Speech to Text with Timestamps (SRT/VTT) – Chinese & Japanese
Pricing
from $15.00 / 1,000 audio minute transcribeds
Transcribe audio and video files to SRT/VTT subtitles and text with timestamps. Accurate on Chinese (Simplified or Traditional output) and Japanese, works for many other languages. Pay only for minutes transcribed; files that fail to download or decode are free. Built for AI agents.
You can access the Speech to Text with Timestamps (SRT/VTT) – Chinese & Japanese programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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