Pashto audio to text: transcribe Pashto audio and video
Upload Pashto (پښتو) audio or video, or paste a link. The language is already set to Pashto. 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 Pashto it covers
- Afghan Pashto
- Pakistani Pashto (Peshawar)
- Southern (Kandahari) and Northern (Yusufzai) speech
One Pashto setting covers these speakers.
How Pashto transcripts are written
Transcripts are written in Pashto Arabic script, right to left.
In our test on read sentences, the transcript came back in Arabic script as one long run with little punctuation, and some words were spelled the way they sound rather than in standard Pashto. Plan to add sentence breaks.
What people transcribe in Pashto
News and radio
Pashto news and radio programs come back with timestamps.
Interviews and research
Field interviews can be translated to English for reports.
Religious talks
Lectures and talks become text you can share.
Tip for Pashto recordings
Pashto spelling varies between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pick one standard for your project and check common words once.
Translate a Pashto 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 Pashto:
- Pashto English
- Pashto Persian
- Pashto Urdu
- Pashto Arabic
- Pashto German
- Pashto Turkish
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 the transcript have punctuation?
Usually very little. In our test the Pashto transcript had almost no sentence marks, so expect to add them.
Can I translate Pashto 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 Pashto transcription free?
Yes. Pashto 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 Pashto 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 Pashto 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.).