Transcribe Chinese audio to text

Record in Chinese or import a file, and Slate writes a Chinese transcript with speaker labels and a summary in the language you pick. Chinese also works live, as text with a translation.

All downloads, including Mac

Chinese 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.

One Chinese setting

Which Chinese does Slate transcribe?

Slate lists a single Chinese option, with no separate settings for Mandarin or Cantonese. If most of your recordings are in Cantonese, try a short one first and check the transcript before relying on it.

Family

Talking with relatives who mostly speak Chinese?

Start a live session on your iPhone and set the translation to your language. Slate shows what's said in Chinese as text together with the translation, so you can follow along at the table. It needs iOS 18, not Apple Intelligence.

Suppliers and partners

Calls with partners in China?

Record the call on your Mac without a bot joining, then share the summary with your team as text or PDF. Ask AI can pull out what was agreed on prices, quantities or dates, and the Chinese transcript stays there to check the exact wording.

FAQ

Questions about chinese.

Can the summary of a Chinese call be in English?

Yes. Set the summary language to English, or any of the others, before or after recording.