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Latvian audio to text
This converter takes Latvian audio to text for free, with the language fixed to Latvian: the transcript has its macrons and softened consonants, ā to ņ, and a time on every paragraph.
- Free
- Fixed to Latvian
- Nothing is stored
Drop your Latvian recording here, or Choose your Latvian recording
MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG or WebM. Up to 30 minutes of each file, 3 free files a day. Spoken language: Latvian.
Latvian is your working language? NoteOwl transcribes Latvian meetings and recordings on your Mac with unlimited transcription, and its free dictation types ā and ļ into any app.
How it works
How do you transcribe Latvian audio?
Load the recording into the box above. Your browser splits it at pauses and sends the short pieces off to be written as Latvian; the transcript appears in order, each paragraph with its time, and is ready to copy at the end.
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Load the Latvian recording
A call, a lecture, an interview or a voice memo from your phone, in an audio or video format.
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Written in Latvian
The language never changes from piece to piece, for up to 30 minutes of the recording.
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Take it with you
Copy the text, or save a Word file, plain text, or SRT and VTT subtitles.
Which Latvian letters does the transcript use?
All of them: the long vowels ā, ē, ī and ū, the softened ģ, ķ, ļ and ņ, and č, š and ž. They appeared about as often as in the original texts, so the alphabet is not the problem. Where a macron sits is.
A missing macron
okeānu came back as okeanu. The word is still readable, but the spelling is wrong.
An extra one
bari (packs) came back as bāri (bars), which changes the meaning.
A swapped consonant
Ķīnā, in China, came back as Čīnā. Check ķ and č in names.
How are foreign names and English words written?
Often the Latvian way, by sound, which is how Latvian spells foreign names anyway: the name of a park pass, Wild Card, came back as vāldkārt. Other names kept their original letters, as Blue Ash did, so one transcript can mix both styles.
For a recording that switches from Latvian into English or Russian for whole passages, the main converter detects the language of every piece instead of writing it all as Latvian.
What do Latvian dates and numbers look like?
Years carry the ordinal full stop, as in “2002. gadā”. Most numbers become digits, septiņpadsmit became 17, but one measure came back in words, sešu colu, and a speed as “70 km stundā”.
- A year
- Written2002. gadā
- A count
- Writtenseptiņpadsmit cilvēkus → 17 cilvēkus
- A measure
- Written6 collu → sešu colu
- A speed
- Written70 km/h → 70 km stundā
| Said | Written |
|---|---|
| A year | 2002. gadā |
| A count | septiņpadsmit cilvēkus → 17 cilvēkus |
| A measure | 6 collu → sešu colu |
| A speed | 70 km/h → 70 km stundā |
What should you proofread in a Latvian transcript?
Macrons, word endings and abbreviations. Some nouns took an ending that is not Latvian, such as teleskopas for teleskopus, and ASV once came back as Aisvē. Quotation marks and dashes are left out; dashes became full stops.
Can NoteOwl handle Latvian on a Mac?
Yes. NoteOwl understands Latvian on your Mac and transcribes Latvian recordings and meetings there with unlimited transcription, telling the speakers apart and keeping every conversation searchable. Nothing leaves the Mac, and free dictation writes Latvian into any app.
FAQ
Latvian audio to text: questions and answers
How much Latvian audio can I transcribe for free?
3 recordings a day, up to 30 minutes each. No account, and the Word, text and subtitle files cost nothing.
Why is the language fixed to Latvian?
Latvian and Lithuanian are close relatives, and a short piece can be written in the wrong one when the language is guessed. Fixed to Latvian, the whole transcript keeps Latvian spelling.
Is the recording stored on a server?
No. The page sends it in short pieces, over a secure connection, to a cloud AI transcription service, which transcribes each and deletes it. NoteOwl keeps no audio and no text.
What if my recording is longer than 30 minutes?
You get the first 30 minutes, and the page shows where it stopped. Split the rest off with an audio editor and drop that part in as a second file.
Can I download Latvian subtitles?
Yes. SRT and VTT files give each line a start and an end time, with the macrons and softened consonants intact.
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