Arabic recordings to English speech

A live conversation or a recorded file?

Choose a live interpretation app for a conversation happening now. For a saved Arabic voice message, interview or lesson, upload the recording here to create an English voice track. You can listen to a free preview of up to 30 seconds before generating the full file. This page covers the recorded-file workflow.

Dialectal speech and Modern Standard Arabic

An Arabic recording can contain Modern Standard Arabic, a regional spoken variety, or a mixture. Research on Arabic text distinguishes standardized Arabic from dialectal language, and real recordings often mix the two. A formal presentation and an informal conversation therefore deserve different review, even though both files are labelled Arabic.

For a recorded interview, ask a reviewer familiar with the speaker's variety to check colloquial expressions before approving the English. Do not assume a literal-looking English phrase captures an idiom. Check the surrounding exchange, the speaker's intent and any names or references that would be unfamiliar to an English listener. A fluent English voice is not evidence that a dialectal expression was recognized correctly.

The recognition provider lists Arabic as a single language; that does not mean identical results for Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf or other varieties. Try a representative spoken passage in the preview before committing to a full recording. After generation, compare the Arabic source sentences with the English, review speaker changes and inspect the separate subtitle files. Keep quotations and uncertain passages under human review instead of presenting them as verified translations.

Language background: ALDi research on Arabic dialectal and standardized text.

How to translate the recording

1. Upload a file you have permission to use. MP3, WAV and M4A audio or MP4, MOV and WebM video, up to 200 MiB and 10 minutes.
2. Try the English preview. English is preselected. The source language is detected automatically; the preview covers up to 30 seconds and uses no credits.
3. Generate and review the full dub. Compare the source and English sentences, then edit translated names, terms or phrasing where needed. Only edited sentences are regenerated.
4. Download the result. Get English audio mixed with the background, voice-only audio and separate source/English SRT and VTT files. Video uploads can also produce dubbed video; audio uploads do not create video.

Voices, background and timing

Stock voices are assigned by detected speaker, with reuse if the voice catalogue is exhausted. Optional cloning requires your consent and a single identified speaker with at least 10 seconds of usable sample speech. Multiple speakers or insufficient sample speech fall back to stock voices. Review the preview and the full recording before sharing.

The translated speech is mixed with the separated background. Separation can leave artifacts, and timing adaptation cannot guarantee exact alignment for short or overlapping lines. Listen to sentence transitions and check that the English remains understandable at the resulting pace.

Related recordings, pricing and permissions

The audio translator explains the general file workflow. The Spanish recording guide covers another source language; the related guides below cover the other audio pairs.

Check the credit quote before full generation; charges depend on source duration and target languages. See pricing. Upload only recordings you own or have rights to use, including the voices, music and images. AI transcription, translation and pronunciation can contain mistakes, so review the result before publishing. See the terms. This tool processes recordings, not live calls.