Maltese audio to text: transcribe Maltese audio and video
Upload Maltese (Malti) audio or video, or paste a link. The language is already set to Maltese. 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 Maltese it covers
- Standard Maltese
- Gozitan speech
One Maltese setting covers these speakers.
How Maltese transcripts are written
Transcripts use Maltese spelling with ċ, ġ, għ, ħ, ie and ż.
In our test on read sentences, the transcript used Maltese letters such as ħ, ġ, ċ and ż and hyphenated articles like il-belt. Italian and English loanwords were written in Maltese spelling, so check them.
What people transcribe in Maltese
Interviews and media
Maltese interviews come back with speaker labels and timestamps.
Parliament and council meetings
Meetings become minutes, which you can translate to English.
Lectures
Lectures in Maltese become notes students can search.
Tip for Maltese recordings
Maltese speakers switch to English often. Choose Maltese for mostly Maltese speech and Auto-detect for long English parts.
Translate a Maltese 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 Maltese:
- Maltese English
- Maltese Italian
- Maltese Arabic
- Maltese French
- Maltese German
- Maltese Spanish
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
Are ħ, ġ and ż kept?
Yes. Maltese transcripts are written with the Maltese letters.
Can I translate Maltese to English?
Yes. Use Translate on a finished transcript in your dashboard.
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 Maltese transcription free?
Yes. Maltese 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 Maltese 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 Maltese 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.).