A free Spanish transcription tool that writes out Spanish audio and video in Spanish, with a time on every line, on your own device.
Drop Spanish audio or video, and Whisper writes it out in Spanish with a time on every line. Nothing is uploaded.
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Private: nothing leaves your device. The model downloads once (77 MB) and your browser keeps it.
This free Spanish transcription tool writes out Spanish audio and video in Spanish, with a time on every line.
It opens set to Spanish, so Whisper doesn't have to guess. It runs in your browser, and nothing is uploaded.
Here's how to transcribe Spanish, which model to pick for accents, and how to get it into English.
What is Spanish transcription?
Spanish transcription turns Spanish speech into Spanish text: the words as they're said, not a translation. This tool gives you every line with its time.
It runs Whisper, OpenAI's speech recognition model, which transcribes Spanish from Spain, Mexico and the rest of Latin America.
Try the example
The example is "La zorra y los racimos de uvas," an Aesop fable read by Paulino for LibriVox, in the public domain. It runs 52 seconds.
On Best, Whisper wrote it word for word. Standard is quicker and gets most of it, with a few words off.
On your device or on our server
The page opens on your device. Whisper, OpenAI's speech recognition model, runs in your browser, and the file never leaves it.
For long files, pick On our server. The sound goes in 2-minute pieces to Groq's Whisper and comes back as text in seconds.
| On this device | On our server | |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy | Nothing leaves your device | Sent in pieces, not kept |
| Download | 77 MB once, or 563 MB for Best | None |
| Length | No limit | Up to 30 minutes a file |
| Cost | Free | Free, within a daily limit |
Groq, the company that runs the server's Whisper, says in its data policy that "by default, Groq does not retain customer data for inference requests." We don't keep the sound either.
Standard or Best
Standard is whisper-base, a 77 MB download that runs in any modern browser. On a 2021 MacBook Pro, it wrote a 23-second clip in 5 seconds.
Best is whisper-large-v3-turbo, 563 MB, on browsers with WebGPU. It wrote 100 seconds in 10, and a Spanish clip word for word, after its download.
| Model | Download | Runs on | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 77 MB | Any modern browser | Quick notes, clear speech |
| Best | 563 MB | Browsers with WebGPU | Names, accents, other languages |
Without WebGPU, Best is whisper-small, 249 MB, which is slower. Each model downloads once, and your browser keeps it.
Spanish to English
For English text from Spanish speech, use the audio translator. Whisper writes the Spanish, then AI translates it into English, line by line.
To take this Spanish transcript into another language, pick it in Translate to, under the file.
Files it takes
Anything your browser can read: MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, Opus, MP4, MOV, WebM and MKV. A video's sound is read, and the picture stays on your screen to play along.
The file is read in parts, so an hour-long recording works on a computer. A phone can take longer on the device, and On our server is quicker there.
Timestamps, SRT and VTT
Every line keeps its time. Press a time and the recording plays from there, and the line being said lights up as it plays.
Download it as plain text, Markdown, SRT or VTT. SRT and VTT are the caption files YouTube, Vimeo and video editors take.
Get a cleaner transcript
- Pick the language – when you know it, instead of Detect it.
- Use Best – for names, accents and anything but clear English.
- Record close to the mic – your voice rises above the room's noise.
Two things cost the most words:
- Music under the voice – Whisper can drop words, or invent a line in a long music break.
- People talking over each other – Whisper follows one voice at a time.
After that, Add punctuation in step 3 tidies the text in your own AI, without changing a word.
After you transcribe
Pull quotes and posts from it with the asks in step 3. Your own AI can answer in Spanish or in English.
Who is the spanish transcription for?
It's for anyone working with Spanish audio:
- Audio translator – people who need Spanish audio in another language
- Audio to text converter – anyone transcribing other languages
- Podcast transcript generator – Spanish-language podcasters
- Video caption generator – video creators adding Spanish subtitles
Every other tool is on my free tools page.
Do more with your recording
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Spanish transcription FAQs
Questions about the spanish transcription? Here's what to know.
Spanish transcription turns Spanish speech into Spanish text, the words as they're said.
This tool runs Whisper in your browser and keeps every line's time.
Yes, Whisper transcribes Spanish from Spain, Mexico and the rest of Latin America.
Pick Best for strong accents and fast speech.
Yes, pick English in Translate to, under the file, or use the audio translator.
This page keeps the Spanish first.
Yes, change Language to any language Whisper knows, or Detect it.
The page only opens on Spanish.
Yes, this Spanish transcription tool is free, with no account and no limit on your device.
On our server, each visitor gets 40 minutes a day.
No, not on this device: Whisper runs in your browser and the file never leaves it.
On our server, the sound is sent in pieces, written out, and not kept.
A translation sends the text only.
No, Whisper writes what's said without names.
Add the names yourself in the text, or in your editor.
This Spanish transcription tool is for anyone working with Spanish speech:
- Podcast transcript generator – podcasters who need show notes and quotes.
- Audio converter – anyone who records and edits audio.
- Audio recorder – people who record interviews and notes in the browser.
Teachers, students and translators use it for lessons and interviews, and nothing leaves their computer.
I did.
I'm Navid Moazzez, and the Spanish transcription tool is one of my free tools on navid.me.
Read more about me.
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