Spanish to English
Two ways to go from Spanish audio to English text, and which one you want depends on whether you need the Spanish as well. Ticking "Transcribe to English" gives you English in one pass on any plan, free included. Transcribing in the original language and then translating the finished transcript into English, free on every plan, gives you both documents — the Spanish transcript and the English translation, sharing identical cue timings — which is what you want for bilingual subtitles or when someone has to check the original.
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What you get: a real transcript
Unedited output from a 64-second interview with two speakers (synthetic voices), transcribed with speaker detection on. Only the first lines are shown.
SPEAKER_00 (0:00) Welcome back to Small Shop Stories. SPEAKER_00 (0:02) Today I'm talking to Maya, who runs a tiny bakery on the SPEAKER_00 (0:05) corner of Mill Street. SPEAKER_01 (0:07) Thanks for having me. SPEAKER_01 (0:08) It's really small, just two ovens and a counter. SPEAKER_00 (0:12) So how does a normal day start for you?
1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,680 [SPEAKER_00] Welcome back to Small Shop Stories. 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,320 [SPEAKER_00] Today I'm talking to Maya, who runs a tiny bakery on the 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:06,320 [SPEAKER_00] corner of Mill Street.
Checked against the script, 4 of 189 words differed — a 2.1% word error rate, counting "80" written for "eighty" as an error — and all 14 speaker turns were labelled correctly. This was clean speech; noisy recordings and people talking over each other score lower. See the full transcript and how it was scored
How it works
- 1
Upload
Drop in an audio or video file, or paste a link. All common formats are accepted.
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Transcribe
AI transcribes with timestamps and optional speaker labels, usually in minutes.
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Translate
Open the transcript in Google Translate for any of 134+ languages, with every timestamp kept, or tick “Transcribe to English” before you start.
Why ScribeToAny
- One Spanish setting covers Peninsular and Latin American Spanish — Mexican, Colombian, Argentine and Caribbean.
- Handles fast conversational Spanish on clear audio; idioms and slang are worth a check in the English.
- Exports bilingual transcript documents and synchronized English subtitles for cross-border teams.
Frequently asked questions
Does it handle Latin American and European Spanish?
Both, and you do not need to choose — the speech model was trained across accents and handles Mexican, Argentinian, Colombian, Caribbean and peninsular Spanish. For heavily accented or noisy recordings, use accurate mode and turn on the optional AI audio restoration.
Can I get Spanish and English side by side?
Yes. Transcribe in Spanish, then click Translate on the finished transcript and pick English: the English is saved as a second track next to the Spanish, with identical cue timings, free on every plan. If you only need English, tick "Transcribe to English" instead and get it in one pass.
How accurate is it on interviews?
Interviews are the case speaker recognition was built for: turn on Detect speakers and each segment is labelled by speaker, with cues breaking at speaker changes. Clear recordings come out well; overlapping speech and strong background noise are where you'll want to review a few segments against the audio.
Transcribe to English or Translate — which gives better English from Spanish?
They work differently. Transcribe to English has the speech model write English directly in one pass — fast, but you never see the Spanish it heard. Transcribing in Spanish first and then using Translate lets you correct the Spanish transcript before it's translated, so recognition errors don't carry into the English, and you keep both versions with the same timings. For anything you'll publish or quote, the second route is easier to check.
Should I choose Español under Audio language?
If you're transcribing in Spanish first, yes — choosing Español skips auto-detection, which decides from roughly the first 30 seconds and can be thrown by an intro in another language. If you tick Transcribe to English, the source language is still detected or taken from your choice, and the output is English either way.