SlateTranscribe Arabic audio to text
Slate transcribes Arabic recordings with speaker labels and writes a summary in Arabic or another language. Arabic is also one of the languages you can follow live, translated as text.
Arabic in Slate
- Recorded transcription
- Yes, from recordings and imported audio or video files
- Live transcription and translation
- Yes, on iPhone and Mac
- Summary language
- Your choice: any of the 99 languages
From Slate's own language list. See every language.
Is there a setting for each Arabic dialect?
No. Slate has one Arabic setting, without separate options for Egyptian, Gulf, Levantine or Maghrebi Arabic. Speakers from different regions use the same setting, so check the transcript of a short test recording if you work mostly in one dialect.
Fieldwork or interviews in Arabic?
Record on iPhone or Apple Watch, even without a connection, and Slate transcribes once you're online. Keep the Arabic transcript for quotes and have the summary written in English or French for your notes, then search the transcript for a name or place.
Get consent before you record; see the recording consent guide.
Travelling in an Arabic-speaking country?
A live session on your iPhone shows what's said in Arabic as text, with a translation in your language. Slate doesn't speak the translation aloud, so it works best when you can glance at the screen.
Questions about arabic.
Does Slate record Arabic offline?
Recording works offline. Transcription, translation and summaries need an internet connection, so they run once you're back online.
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