Transcribe Catalan audio with WhisperAI
WhisperAI transcribes Catalan (Català) audio for the around 9 million speakers who use the language across Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencia (as Valencian), Andorra, parts of southern France (Roussillon), and Alghero in Sardinia. Built on OpenAI Whisper and tuned for the realities of Catalan speech, the service produces publication-grade transcripts in Latin alphabet with à, è, é, í, ï, ò, ó, ú, ü, ç.
Catalan vs Spanish — separate language, often shared speakers
Catalan is a fully distinct Romance language, not a Spanish dialect, with its own grammar, vocabulary and orthography. Most Catalan speakers are bilingual with Spanish and code-switch routinely; ASR trained primarily on Spanish often mistranscribes Catalan as broken Spanish. Whisper handles Catalan as a separate language and respects the code-switching patterns common in Barcelona and Valencia.
Central Catalan, Valencian, Balearic and North-Western Catalan are all supported with proper Catalan diacritics.
What Catalan transcripts include
Native Latin alphabet with à, è, é, í, ï, ò, ó, ú, ü, ç
Output in Latin alphabet with à, è, é, í, ï, ò, ó, ú, ü, ç with all diacritics, tone marks, special characters and script-specific conventions preserved — never transliteration.
Speaker labels
Diarisation that separates and labels speakers in Catalan interviews, panels and multi-party meetings.
Timestamps and SRT
Word-level timestamps and SRT subtitle export for Catalan 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.
How Catalan speakers actually use WhisperAI
- Catalonia regional governmentGeneralitat de Catalunya offices transcribe Catalan-language meetings for record-keeping under regional language law.
- Catalan-language educationCatalan-medium schools and universities transcribe instructional and administrative meetings in Catalan.
- Catalan-language broadcastingTV3 and Catalunya Ràdio transcribe interviews and panel shows for caption and editorial use.
- Barcelona tech and tourism documentationBilingual Catalan-Spanish business meetings transcribe with both languages preserved correctly.
How to transcribe Catalan audio
Upload your Catalan recording
Drop in MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4 or similar — files up to 5GB. Long-form Catalan interviews, lectures and meetings work without splitting.
Whisper transcribes the audio
The model recognises Catalan speech across the dialects above and outputs Latin alphabet with à, è, é, í, ï, ò, ó, ú, ü, 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.
Who actually needs Catalan transcription
Catalan demand comes from Catalonia regional government and education (which require Catalan-language documentation), Barcelona tech and tourism, and Catalan-language broadcasting (TV3).
Dialects and varieties handled
- Central Catalan (Barcelona)
- Valencian
- Balearic
- North-Western Catalan
- Roussillonese
Transcription guides and best practices
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