Descript can automatically transcribe audio and video in 25 different languages.
| Available transcription languages | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English (US) | Latvian | Romanian | Greek (Beta) |
| Hindi (Beta) | |||
| Catalan | Finnish | Lithuanian | Slovak |
| Croatian | French (FR) | Malay | Slovenian |
| Czech | German | Norwegian | Spanish (US) |
| Danish | Hungarian | Polish | Swedish |
| Dutch | Italian | Brazilian Portuguese | Turkish |
Greek and Hindi are currently in beta. Transcription quality may improve as we continue to expand support.
Working frequently with multiple languages?
You can set your preferred transcription language and/or also enable Always ask before transcribing in your App settings. When toggled on, Descript will always ask which language to use when transcribing a file.
Re-transcribe after selecting the wrong language
If the wrong language was selected during your initial transcription, you can easily re-transcribe the file:
- Click Project in the right-hand sidebar and open the Files section.
- Click the
next to your file name.
- Select Re-transcribe.
- Choose the correct transcription language.
- Click Done to re-transcribe your file.
Language support for editing and AI tools
Some features in Descript work only with English transcripts. If you’re using another language, keep in mind the following tools are English-only:
- Filler word detection
- AI Speakers
- AI Actions: Rewrite and Translate
- Import transcript
- Replace transcript
- Transcription glossary
Inverse Text Normalization (ITN)
ITN automatically formats spoken numbers and dates (e.g., “Nineteen Forty-Five” → “1945”). It’s currently supported in English, French, and Spanish.
Translation and multi-language files
- Descript supports transcription in only one language per file. Transcribing files with multiple spoken languages is not currently supported.
- To translate your transcript into another language, use AI Actions: Translate.
Next, use Descript’s tools to create, clean up, and share
Once your file is transcribed, you can do even more with Descript. Use AI Actions to summarize, rewrite, or translate your script, clean up audio with Studio Sound, or apply dynamic layouts for multicam editing.
Or, let Descript’s AI co-editor help guide you through these tasks automatically.