Convert Tagalog audio to text
Filipino speech — meetings, interviews, voice notes, Taglish and all — transcribed to editable text, with English translation on Pro.
By Anubhav Jain, Trustample founder · Updated July 2026 · Claims verified against the live product
Free: 60 min per 30 days, files up to 30 min / 50 MB · Paid plans: 10 to 100 hrs, files up to 2 GB. Big video? Upload just its audio track — same transcript, much faster upload.
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Filipino transcription has to handle how people actually talk — which means Taglish. Real Filipino speech flows between Tagalog and English mid-sentence: "meeting", "budget", "quarter" and whole English phrases sit naturally inside Tagalog grammar. We tested exactly this before shipping the page: mixed Tagalog–English business speech transcribes cleanly, with the English loanwords intact — because that mixing is what the model was trained on, not an edge case.
Set the spoken language to Filipino (Tagalog) before uploading — it routes your audio to the model generation that supports Filipino, so naming the language matters more here than for English or Spanish. Upload MP3s, M4A voice notes (Messenger and WhatsApp audio both export as uploadable files), phone recordings or video; the transcript comes back editable, with a synced player so you can click any line and hear that exact moment.
It starts free — an hour of transcription a month in files of up to 30 minutes, TXT export, and no card required — which covers a good stack of interviews or voice notes. Paid plans add longer files, DOCX/PDF/SRT/VTT exports, and on Pro the built-in English translation: one upload returns the Filipino transcript and an English version side by side, each checkable against the other.
How it works
- 1Set 'Spoken language' to Filipino (Tagalog) under the upload box.
- 2Upload the recording — MP3, voice notes, calls, interviews, video.
- 3Edit inline, export, or read the English translation (Pro).
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Does it handle Taglish — Tagalog mixed with English?
Yes, and this is the honest strength: everyday code-switching (English words and phrases inside Tagalog sentences) transcribes well, because that's how the training speech actually sounds. We verified it with mixed business audio before publishing this page. Deep regional languages are a different matter — see below.
What about Cebuano, Ilocano and other Philippine languages?
Filipino/Tagalog is the supported language. Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon and other regional languages aren't reliably transcribed by any mainstream AI model today — we'd rather say that plainly than let you waste an upload. Tagalog-dominant speech with some regional vocabulary mixed in fares better than pure regional speech.
Can I transcribe Messenger or WhatsApp voice messages?
Yes — save or forward the voice message so you can download it as an audio file (M4A/OGG/MP3 all work), then upload. Short notes transcribe in seconds, and the whole flow works in your phone's browser — no app install.
I do transcription work as a VA or freelancer — can I use this for client files?
Yes, and it's a sensible workflow: AI produces the draft in minutes, you do the human quality pass — names, timestamps, formatting — that clients actually pay for. The free tier covers trial jobs; Basic ($12/mo, 10 hours) covers steady freelance volume. One honest caution: check each client's confidentiality terms before uploading their audio anywhere, ours included.
Does the names-and-jargon vocabulary box work for Filipino?
Not currently — the model generation that supports Filipino doesn't accept our vocabulary boosting yet, so that box is ignored for Tagalog uploads. Fix names inline in the editor instead; a correction takes one click and carries into every export. We'd rather tell you than have you wonder why a term kept coming out wrong.
Can I get English text from Tagalog audio?
On Pro, yes — it transcribes the Filipino speech first, then translates that text to English, keeping both visible so a mishear is a catchable Filipino error rather than an invisible English one. Free route: export the Tagalog text and run it through any free translator.
An honest note: Filipino support is newer in AI transcription than English or Spanish, and accuracy is more audio-dependent — clear, close-mic recordings do well; noisy multi-speaker audio needs a heavier editing pass. Test with your own recording on the free plan first, and treat regional languages (Cebuano, Ilocano) as unsupported rather than hoping.
Related pages
The honest local guide
MP3 to TextThe format most recordings arrive in
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