About OGG files
OGG is an open container for Vorbis or Opus audio, common in open-source tools, games and some voice apps.
Common sources: Audacity and open-source recorder exports, game and voice-chat recordings, Firefox audio recordings.
Chrome, Edge and Firefox read OGG; recent Safari versions read Opus and Vorbis in OGG.
OGG to text
Opus at low bitrates is tuned for speech and still transcribes well.
A Discord community moderator transcribes a 40-minute OGG recording of a community call it had consent to record.
Cost: 40 credits (4¢).
Translating a OGG
Choose text-only output when you only need to understand what was said.
A modding team translates a 15-minute OGG developer voice log into Russian.
Cost: 750 credits (75¢) with a translated voice, or 15 credits (1.5¢) for translated text only. Switch Full translation output on in the tool above for a voice track.
Using the tool on this page
- The spoken language is detected automatically; you select the output language — the spoken language itself for an untranslated transcript, or another language for a translation. Files can be up to 2 hours long.
- Audio is sent over HTTPS in small chunks and deleted with its transcripts within 30 minutes of delivery (how files are protected).
- You can download a timestamped transcript, subtitles (SRT and VTT) and plain text. Every output, step and limit is explained on the audio to text page.
Frequently asked questions
Does OGG work in Safari?
Recent Safari versions read OGG with Opus or Vorbis. If yours doesn't, use Chrome or Firefox.
What do I get back when translating an OGG?
A translated M4A voice track (in audio-and-text mode) plus the transcript, translated transcript and subtitles.