Transcribe Estonian audio with WhisperAI
WhisperAI transcribes Estonian (Eesti) audio for the around 1.1 million speakers who use the language across Estonia. Built on OpenAI Whisper and tuned for the realities of Estonian speech, the service produces publication-grade transcripts in Latin alphabet with ä, ö, õ, ü, š, ž.
Estonian's 14 cases and the õ vowel that no other language has
Estonian has 14 grammatical cases and the õ vowel (a back unrounded vowel) found in essentially no other European language. Together with vowel quantity distinctions (short, long, overlong), it's one of the harder European languages for generic ASR. Whisper handles full Estonian morphology and the õ correctly.
Standard Estonian and South Estonian (Võro, Seto) are supported.
What Estonian transcripts include
Native Latin alphabet with ä, ö, õ, ü, š, ž
Output in Latin alphabet with ä, ö, õ, ü, š, ž with all diacritics, tone marks, special characters and script-specific conventions preserved — never transliteration.
Speaker labels
Diarisation that separates and labels speakers in Estonian interviews, panels and multi-party meetings.
Timestamps and SRT
Word-level timestamps and SRT subtitle export for Estonian 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 Estonian speakers actually use WhisperAI
- Estonian tech-sector meetingsTallinn tech firms transcribe Estonian internal meetings with English business vocabulary preserved.
- Estonian e-government documentationEstonia's heavily digital public sector transcribes Estonian meetings for digital record-keeping.
- Estonian academic interviewsUniversities transcribe Estonian qualitative research with full case-system preservation.
- Estonian-language broadcasting (ERR)ERR transcribes Estonian broadcasts for caption and editorial use.
How to transcribe Estonian audio
Upload your Estonian recording
Drop in MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4 or similar — files up to 5GB. Long-form Estonian interviews, lectures and meetings work without splitting.
Whisper transcribes the audio
The model recognises Estonian speech across the dialects above and outputs Latin alphabet with ä, ö, õ, ü, š, ž. 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 Estonian transcription
Estonian demand comes from Estonia's substantial tech sector (e-Estonia, Skype, Bolt, Wise), Estonian public-sector documentation, and Estonian-language broadcasting.
Dialects and varieties handled
- Standard Estonian (North Estonian)
- South Estonian (Võro, Seto)
Transcription guides and best practices
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