Transcribe German Audio to Text
Upload German-language meetings, lectures, interviews, or podcasts and get an accurate German transcript in seconds — umlauts, ß, and compound words written correctly. Free, no signup.
How it works
Upload your recording
Drop your German audio in or click to browse. MP3, M4A, MP4, WAV, MOV, WEBM, AAC, and FLAC files up to 5 minutes are free.
We detect the language
Our AI automatically detects that the recording is German and transcribes it in German — no language settings to pick, it just hears it.
Copy or download
Read the German transcript on the page, copy it, or download it as TXT, SRT, VTT, PDF, or Word — subtitles and text stay in German.
What people transcribe in German
From a Hamburg standup to a Vienna lecture hall — upload the recording and read it back in German.
Business meetings
Turn team meetings and client calls across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland into searchable German notes.
Engineering reviews
Capture design reviews and technical deep dives — long compound terms come out as real words, not guesses.
University lectures
Get readable notes from Vorlesungen and seminars without typing along.
Interviews
Clean, speaker-labeled transcripts of German research and journalism interviews.
German podcasts
Pull quotes and show notes from German-language episodes.
Trainings & webinars
Turn recorded Schulungen and product demos into step-by-step German text.
Frequently asked questions
Is it really free?
Yes — transcribing German audio up to 5 minutes is free with no signup. The page itself is in English, but your audio and the transcript are in German. For longer files, AI summaries, and exports, create a free account.
Does it translate German audio into English?
No — this is transcription, not translation. German speech comes back as German text. If you need an English version, run the finished transcript through any translation tool afterwards.
Which German accents and dialects does it handle?
Hochdeutsch gives the strongest results, and standard German spoken with an Austrian or Swiss accent transcribes well too. Schwiizerdütsch is a different story — Swiss German dialect differs enough from standard German that it's effectively another language, so expect unreliable results on dialect-heavy recordings.
Do umlauts, ß, and compound words come out correctly?
Yes. Transcripts use standard German orthography — ä, ö, ü, and ß appear as written, and long compounds like Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung come out as one word instead of being split or anglicized.
How accurate is the German transcription?
German is one of the languages our speech model supports at its highest accuracy tier, and multi-speaker recordings are split by speaker automatically. As with any language, accuracy drops with heavy background noise, crosstalk, or strong regional dialect.
Need more than 5 minutes?
A free account unlocks 25-minute files, AI summaries, and export to TXT, SRT, and VTT — enough for most German meetings and interviews. Paid plans cover full-length lectures and podcast episodes.
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