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Transcribe Pashto audio to text

OneDollarTranscript transcribes Pashto audio and video to text: upload a recording or paste a link, see its exact length and price, pay once ($1 up to 60 minutes, $3 up to 10 hours) and download the complete Pashto transcript as TXT and SRT. You can add a translation into English or any other language at no extra cost. No account, no subscription.

$1 up to 60 minutes $3 up to 10 hours TXT + SRT پښتو No signup

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About Pashto recordings

Pashto is written in Pashto Arabic script, right to left, with its own letters such as ټ, ډ, ړ, ښ and ږ. Afghan and Pakistani Pashto differ in accent and vocabulary; both are recognised.

Pashto transcription at a glance

Native name
پښتو
Writing system
Arabic
Writing direction
Right to left
Spoken in
Afghanistan and Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan), and by communities in the Gulf states and Europe
Price
$1 up to 60 minutes, $3 up to 10 hours, per file
You get
Full transcript as TXT, TXT with timestamps and SRT subtitles
Translation
Into any of 141 other languages, included in the price
Language code
ps

How to transcribe a Pashto recording

  1. Upload the file (up to 5 GB) or paste a link from YouTube, TikTok, Facebook or another platform.
  2. Keep Pashto as the spoken language (or auto-detect), add a translation if you want one, and pay once.
  3. Download the Pashto transcript as plain text, text with timestamps and SRT subtitles.

Written in Arabic, not in Latin letters

Your transcript comes back in Arabic, the script Pashto is normally written in, not as a romanised approximation. The SRT file is plain UTF-8 text, so the characters display correctly in YouTube Studio, VLC, Premiere Pro and other modern players and editors.

Right-to-left text in TXT and SRT

Pashto is written from right to left. The transcript keeps the original characters and direction, and the subtitle file can be loaded into players and editors that support right-to-left text. If a line shows punctuation on the wrong side, the player is the problem, not the file: try VLC or YouTube Studio.

An honest note on accuracy

Automatic speech recognition has seen far less recorded Pashto than English or Spanish, so expect more mistakes in names, place names and specialist terms, especially in noisy recordings. Clear speech close to the microphone gives the best result. If a paid file cannot be transcribed at all, you are refunded automatically.

Translate Pashto audio into English or another language

Choose a translation language before paying and you get two versions: the original Pashto transcript and a line-by-line translation, both as TXT and as SRT with the same timings. That makes it easy to check the translation against the original, or to publish subtitles in both languages.

Questions

Do Afghan and Pakistani Pashto both work?

Yes. Both are transcribed in Pashto script with letters such as ټ, ډ, ړ, ښ and ږ.

How accurate is Pashto transcription?

Usable for clear speech, with more corrections than in English or Spanish. Speech models have heard far less Pashto, so names, place names, numbers and specialist terms are where to look first. Background music, overlapping voices and phone-line audio make it harder still.

Can I translate Pashto audio to English?

Yes. Pick English (or any of 141 other languages) as the translation language before paying. You get the original Pashto transcript and the translation, both as TXT and SRT.

What if the recording mixes Pashto and Persian?

Leave the spoken language on auto-detect. Each part is written in the language it is spoken in, so Persian sentences stay in Persian instead of being forced into Pashto.

Will the Pashto transcript be in Arabic?

Yes. The text is written in Arabic, the way Pashto is normally written, not transliterated into Latin letters.

Does the Pashto SRT work in video editors?

Yes. The SRT file is standard UTF-8 with the original right-to-left text. YouTube Studio, VLC and most editors display it correctly; if punctuation looks out of place, check that your editor supports right-to-left text.

Is Pashto supported as well as English?

It is supported, but less recorded Pashto exists for training speech models, so the transcript usually needs more checking than an English one. The price is the same, and a file that fails entirely is refunded automatically.

Last updated October 27, 2026

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