Transcribe Marathi audio with WhisperAI
WhisperAI transcribes Marathi (मराठी) audio for the around 85 million speakers who use the language across the Indian state of Maharashtra and surrounding areas. Built on OpenAI Whisper and tuned for the realities of Marathi speech, the service produces publication-grade transcripts in Devanagari (with some Marathi-specific conventions).
How Marathi speakers actually use WhisperAI
- Mumbai Marathi mediaMarathi newspapers, broadcasters and digital outlets transcribe interviews for publication.
- Maharashtra government documentationMumbai-based state government offices transcribe Marathi-language meetings.
- Marathi film and theatreMarathi-language film and theatre production transcribes dialogue for caption files and translation.
- Marathi academic interviewsUniversities transcribe Marathi qualitative research.
Marathi vs Hindi in Devanagari, and Mumbai Marathi-Hindi-English code-switching
Marathi shares Devanagari with Hindi but uses different vocabulary, conjugations and even some additional script conventions. ASR trained on Hindi often outputs Marathi as broken Hindi. Whisper handles Marathi as its own language and the heavy Marathi-Hindi-English code-switching common in Mumbai.
Standard Marathi (Pune), Mumbai Marathi, Vidarbha and Konkani-influenced varieties are supported.
Who actually needs Marathi transcription
Marathi demand comes from Mumbai-based Marathi media, Maharashtra government documentation, Marathi-language film and theatre, and academic work.
Dialects and varieties handled
- Standard Marathi (Pune)
- Mumbai Marathi
- Vidarbha
- Konkani-influenced
How to transcribe Marathi audio
Upload your Marathi recording
Drop in MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4 or similar — files up to 5GB. Long-form Marathi interviews, lectures and meetings work without splitting.
Whisper transcribes the audio
The model recognises Marathi speech across the dialects above and outputs Devanagari (with some Marathi-specific conventions). 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 Marathi transcripts include
Native Devanagari (with some Marathi-specific conventions)
Output in Devanagari (with some Marathi-specific conventions) with all diacritics, tone marks, special characters and script-specific conventions preserved — never transliteration.
Speaker labels
Diarisation that separates and labels speakers in Marathi interviews, panels and multi-party meetings.
Timestamps and SRT
Word-level timestamps and SRT subtitle export for Marathi 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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