Malay audio to text: transcribe Malay audio and video
Upload Malay (Bahasa Melayu) audio or video, or paste a link. The language is already set to Malay. You get a transcript with speaker labels and timestamps that you can edit, export and translate.
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Free for files up to 30 min • No credit card • Full-length files from $8.33/mo billed yearly
Which kinds of Malay it covers
- Malaysian Malay
- Bruneian Malay
- Singapore Malay
One Malay setting covers these speakers. Indonesian has its own option in the language list.
How Malay transcripts are written
Transcripts use standard Malay spelling in Latin letters (Rumi).
In our test on read sentences, the free and account transcripts were almost the same and used Malaysian spelling such as kenderaan and saintis, not the Indonesian forms. Jawi script is not produced.
What people transcribe in Malay
Meetings and webinars
Malay meetings become minutes with a summary in Malay.
Religious talks
Ceramah and lessons become text you can share with students.
Video subtitles
Export SRT for Malay videos and translate them to English or Chinese.
Tip for Malay recordings
Malaysian speakers often mix English into Malay. Choose Malay for mostly Malay speech and Auto-detect for heavy mixing.
Translate a Malay 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 Malay:
- Malay English
- Malay Indonesian
- Malay Chinese
- Malay Tamil
- Malay Arabic
- Malay Japanese
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
Will Malay be written as Indonesian?
Not when you choose Malay. In our test the transcript used Malaysian spelling.
Can I get Jawi script?
No. Transcripts are written in Latin letters (Rumi).
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 Malay transcription free?
Yes. Malay 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 Malay 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 Malay 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.).