Transcribe Portuguese audio to text

Slate transcribes Portuguese recordings and imported audio or video files with speaker labels, then writes a summary in Portuguese or the language you pick. You can also follow Portuguese live, translated as text.

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Portuguese 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.

Brazil and Portugal

Does Slate tell Brazilian and European Portuguese apart?

Slate has one Portuguese setting for both, with no separate option for Brazil or Portugal. Galician, which is close to Portuguese, has its own setting in the language list.

Interviews

Interviewing sources in Portuguese?

Record on your iPhone, keep the Portuguese transcript for quotes, and set the summary language to English if your editors work in English. Searching the transcript for a name jumps straight to that part of the recording.

Ask the person before you start recording; the recording consent guide explains why.

Voice notes

Long recordings in Portuguese?

Have a long recording as an M4A, MP3 or WAV file, or a video? Import it into Slate and read the transcript and summary instead of listening to the whole thing again.

FAQ

Questions about portuguese.

Is the summary always in Portuguese?

No. Choose any of the languages as the summary language; the transcript stays in Portuguese.