Tatar transcription: be ready to edit
Tatar is a low-resource language for the speech model. Expect a rough draft with many corrections, and lines that slip into Russian. Slow, clear speech from one speaker close to the microphone works best. Group conversations, songs and noisy rooms will need much more work.
For a long interview, correcting a rough draft is still quicker than typing everything. Click the line, listen, fix it; edits save automatically.
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.
Tatar Cyrillic
The transcript is in the Tatar Cyrillic alphabet, which adds ә, ө, ү, җ, ң and һ to Russian letters. These are the letters to check first, since the draft may write the nearest Russian letter instead. Vowel harmony in suffixes is another frequent source of errors.
Tatar written in the Latin alphabet is not produced. If you need it, convert the corrected Cyrillic text with a separate tool.
Russian, Bashkir and dialects
Almost all Tatar speakers also speak Russian, and many recordings switch between the two. Keep Tatar selected when Tatar dominates; for meetings that are mostly Russian, select Russian. Auto-detect often picks Russian or Bashkir for Tatar audio, so this page sets Tatar for you.
The model is closest to the Kazan literary standard. Mishar and Siberian Tatar speakers will need more corrections. Crimean Tatar is a different language and is not in the language list.
What people record in Tatar
Uploads include interviews with older relatives for family history, language documentation and research, radio and TV segments from Tatarstan, lectures and lessons, and religious talks. Tatar learners use the draft to follow along with what they hear.
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 files, such as a YouTube interview or a recorded lesson, see the Tatar video to text page.