Turn Japanese recordings into editable Japanese text with AI transcription, then prepare a transcript or timed subtitles for your next project.
Taption is an online tool that uses AI to transcribe Japanese audio and video into Japanese text. Taption groups speech into meaningful subtitle segments, making subtitles easier to read and helping preserve context when translating into other languages. After signing in, you can edit the Japanese transcript and export TXT or PDF documents, or SRT or VTT subtitles. If you need an English version, you can translate the reviewed transcript and create bilingual Japanese–English subtitles.
Japanese (Japan) is preselected. Upload audio or video to get started.
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A spoken name does not always identify its written form. Keep a speaker list and official company or product names beside the recording. Confirm the kanji against those references, then check each occurrence in context. A sentence can sound right while using the wrong characters for the person or term.
Japanese speakers often leave the subject unstated when the conversation makes it clear. Before quoting or translating a passage, check who is speaking, who is being discussed and whether an action is planned or confirmed. Preserve negation and the relationship expressed by polite language without adding a promise the speaker did not make.
Loanwords and product names may appear in katakana or in their official Latin spelling. Check them against your project glossary, especially where speakers switch languages. Read each caption as a phrase and keep names and related words together; a character limit alone cannot decide where a Japanese sentence should break.
Follow two speakers discussing a training video. The Japanese source stays beside an English translation for comparison. The SRT download contains the same Japanese wording and timestamps as the source rows.
The examples on this page are illustrative, not recorded Taption results.
Download illustrative SRT研修動画はいつ公開する予定ですか。
When do you plan to release the training video?
字幕を確認してから、来週公開する予定です。
We plan to release it next week, after checking the subtitles.
字幕を確認してから、来週公開する予定です。
研修動画はいつ公開する予定ですか。
TXT · PDF
Use plain text for editing or reuse, or a PDF for a document you can read and share. A transcript document is different from a timed subtitle track.
SRT · VTT
Keep caption text and timestamps together for a video platform or editor. Review the timing and line length against the recording.
MP4 · FCPXML
Export a video with visible subtitles, or use FCPXML in a compatible post-production workflow. Video quality and available export options depend on your plan.
Japanese transcription turns Japanese speech into Japanese text. For English text or subtitles, review the source transcript, then choose English in the translation workflow. Check names, omitted subjects, polite expressions and dates against the full conversation. Transcription and translation use minutes separately; review both tracks before exporting bilingual subtitles.
Explore translation and bilingual subtitles字幕を確認してから、来週公開する予定です。
We plan to release it next week, after checking the subtitles.
字幕を確認してから、来週公開する予定です。
We plan to release it next week, after checking the subtitles.
Keep a Japanese source transcript with speaker labels and timestamps. Check names against the participant list and listen to the original passage before quoting it in a report or translating it for a colleague.
Prepare Japanese captions for a recorded lesson. Verify specialist terms against the course materials, then check that each phrase stays on screen long enough to read before exporting SRT or VTT.
Give an editor or translator the reviewed Japanese source alongside an English version. Check who each sentence refers to and adjust subtitle breaks for English reading speed before delivering single-language or bilingual subtitles.
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Try a file of up to 5 minutes and 200 MB on this page. New accounts include 20 free minutes in total, including minutes used in the guest trial. Sign in to edit and export, or to process longer recordings.
Up to 5 hours per file. The file-size limit is 5GB, or 10GB with a subscription, measured against the MP4 equivalent.
Transcription and translation use minutes separately. Check your balance and the cost shown before processing. Export options and video quality depend on your plan.
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字幕を確認してから、来週公開する予定です。
Choose Japanese (Japan) in the recording-language selector. It is preselected on this page, even though the website is in English. Review a short passage with your speakers and subject matter before processing a larger project.
No. Japanese transcription produces Japanese text. To get English text or subtitles, review the Japanese transcript, then choose English in the translation workflow. Translation uses minutes separately.
Yes. Sign in to review and edit the transcript while listening to the recording. Use a speaker list or official spelling to check names; audio alone may not settle which kanji is correct. Review other occurrences before applying a broad replacement.
Try a short recording that includes the regional speech or language switches you expect. Check names, borrowed terms and overlapping speakers carefully. The Japanese setting does not establish equal accuracy across all dialects or reliable recognition of every mixed-language passage.
Yes. Use an audio file such as MP3, WAV or M4A, or a video such as MP4 or MOV. Transcription follows audible speech; it does not extract Japanese text already shown on screen. The guest uploader accepts files up to 5 minutes and 200 MB.
Review the Japanese text, speaker changes, timing and line breaks, then export SRT or VTT for a subtitle track. Choose subtitled MP4 when you need the text visible in the video, or FCPXML for a compatible editing workflow. Export options and video quality depend on your plan.
Compare the translation with the reviewed Japanese source. Confirm names, numbers, negation and who performs each action, especially when the Japanese subject is unstated. Watch at normal speed to check that the English captions fit the timing and remain readable.