Turn long Greek recordings into Greek text, accents and all
Upload a Greek audio or video file of up to 6 hours and get the whole transcript in the Greek alphabet, with accent marks, a timestamp on each paragraph and, if you want it, English underneath. A recording of up to 15 minutes is free in full. A longer one shows its first part free; the full recording is $5, paid once.
- Greek alphabet in the monotonic system: one accent mark, the tonos, plus the diaeresis
- Final sigma written as ς, as in any correctly spelled Greek text
- Cypriot Greek written in Greek letters as heard
- Greeklish (Greek in Latin letters) is not offered
- Up to 6 hours for $5, up to 12 hours per job with Unlimited
Real output from a demo recording. Click a timestamp to see where it sits in the audio.
Accents, diaeresis and Greek punctuation
Modern Greek has been written in the monotonic system since the early 1980s: a single accent mark, the tonos, on the stressed vowel, and a diaeresis where two vowels are read separately, as in ϊ and ϋ. The transcript is plain Unicode Greek written that way, so it sorts, searches and prints like any Greek document.
Greek ends a question with a mark that looks like an English semicolon (;). If you see one at the end of a sentence in your transcript, it is a question mark, not a typo. Keep that in mind before you run an English spell checker over the file.
Cypriot Greek and Greek from the diaspora
Cypriot Greek has its own sounds, words and rhythm, and standard Greek spelling does not cover all of them neatly. The transcript writes Cypriot speech in Greek letters as closely as it can; unusual words may be approximated or marked [inaudible]. Choose Greek as the spoken language and judge the free first part of a recording from Nicosia or Limassol before you pay. Pontic Greek is not a separate entry and is harder still.
Greek families in Australia, the US, the UK and Germany often switch into English or German mid-sentence. Those words are written in Latin letters in the language spoken. Older relatives telling stories in a village dialect may use words a younger reader has never seen written; they are kept as said rather than modernized.
No Greeklish, but English for readers who need it
Greeks often type in Greeklish on their phones, and spellings vary from person to person: the same letter can show up as "th", "8" or "u" depending on who types. A transcript in Greeklish would be inconsistent and hard to search, so the output is always in Greek script. When a lawyer, supervisor or partner does not read Greek, choose English under "Also translate"; each English paragraph sits under the Greek one it translates.
What people bring
- University lectures and seminars in Athens, Thessaloniki or Cyprus
- Interviews for a thesis (διπλωματική εργασία) or a research project
- Church services and religious talks of an hour or more
- Family history told by grandparents, for grandchildren who read English
- Meetings and hearings that need a written record in Greek and English
How the tool works, what it costs and how your files are handled is on the Long Audio & Video to Text page; prices for every tool are on the pricing page.
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Questions and answers
Can ChatGPT transcribe an hour of Greek audio?
Chat assistants can be useful for a short Greek clip. On long recordings they often hit a file limit, shorten the text or stop partway, and they cannot timestamp a long file reliably. This tool transcribes each part of the recording in full and joins them in order.
Can I get the transcript in Greeklish?
No. Greek speech is written in Greek script with accents. Add an English translation for readers who do not read Greek.
Does it handle Cypriot Greek?
It writes Cypriot speech in Greek letters, as heard. Dialect words are where mistakes are most likely, so check the free first part.
What is the price for a long recording?
$5 once covers a recording of up to 6 hours. Up to 15 minutes is free in full. Unlimited costs $19 a week, covers up to 12 hours per job and can be cancelled any time.
Is it a certified translation?
No. Both the Greek transcript and the English are AI drafts to check. For an official document, give the relevant passages to a certified translator.