Getting a Tatar video in
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 VK link does not import, save the video and upload the file. The draft opens beside a player, and clicking a line replays it.
What to expect
Tatar has very little training data in the speech model. Expect a rough draft with many corrections, especially for the Tatar letters ә, ө, ү, җ, ң and һ, which may be replaced by the closest Russian letter. The best results come from one person speaking slowly and clearly near the microphone.
Most Tatar videos mix in Russian, from single words to whole conversations, and many speakers switch freely between the two. If a video is mostly Russian with some Tatar, select Russian instead and fix the Tatar lines by hand. Bashkir is a separate setting; a Bashkir speaker will not transcribe well as Tatar. Songs and recitation with music are even harder than speech, so start with spoken interviews if you are testing what the draft can do.
Tatar videos people transcribe
Typical uploads:
- Interviews and programmes from Tatar-language TV and YouTube channels.
- Elders' stories and family videos, for language preservation.
- Mosque talks and religious lectures.
- Lessons and videos made for Tatar learners.
Subtitles and exports
Export SRT or VTT once the draft is corrected. The files are UTF-8 Cyrillic, so the Tatar letters show correctly in YouTube Studio and current editors; if an older program shows boxes, switch to a font with extended Cyrillic. There is no conversion to the Latin Tatar alphabet. DOCX, PDF and TXT give a written version for archives or teaching materials.
English and the audio page
The transcript stays in Tatar; 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. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack. Because the draft needs work, schedule time for a careful pass with a Tatar speaker. For audio-only recordings, see the Tatar audio to text page.