Transcribe Ukrainian audio with WhisperAI
WhisperAI transcribes Ukrainian (Українська) audio for the around 40 million speakers who use the language across Ukraine, Poland, the US, Canada, Germany and the wider post-2022 Ukrainian diaspora. Built on OpenAI Whisper and tuned for the realities of Ukrainian speech, the service produces publication-grade transcripts in Cyrillic alphabet (Ukrainian variant with і, ї, є, ґ).
Ukrainian Cyrillic vs Russian Cyrillic — and why the difference matters
Ukrainian uses а Cyrillic alphabet with letters Russian doesn't have (і, ї, є, ґ) and lacks letters Russian does have (ы, ъ, ё, э). ASR trained primarily on Russian frequently outputs Ukrainian as broken Russian text. Whisper handles Ukrainian as a separate language with proper Ukrainian Cyrillic and respects the political and linguistic significance of doing so.
Standard Ukrainian and the major regional varieties (Galician, Northern, Southeastern) are supported with native Ukrainian Cyrillic.
What Ukrainian transcripts include
Native Cyrillic alphabet (Ukrainian variant with і, ї, є, ґ)
Output in Cyrillic alphabet (Ukrainian variant with і, ї, є, ґ) with all diacritics, tone marks, special characters and script-specific conventions preserved — never transliteration.
Speaker labels
Diarisation that separates and labels speakers in Ukrainian interviews, panels and multi-party meetings.
Timestamps and SRT
Word-level timestamps and SRT subtitle export for Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian speakers actually use WhisperAI
- Ukrainian newsroom transcriptionUkrainian outlets like Ukrainska Pravda, Hromadske and Suspilne transcribe Ukrainian-language interviews and source recordings for publication.
- NGO and human-rights documentationOrganisations documenting the war and its human-rights impact transcribe Ukrainian witness interviews for legal and advocacy use.
- Ukrainian government communicationsGovernment and military communications offices transcribe Ukrainian-language briefings for distribution.
- Diaspora-Ukrainian podcasts and journalismUkrainian-language podcast producers in Warsaw, Berlin and Toronto transcribe episodes for distribution and search.
How to transcribe Ukrainian audio
Upload your Ukrainian recording
Drop in MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4 or similar — files up to 5GB. Long-form Ukrainian interviews, lectures and meetings work without splitting.
Whisper transcribes the audio
The model recognises Ukrainian speech across the dialects above and outputs Cyrillic alphabet (Ukrainian variant with і, ї, є, ґ). 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 Ukrainian transcription
Ukrainian demand has grown sharply since 2022 — Ukrainian newsrooms, government communications, NGO documentation of the war, and Ukrainian-language podcasts produced both inside Ukraine and from the diaspora.
Dialects and varieties handled
- Standard Ukrainian (Poltava-Kyiv)
- Western dialects (Galician)
- Northern dialects
- Southeastern dialects
Transcription guides and best practices
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