Spoken forms such as dom for de and dem, or mej for mig, may be written either way, so pick one style if the text is formal.
Swedish videos borrow plenty of English, from business terms to whole phrases, and these usually come out in English. A Norwegian or Danish guest is often written with Swedish-like spelling; for a mostly Norwegian or Danish video, use that language's page.
Swedish videos people transcribe
Typical uploads:
- Recorded lectures and seminars, for notes and study material.
- Interviews filmed for an uppsats or examensarbete.
- YouTube videos and video podcasts, for Swedish subtitles (undertexter).
- Recorded Teams or Zoom meetings, for protokoll and action points.
- Training and onboarding videos, to turn into written guides.
Swedish subtitles and documents
Export SRT or VTT for subtitles. Both are UTF-8, so å, ä and ö show correctly in YouTube Studio, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and VLC. Captions also make a video accessible to viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing, which public bodies publishing video often need. DOCX and PDF suit reports and appendices, and CSV lists each line with its start time.
Accuracy and English
Clear speech gives a strong draft that needs a light check. Names, compound words split in two (särskrivning) and numbers are the usual fixes, and music or crosstalk add more. Speaker labels for interviews and panels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
The transcript stays in Swedish; 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 Swedish audio to text page.