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Japanese audio
Transcribe Japanese audio to text
Transcribe Japanese audio to text: who names Japanese on their pricing page, how to read a Japanese transcript, and what our own engine covers.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
Our engine reads 99+ languages — so a Japanese file is not ours to transcribe. Otter and Descript name Japanese on their pricing pages. For the 99+ languages parts of your project: 30 minutes per file on the free plan, no minute limit, $0 for 3 files a day.
The case
Why Japanese is not just another upload
Japanese is written without spaces between words, and one line can carry kanji, hiragana and katakana at the same time. That is where a transcript breaks: a service that swaps a katakana loanword for a plausible word turns a product name into a stranger. Read the first minute of the output against the recording before you trust the rest of it.
What one Japanese file needs, and who takes it
not transcribed by our engine; a Japanese recording needs a service that names the language
Otter and Descript — both list Japanese on their pricing pages
TurboScribe claims 98+ transcription languages, VEED 125+, HappyScribe 150+ — Japanese is not named on those pages
How to get a Japanese transcript you can trust
- 1
Pick a service that names Japanese
Otter and Descript list Japanese in their pricing tables. That is the shortest way to know the language is not a guess — a count of 98+ languages on its own tells you nothing.
- 2
Cut a one-minute sample
Take a minute with two names, two numbers and one quiet stretch. A minute is enough to see whether the punctuation, the kanji and the katakana survive the round trip.
- 3
Read it against the audio
Play the sample and the text side by side. Check the kanji of a surname, the digits of a phone number, and the loanwords written in katakana.
- 4
Ask for the file formats
If the recording is a video, ask for SRT and VTT with timecodes; if it is a document, TXT or DOCX. Six formats are the usual set on the market.
Tips
Leave the detection on for a mixed recording.
Check the katakana loanwords first.
Ask whether the service names Japanese on its pricing page.
Keep a minute of the audio next to the text.
Questions this page answers
Does Transcribsi transcribe Japanese?
No. Our engine takes 99+ languages — and we publish only those two. Sending a Japanese file here would give you a transcript in the wrong language, so we say it on the page instead.
Which services name Japanese?
Otter and Descript, both in the language table of their pricing page, read on 22 October 2026. TurboScribe publishes 98+ and VEED 125+, and neither of them names Japanese there.
How do I check the quality quickly?
Transcribe one minute that holds a name, a number and a loanword, then compare. Errors in names and digits show up first, and they are the most expensive ones to fix after the fact.
Where is a 99+ languages file processed?
Athe recording language is detected automatically. One file is up to 30 minutes.
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Free audio to text toolsWhat the free plan of each service gives.
Sources
- OOtter pricing — the table of transcription languagesotter.ai · checked 22 October 2026
- DDescript pricing — 25 transcription languagesdescript.com · checked 22 October 2026
- TTurboScribe pricing — 98+ transcription languagesturboscribe.ai · checked 21 October 2026
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