Supported Languages for Transcription and Translation
Overview
Speak AI supports transcription in 70+ languages with automatic language detection. You can also translate transcripts between languages after transcription.
Widely supported languages (highest accuracy)
These languages have the best transcription accuracy:
English (US, UK, Australian, and other variants)
Spanish
French
German
Portuguese (Brazilian and European)
Italian
Dutch
Japanese
Korean
Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified and Traditional)
Russian
Arabic
Hindi
Turkish
Polish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Finnish
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Thai
Vietnamese
Czech
Romanian
Hungarian
Ukrainian
Greek
Additional supported languages
Speak also supports many other languages including Afrikaans, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Estonian, Filipino, Galician, Gujarati, Icelandic, Kannada, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Persian (Farsi), Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, and more.
Tips for best results
Single language per file: Speak works best when each recording is primarily in one language. Multilingual recordings may have lower accuracy.
Clear audio matters: Good microphone quality and minimal background noise improve accuracy in all languages.
Automatic detection: Speak automatically detects the language of your recording. You do not need to specify it manually.
Less common languages
For languages like Haitian Creole, Krio, or other less common languages, transcription may have lower accuracy or may not be supported. If you need a specific language that does not seem to work, reach out to our support team and we can check availability.
Translation
After transcription, you can translate your transcript into any of the supported languages. Go to your transcribed file and use the Translate option.