Caption languages
Captions can be written in 51 languages: English, 14 Indian languages and 36 languages of the world. Speech that mixes in English words, as many people do, is handled too: the English words stay in English.
Choose a language
Section titled “Choose a language”In the Captions panel, the Language box is type-to-find. Type “Tel” for Telugu, “pinyin” for Chinese or “hinglish” for Hindi. It lists Auto (from the voice) and English, then Indian languages, then World languages.
Auto works out the language from the voice. If you know the language, choosing it first helps the recogniser.
Choose how it’s written
Section titled “Choose how it’s written”Write in offers, depending on the language:
| Choice | What you get |
|---|---|
| Its own script | The words as heard, in the language’s script: Devanagari for Hindi, Tamil script for Tamil, Arabic script for Arabic. |
| Latin letters | The spelling people type on their phones: Hinglish, Tanglish, Telugish, Pinyin, Romaji and so on. |
| Translate to … | The captions translated, phrase by phrase, into any other language on the list. |
With Auto, Indian languages are written in Latin letters by default, and other languages in their own script.
Change your mind at any time. Changing the language or the writing rewrites the captions at once from what was already heard, without listening again. Words you fixed are kept where the two writings match. One Undo takes it back.
Indian languages
Section titled “Indian languages”| Language | In its own script | In Latin letters |
|---|---|---|
| Assamese | অসমীয়া | Yes |
| Bengali | বাংলা | Banglish |
| Gujarati | ગુજરાતી | Gujlish |
| Hindi | हिन्दी | Hinglish |
| Kannada | ಕನ್ನಡ | Kanglish |
| Malayalam | മലയാളം | Manglish |
| Marathi | मराठी | Yes |
| Nepali | नेपाली | Yes |
| Odia | ଓଡ଼ିଆ | Yes |
| Punjabi | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ | Punglish |
| Sindhi | سنڌي | Yes |
| Tamil | தமிழ் | Tanglish |
| Telugu | తెలుగు | Telugish |
| Urdu | اردو | Roman Urdu |
Where the table says Yes, Latin letters are offered without a familiar name.
World languages
Section titled “World languages”- Arabic العربية
- Bulgarian Български
- Cantonese 粵語
- Catalan Català
- Chinese (Mandarin) 中文
- Croatian Hrvatski
- Czech Čeština
- Danish Dansk
- Dutch Nederlands
- Filipino Filipino
- Finnish Suomi
- French Français
- German Deutsch
- Greek Ελληνικά
- Hebrew עברית
- Hungarian Magyar
- Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia
- Italian Italiano
- Japanese 日本語
- Korean 한국어
- Malay Bahasa Melayu
- Norwegian Norsk
- Persian فارسی
- Polish Polski
- Portuguese Português
- Romanian Română
- Russian Русский
- Serbian Српски
- Slovak Slovenčina
- Spanish Español
- Swahili Kiswahili
- Swedish Svenska
- Thai ไทย
- Turkish Türkçe
- Ukrainian Українська
- Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Languages in another script are offered in Latin letters too, using their usual convention: Pinyin and Jyutping for Chinese, Romaji for Japanese, Revised Romanization for Korean, and so on.
If the voice doesn’t match
Section titled “If the voice doesn’t match”If you choose a language and the voice is heard as another one, your captions are kept and the panel offers Listen again as …. Nothing is listened to again until you press it.
The first captions job for a recording is 10 credits, and includes its first writing in Latin letters or a translation. Switching later to another Latin-letter writing or translation is another captions job the first time; going back to a writing already made, or to the language’s own script, is free.
You can see real captions in each language on muvomi.com/languages.