Norwegian audio to text

Our test recordings were read from Bokmål texts, and the transcript came back in Bokmål, with forms such as “havna” and “ga”. The page has a single Norwegian setting and no choice between the two standards, so check a transcript meant for Nynorsk.

Most Norwegians write Bokmål; Nynorsk is the other official standard, used especially in western Norway. The spoken language underneath is the same, and the differences are in spelling and word forms, such as ikke and ikkje.

Norwegian has no official spoken standard, and most Norwegians speak their own dialect in every setting, at work included. The page treats every dialect as Norwegian; our tests used clear read speech, so try a short clip of a strong dialect before a long recording.

Because Swedish and Danish are close enough that a short Norwegian piece can be taken for either when the language is guessed. Fixed to Norwegian, every piece is spelled as Norwegian, even if a sentence sounds Swedish.

For a recording that changes language for whole sections, Norwegian and English say, the main audio to text converter works better, because it finds the language of each piece separately.

Double consonants, words that look Swedish, and stressed én. In our test “løveflokk” lost a k, “ballhåndtering” came back as the Swedish-looking “ballhantering”, and “Én bombe” lost the accent that marks it as one.

Yes, with NoteOwl, which understands Norwegian, Bokmål and Nynorsk, among the languages it transcribes on your Mac. It transcribes Norwegian recordings and meetings with unlimited transcription, labels each speaker and makes everything searchable, with no audio uploaded. Its dictation is free.