MotionShine01 / Sound
A file or the mic
Audio, video, a voice message, or up to 20 seconds recorded right here.
Free tool
What language is this? Let AI listen.
Drop in a voice message, a clip or a video, or record a few seconds from your microphone, and find out which language is spoken, with how sure the AI is and the next closest guesses. It knows about 100 languages. Then see a sample of the words written out. It runs in this tab, so nothing is uploaded.
The sound is checked in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
How it works
Listen, score, answer.
02 / Listen
Every language scored
Whisper, an open speech model, listens to the clearest 30 seconds and scores about 100 languages.
03 / Answer
The language and the runners-up
See how sure it is, the next closest languages, and a sample of the words written out.
Questions
Good to know.
Is my recording uploaded?
No. Whisper base (OpenAI, Apache 2.0 licence) runs in this tab. The first time, the page downloads the model, and your browser keeps it for next time.
How accurate is it?
With a few seconds of clear speech it is usually right. Close languages, such as Spanish and Galician or Hindi and Urdu, can swap, so check the runners-up. Music, noise and very short clips make it less sure, and the page says so.
Which languages does it know?
About 100, the ones Whisper was trained on, from English, Spanish, Chinese and Arabic to Welsh, Swahili and Tagalog.
What if two languages are spoken?
It reports the language heard most in the loudest 30 seconds. For a recording that switches, cut the parts apart with the audio cutter and check each.
Can it translate what was said?
Yes, with the audio translator, which writes it out and translates it line by line.