Portuguese transcription Brazilian Portuguese audio as text, from a team in Brazil.
To transcribe Portuguese audio, pick the recording here, create your account and upload the file or paste a YouTube link. We detect the language on our own and transcribe it in Portuguese, with who spoke and when. Download TXT, PDF or SRT. If you need it in English, Studio translates the whole transcript.
Free on the 3-day trial- Word-by-word Portuguese transcript with timestamps
- Speakers separated, even in interviews and podcasts
- Portuguese YouTube videos by link, no download needed
- Portuguese TXT, PDF and SRT downloads
- Cancel anytime in the app, no fee
You create the account and upload this file in the next step. The trial lasts 3 days or 1 hour of media.
How to transcribe Portuguese audio to text
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Pick the audio or video
An interview, research session, sermon, podcast or meeting in Portuguese. A file from your computer or a YouTube link.
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Create your account and upload
No need to choose a language: we detect Portuguese on our own and the transcript is ready in minutes.
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Review, translate and download
Fix names and terms right in the transcript and download TXT, PDF or SRT. On Studio, add an English version too.
Portuguese transcription from a company made in Brazil
FilmScribe is built in Brazil, and Portuguese is the language we work in every day. Brazil is our home market: interviews, sermons, classes, podcasts and meetings recorded in Brazilian Portuguese are exactly what the product was made for.
Portuguese is detected as one language, whether the speaker is from São Paulo or Lisbon, and transcribed in the words that were spoken. You don't pick a variant up front. Audio quality matters more than accent: a microphone close to the speaker and little background noise make the biggest difference.
Portuguese transcription or translation to English?
Transcription turns speech into text in the same language: Portuguese audio becomes Portuguese text. That's what you need to quote a Brazilian source in their own words, keep a faithful record of a research interview or caption a video for a Portuguese-speaking audience.
Translation is the next step: the Portuguese text becomes English. In FilmScribe, both come from the same recording. Portuguese transcription is on every plan; translating the transcript, captions and chapters into 9 languages, English and Spanish among them, is on Studio and Agency, and every line keeps its timing. Chapter titles and summaries come out in your app language, so you can read them in English while quoted lines stay in Portuguese.
What people transcribe in Portuguese
A lot of it comes from work with Brazil: interviews with Brazilian sources for journalism or academic research, calls with teams and clients in São Paulo or Rio, Brazilian podcasts and YouTube channels, services from a partner church and training sessions recorded in Portuguese.
For a Portuguese video on YouTube, paste the link instead of downloading the file, live streams included. Names, places and slang are the usual misses in any transcript: fix them once in the text and the fix carries over to the TXT, the PDF and the captions. On Studio and Agency, you can also rename speakers and ask us to identify each one by name.
- Research interviews in Brazil that need an exact Portuguese record
- A Brazilian source quoted in the original, with an English version
- A call with a team in São Paulo, documented for everyone
- A Brazilian podcast or YouTube channel to search and quote
- A sermon from a partner church, captioned in English
What each file contains
TXT and PDF carry the Portuguese text with speaker names and the start time of each line, both optional when you download. SRT carries Portuguese captions, with TV, Netflix and YouTube presets and the frame rate of your project, ready for YouTube or your editor.
Every line keeps the timing of each word. Click a sentence and the audio jumps to that point, which makes reviewing much faster than replaying the whole recording, especially if Portuguese is not your first language.
| File | What's in it |
|---|---|
| TXT | Portuguese text, with optional names and times |
| The same text, ready to print or attach | |
| SRT | Portuguese captions with timing for every block |
More than Portuguese transcription. The same recording, ready to use.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I transcribe Portuguese audio to text?
Pick the recording on this page, create a free account and upload the file or paste a YouTube link. We detect Portuguese on our own and return the text with speakers and a timestamp on every line. Download TXT, PDF or SRT.
Does it handle Brazilian and European Portuguese?
Portuguese is detected as one language, from Brazil or Portugal, and transcribed as spoken without you choosing a variant. What affects the result most is audio quality, and you can fix any name or term in the text.
Can I get the Portuguese transcript translated to English?
Yes, on Studio and Agency. We translate the transcript, captions and chapters into English or another of the 9 languages, keeping the timing of every line. Portuguese transcription itself is on every plan.
Can I transcribe a Brazilian YouTube video?
Yes. Paste the video link, live streams included, and we transcribe it without you downloading anything. The transcript keeps the timestamps so you can go straight back to the right moment.
Is Portuguese transcription free?
On the trial, yes. It lasts 3 days or 1 hour of media, whichever ends first, and it starts with a card on file. Cancel in the app before it ends and you pay nothing. After that, transcription is included in every plan, with no extra fee per language.
Is the app available in English?
Yes. FilmScribe is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and you switch the interface language in your profile. The language of the app doesn't change the language of your transcript.
Your Portuguese audio, as text. And in English, if you need it.
Upload the recording or paste a YouTube link. We transcribe it in Portuguese with speakers and timestamps, and on Studio we translate it to English.
See the result on your own recording before adding a card.