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Transcribe Afrikaans audio to text

Transcribe Afrikaans audio to text: our two engines, the limits, the prices, the services charging by the hour and running the model locally, 21 October 2026.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short

Our engine covers 99+ languages; Afrikaans is not one of them. Everything else on this page is language-neutral: 30 minutes per file, no minute limit, 3 files a day for $0, timecodes on every line, speakers on request, 6 export formats.

The case

A working language with a short list

South African offices run on English and Afrikaans side by side, and the transcription market answers English requests, not Afrikaans ones: of the 18 services in our audit of 21 October 2026, none ships an Afrikaans interface. Our own engine is 99+ languages. So the honest answer here is about the parts that still work for you, and about the market options that publish a price per hour.

The numbers

The limits, the languages and the prices by the hour

Afrikaans

no profile of our own; the file is processed and the result is not an Afrikaans transcript

Interfaces in the market

TurboScribe 41 languages, tl;dv 11, Fireflies 5 — none of them is Afrikaans

Prices by the hour

Rev $0.30 an hour for foreign languages, $0.20 for English; AssemblyAI $0.15 to $0.21 an hour

On your own machine

MacWhisper runs Whisper and Parakeet locally; its licence was $30 to $64 on 21 September 2026

How it works

Four ways to deal with an Afrikaans recording

  1. 1

    Split the 99+ languages

    English and Afrikaans in one file are two jobs. Cut the recording at the language changes, or keep it whole and accept one profile for the lot of it.

  2. 2

    Send it in

    30 minutes per file on the free plan, no minute limit, 3 files a day on the free plan at $0, with a timecode on every segment of the result.

  3. 3

    Price the market by the hour

    Rev quotes $0.30 an hour for foreign languages and $0.20 for English; AssemblyAI lists $0.15 to $0.21 an hour. Both prices were read on 21 October 2026.

  4. 4

    Or keep it on your machine

    MacWhisper runs Whisper and Parakeet models locally. Its licence was $30 to $64 in September 2026, a figure we could not confirm on 21 October 2026.

Tips

  • Mixed English and Afrikaans recordings do better as two separate files.

  • Ask for an hourly price, not a monthly one, when the work is occasional.

  • A local tool keeps the recording on your own disk.

  • Check the first minute; the profile shows itself in the first lines.

Questions about Afrikaans transcription

Is Afrikaans a supported language here?

No. 99+ languages today: 99+ languages, plus the mix between them. No Afrikaans profile, no Afrikaans measurement and no invented percentage.

Do any services publish an Afrikaans interface?

None of the 18 we audited on 21 October 2026. TurboScribe has 41 interface languages, tl;dv has 11, and Afrikaans is in neither list.

What does transcription cost by the hour?

Rev: $0.30 an hour for foreign languages, $0.20 for English. AssemblyAI: $0.21 an hour for Universal-3.5 Pro and $0.15 for Universal-2, with $50 of free credit. Read 21 October 2026.

Can I run it offline?

MacWhisper runs Whisper and Parakeet models on your own machine, so the audio never leaves it. The licence price we measured on 21 September 2026 was $30 to $64; we could not confirm it on 21 October 2026.

How many files can I send?

3 files a day on the free plan, each of them up to 30 minutes, no card needed. Pro raises the allowance to no minute limit of audio a month and costs $10 a month paid yearly.

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Sources

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    Rev pricing page, read 21 October 2026rev.ai · checked 21 October 2026
  2. A
    AssemblyAI pricing page, read 21 October 2026assemblyai.com · checked 21 October 2026

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