Transcribe Punjabi audio to text
Punjabi audio to text: Punjabi is in the fair band, more than 50 % word error rate, of the 99+ language model of AssemblyAI.
Punjabi is outside the 99+ languages our engine transcribes, 99+ languages. The market does cover it: AssemblyAI places Punjabi in the fair band, more than 50 % word error rate, at $0.15 an hour, and Notta gives $0 for two hours a month with a 3-minute limit per session.
Gurmukhi, code-switching and the minute limit
Punjabi is written in Gurmukhi, and the mixing with English is not a special case. In the cities it is the ordinary way people talk about work, files and prices. A transcript has to hold both scripts in one line, and the free plans have a catch: the minutes are often cut into sessions that a real meeting never fits into.
Punjabi and the free plans around it
- Punjabi on AssemblyAI Universal-2
fair tier — more than 50 % word error rate; $0.15 an hour
- Notta, free plan
two hours a month with a 3-minute limit per session — too short for a meeting
- Punjabi on Transcribsi
supported — the engine covers 99+ languages
How to budget a Punjabi transcription
- 1
Read the session limit
Notta's free plan allows two hours a month but 3 minutes per session. Otter gives 300 minutes a month and Fireflies unlimited transcription, both at $0, without that kind of ceiling.
- 2
Expect the fair band
AssemblyAI puts Punjabi above 50 % word error rate at $0.15 an hour. Half the words can be wrong, so what you buy is a draft that an editor still has to read.
- 3
Keep both scripts
Gurmukhi and Latin letters inside one line is normal in Punjabi audio. A transcript that drops one of the two scripts is not usable for a subtitle file.
- 4
Ask for the format the work needs
SRT and VTT carry the timing for a video, CSV keeps one row per segment for a spreadsheet, and DOCX is the readable copy that goes into the archive.
Tips
A 3-minute session limit will not hold a meeting.
Keep Gurmukhi and Latin letters in the same line.
A fair band means an editor, so price the reading.
One file of ours is up to 30 minutes.
Questions about Punjabi transcription
Which services transcribe Punjabi?
AssemblyAI's 99+ language model covers Punjabi, as do TurboScribe with 98+ languages and Transcribe.com with more than 120. The free plans differ in their limits, not in the language list.
How accurate is Punjabi speech recognition?
AssemblyAI places Punjabi in the fair band, more than 50 % word error rate, while its good band ends at 25 %. It is a draft, and it is paid for by the hour.
How long can the file be?
Our own limits are up to 30 minutes on the free plan for one file, on every plan. For Punjabi use a service that publishes its own limits, because a 3-minute session and file are different products.
Will Transcribsi do it one day?
We do not announce languages we cannot measure, so there is no date on this page. What is published today is 99+ languages, with timecodes, speaker labels and six export formats.
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Sources
- AAssemblyAI models reference — language accuracy tiersassemblyai.com · checked 22 October 2026
- NNotta pricing — free plan minutes and session limitnotta.ai · checked 22 October 2026
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