Transcribe Albanian audio with WhisperAI
WhisperAI transcribes Albanian (Shqip) audio for the around 7.5 million speakers who use the language across Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and the Albanian diaspora in Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the US. Built on OpenAI Whisper and tuned for the realities of Albanian speech, the service produces publication-grade transcripts in Latin alphabet with ë and ç.
How Albanian speakers actually use WhisperAI
- Tirana and Pristina business meetingsAlbanian-language internal meetings at SMEs and tech firms transcribe for documentation.
- Kosovar government documentationKosovar institutions transcribe Albanian-language meetings for record-keeping.
- Albanian-language broadcastingRTSH, RTK and independent Albanian outlets transcribe broadcasts for caption use.
- Albanian diaspora oral historyDiaspora communities in Italy, Germany and the US document Albanian-language oral histories.
Tosk vs Gheg, and Kosovar vs Albanian
Albanian splits into two major dialects — Tosk (the basis of standard) and Gheg (spoken in Kosovo and northern Albania) — that differ significantly. Kosovar Albanian has its own conventions distinct from the standard Albanian used in Tirana. Whisper handles both Tosk and Gheg input and produces transcripts in standard Albanian with proper diacritic preservation.
Standard Albanian, Tosk, Gheg and Kosovar Albanian are all supported.
Who actually needs Albanian transcription
Albanian demand comes from Tirana and Pristina business and media, Kosovar institutional work, and Albanian diaspora documentation.
Dialects and varieties handled
- Standard Albanian (based on Tosk)
- Tosk (southern)
- Gheg (northern, including Kosovo)
- Arbëresh (Italy)
How to transcribe Albanian audio
Upload your Albanian recording
Drop in MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4 or similar — files up to 5GB. Long-form Albanian interviews, lectures and meetings work without splitting.
Whisper transcribes the audio
The model recognises Albanian speech across the dialects above and outputs Latin alphabet with ë and ç. Code-switched English and other languages in the same recording are handled inline.
Edit, label and export
Open the transcript in the editor, fix any names or terms, label speakers, and export to PDF, DOCX, TXT or SRT. Optional AI summary surfaces the key points and decisions.
What Albanian transcripts include
Native Latin alphabet with ë and ç
Output in Latin alphabet with ë and ç with all diacritics, tone marks, special characters and script-specific conventions preserved — never transliteration.
Speaker labels
Diarisation that separates and labels speakers in Albanian interviews, panels and multi-party meetings.
Timestamps and SRT
Word-level timestamps and SRT subtitle export for Albanian video captioning, with proper line-breaking for the script.
Editor and exports
In-browser editor with PDF, DOCX, TXT and SRT exports. Edit the transcript without leaving the browser, then download the format your downstream workflow expects.
Transcription guides and best practices
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