Albanian audio to text: transcribe Albanian audio and video
Upload Albanian (Shqip) audio or video, or paste a link. The language is already set to Albanian. You get a transcript with speaker labels and timestamps that you can edit, export and translate.
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Which kinds of Albanian it covers
- Tosk (southern Albania)
- Gheg (northern Albania and Kosovo)
- Albanian in North Macedonia
- Diaspora speakers in Italy, Greece and Switzerland
One Albanian setting covers these speakers. The transcript is written in standard Albanian, which is based on Tosk, so strong Gheg speech is written in standard forms.
How Albanian transcripts are written
Transcripts use the Albanian Latin alphabet with ë and ç.
In our test on a short self introduction, the transcript kept ë in words such as në and Shqipëri, and wrote dates as numbers. Short clips like this one leave little context, so check names and years.
What people transcribe in Albanian
News and political speeches
Press conferences and speeches in Albanian become text you can quote with timestamps.
Diaspora family recordings
Interviews with grandparents and family stories become text the whole family can read and keep.
Video subtitles
Export SRT for Albanian YouTube videos, then translate the transcript to English or Italian.
Tip for Albanian recordings
Speakers from Kosovo and northern Albania use Gheg forms. The transcript follows standard spelling, so read it once for words that sound different in the dialect.
Translate a Albanian transcript
Open a finished transcript in your dashboard, choose Translate and pick a target language from a list of 99+. You get the translated lines with their timestamps, and you can copy them or download TXT or SRT.
Translation needs an account. It is included on paid plans and the Weekly Pass, and with the first file on a free account.
Common choices from Albanian:
- Albanian English
- Albanian Italian
- Albanian German
- Albanian Greek
- Albanian Turkish
- Albanian French
Want it in one step? Translate Audio and Translate Video transcribe and translate together, and Translate Subtitles works on an SRT or VTT file.
FAQ
Does it work for Kosovo Albanian?
Yes. The same Albanian setting is used for speakers from Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia. The transcript is written in standard Albanian.
Are ë and ç kept?
Yes. Albanian transcripts are written with ë and ç, as in në and Shqipëri.
Is there a sample transcript on this page?
Not yet. We only publish samples made from audio we can confirm is in the public domain. We tested this language with our own test recordings, on both the free preview and a signed-in account, before adding the page.
Is the Albanian transcription free?
Yes. Albanian files run on our premium engine with speaker labels, up to 2 hours a month on a free account. You can transcribe up to 30 Albanian files a day, up to 30 minutes each, for free, and your first file can run up to an hour. Reading, copying, the full editor and TXT downloads stay free. Action items, email drafts, AI summaries and DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT and JSON downloads come with your first file, the Weekly Pass ($9.99 for 20 hours over 7 days) and paid plans. Full-length files from $8.33/mo billed yearly.
What Albanian file formats are supported?
All common audio and video: MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, AAC, OGG, MP4, MOV, WebM, AVI, MKV. Upload directly or paste a URL (YouTube, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.).