Transcribe Chinese audio to text
- Language code
- ZH
- Script
- Left-to-right
- Models
- Free Turbo + Studio
How accurate is Chinese transcription
Real word error rate on the FLEURS benchmark, and the model we recommend for it
For Chinese, use the Studio model
The free Turbo model struggles with Chinese (around 23.6% word error rate). Studio drops that to about 7.2%, a large jump in accuracy. For Chinese, Studio is the one to use
Chinese output, written the right way
Output is in simplified Chinese characters. Standard Mandarin (Putonghua) transcribes best. Accented Mandarin and casual speech with English words are harder, and other Chinese languages such as Cantonese are a different spoken language with lower accuracy. Character error rate, not word error rate, is the usual measure for Chinese.
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Transcribe Chinese in 3 steps
- 1
Upload your Chinese file
Drop your Chinese audio or video. Chinese is selected automatically.
- 2
Pick your model
Choose Studio for the best Chinese accuracy, or free Turbo for a quick draft.
- 3
Get your transcript
Read your Chinese text in seconds, then copy or export to TXT, Word, PDF, or SRT.
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Creators
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Students
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Business
Keep a written record of Chinese meetings and calls.
Need it in English, not just Chinese?
Typist transcribes Chinese speech into Chinese text. To read it in English, translate the Chinese transcript once it is ready
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