Transcribe Galician audio with WhisperAI
WhisperAI transcribes Galician (Galego) audio for the around 2.5 million speakers who use the language across Galicia (northwestern Spain) and adjacent areas of Asturias and Castilla y León. Built on OpenAI Whisper and tuned for the realities of Galician speech, the service produces publication-grade transcripts in Latin alphabet.
How Galician speakers actually use WhisperAI
- Xunta de Galicia documentationGalician regional government offices transcribe Galician meetings for record-keeping.
- Galician-language educationGalician-medium schools and universities transcribe instructional and administrative content.
- Galician broadcasting (TVG)Televisión de Galicia transcribes Galician-language broadcasts for caption use.
- Galician cultural and oral history workCultural institutions document Galician oral histories with native orthography.
Galician between Portuguese and Spanish — and the orthographic debate
Galician is closely related to Portuguese (the two languages were the same in medieval times) but heavily influenced by Spanish over centuries of contact. Modern Galician orthography uses a Spanish-influenced standard rather than the Portuguese-aligned alternative. Whisper transcribes Galician in the standard official orthography.
Western, Central and Eastern Galician are all supported with standard official orthography.
Who actually needs Galician transcription
Galician demand comes from Xunta de Galicia regional government, Galician-language education and broadcasting, and Galician cultural institutions.
Dialects and varieties handled
- Western Galician
- Central Galician
- Eastern Galician
How to transcribe Galician audio
Upload your Galician recording
Drop in MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4 or similar — files up to 5GB. Long-form Galician interviews, lectures and meetings work without splitting.
Whisper transcribes the audio
The model recognises Galician speech across the dialects above and outputs Latin alphabet. 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 Galician transcripts include
Native Latin alphabet
Output in Latin alphabet with all diacritics, tone marks, special characters and script-specific conventions preserved — never transliteration.
Speaker labels
Diarisation that separates and labels speakers in Galician interviews, panels and multi-party meetings.
Timestamps and SRT
Word-level timestamps and SRT subtitle export for Galician 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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