A German voice message or lecture clip? Read it in English
For a supplier's voice note, a clip from a course you're taking abroad, or the part of a meeting you missed. Upload up to 3 minutes of German audio and get what was said, then the same in English — usually in under a minute. 3 free uses a day, no account.
Up to 3 minutes and 25 MB. 3 free uses a day.
How it works
- Choose the German voice note or clip — up to 3 minutes
- We write down what was said, then translate it into English — usually in under a minute
- Copy or download both as a TXT file
Listening to German
- How it sounds
- Swiss and Austrian German sound quite different from German in Germany.
- Mixed speech
- Business German uses many English words (Meeting, Deadline) — the transcript keeps it as it was said before it is translated.
- Sentence order
- German puts the verb second in a main clause, sends it to the end of a subordinate clause, and splits separable verbs (ruft … an), so sentences are rebuilt rather than swapped word for word.
- Where it is spoken
- German is spoken in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
What changes in English
- Politeness
- German has du (familiar) and Sie (formal, always capitalised); in English it becomes "you", with the respect carried by the wording.
- Numbers
- Numbers said in German come out as figures (0–9) in the English.
Example
What was said (German):
Der Flug hat zwei Stunden Verspätung. Wir boarden nun um 21 Uhr an Gate 12.
You read (English):
The flight is delayed by two hours. We are now boarding at 9 PM at Gate 12.
Example made with our translator from a sample sentence. Machine translation can make mistakes — check names, dates and amounts.
Audio or text?
Use this page when you have German audio — a voice note, a call or a lecture clip. If you already have the German as text, the text translator is quicker. German to English translator
Questions
Is translating German audio to English free?
Yes — clips up to 3 minutes and 25 MB, 3 times a day, no sign-up.
Will it follow a German speaker with a strong accent?
Clear audio with one speaker at a time works best. Strong regional accents and background noise can cause mistakes, so check names and numbers against the recording.
Do I get the German transcript too?
Yes — what was said in German first, then the English.
What about long recordings?
Sign up free for recordings up to 100 minutes, or get Pro for 2-hour files and one question across all your recordings.
What a free account adds
- Keep each translation in the same note as the original.
- Translate whole recordings — 300 minutes a month free, files up to 100 minutes.
What Pro adds
- Ask one question across all your recordings and folders — “What did the supplier agree to, and in which call?” — and get the answer with the recording or note it came from.
- 1,200 minutes a month (free: 300) and files up to 2 hours.
- ₹299/month or ₹2,990/year in India; $6.99/month or $49/year elsewhere.