Tagalog 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.
If a Facebook video link does not import, download the video and upload the file. The transcript then opens next to a player, and each line plays when you click it.
Taglish and other Philippine languages
Most Filipino videos are in Taglish, switching between Tagalog and English mid-sentence. The English words usually come out in English spelling, and Tagalog in standard Latin script. Common shortenings like ba, naman, po and lang are kept, though contractions such as 'yung or 'di may be written in full or without the apostrophe.
Cebuano, Ilocano and Hiligaynon are not separate settings. A Bisaya speaker in a mostly Tagalog vlog will come out poorly, so expect to retype those lines. If a whole video is in Cebuano or Ilocano, RocketScribe will not give a usable transcript of it.
Tagalog videos people transcribe
Common uploads:
- Vlogs, TikTok clips and YouTube videos, for subtitles and captions.
- News segments and interviews, for quotes.
- Church services and preaching, to share as text.
- Online classes and recorded lectures, for notes.
- Video calls with family from OFWs in the Middle East, Hong Kong or Canada.
Filipino subtitles and exports
Export SRT or VTT to add subtitles. The files are plain UTF-8 and load into YouTube Studio, CapCut, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. Correct the transcript first so fixed words carry into the subtitle file. DOCX and PDF suit school or work documents, and TXT is easy to paste into a caption. Timestamps are optional in each export.
Accuracy and English
Clear speech gives a usable draft that needs a careful read. Fast banter, background music in vlogs and several people talking at once lower the accuracy, and names and slang are the common misses. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
The transcript stays in Tagalog; 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 Tagalog audio to text page.