Japanese Audio to Text — Transcribe Recordings Online

Transcribe Japanese audio and video recordings to text online. Upload a file and receive accurate Japanese text output with kanji, hiragana and katakana. No installation required.

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Japanese Speech to Text

Few languages blend three distinct scripts the way Japanese does. Kanji, hiragana and katakana appear side by side in everyday writing, and accurate japanese speech to text must reproduce all three correctly. Narakeet’s japanese transcriber handles this mix, converting spoken Japanese into properly formatted text from any audio or video recording.

With roughly 125 million speakers concentrated in Japan, Japanese is a major world language and one of the most searched-for transcription targets online. Whether you need japanese audio to text for meeting notes, recorded interviews, conference talks or language study, the tool delivers a transcript you can copy, revise or download. Audio to text japanese processing runs entirely in the cloud.

Speech to Text Japanese — A Step-by-Step Guide

Speech to text japanese works like this:

1. Head to the Audio to Text tool in your browser
2. Select or drag your Japanese audio or video file onto the upload area
3. The engine processes the recording and outputs Japanese text
4. Review the transcript for accuracy
5. Copy the text or save it to a file

No desktop software, no browser extension, no account. You can transcribe japanese audio immediately after opening the page.

Japanese Voice to Text — No Cost to Start

Japanese voice to text starts at zero cost. Process up to 20 recordings, each 10 minutes or shorter, without creating an account or entering payment details.

When you need more capacity — longer recordings, larger files, higher volume — commercial plans support files up to 60 minutes and 350 MB. Japanese transcription at scale is practical for subtitling video series, archiving oral histories or processing batches of customer calls.

If you need the opposite — turning written Japanese into natural-sounding audio — try our Japanese Text to Speech voices.

Japanese Transcription — What to Expect

Which file types does the Japanese transcriber accept?

MP3 uploads are supported today. We are adding WAV, M4A and video formats (MP4, MOV) in the near future. When you upload a video file, the audio track is separated automatically before transcription begins.

Is there a maximum recording length?

The beta phase caps recordings at 60 minutes. If you have longer material, get in touch — we can accommodate extended files. Processing time scales with duration, but there is no hard cutoff for shorter recordings.

Does the output include kanji, hiragana and katakana?

Yes. The engine produces standard Japanese text mixing kanji, hiragana and katakana as appropriate, following the same conventions a native speaker would use when writing.