An Urdu voice note from family or a class clip? Read it in English
For a family voice note, a class recording or a call with a client. Upload up to 3 minutes of Urdu 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 Urdu 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 Urdu
- How it sounds
- Hyderabadi, Lucknowi and Pakistani Urdu differ in accent and some words.
- Mixed speech
- Spoken Urdu and spoken Hindi share most everyday words; the scripts and formal vocabulary differ — the transcript keeps it as it was said before it is translated.
- Sentence order
- Urdu puts the verb at the end and English puts the verb after the subject, so sentences are rebuilt, not swapped word for word.
- Where it is spoken
- Urdu is spoken in Pakistan and across India, especially Uttar Pradesh, Hyderabad and Bihar.
What changes in English
- Politeness
- Urdu has aap (respectful), tum (familiar) and tu (very close); in English it becomes "you", with the respect carried by the wording.
- Numbers
- Numbers said in Urdu come out as figures (0–9) in the English.
Example
What was said (Urdu):
سر نے کہا ہے کہ ٹیسٹ جمعہ کے دن ہے۔ باب 4 اور 5 دہرائیں، اور اپنا کیلکولیٹر ساتھ لائیں۔
You read (English):
Sir said that the test is on Friday. Revise chapters 4 and 5, and bring your calculator.
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 Urdu audio — a voice note, a call or a lecture clip. If you already have the Urdu as text, the text translator is quicker. Urdu to English translator
Questions
Is translating Urdu audio to English free?
Yes — clips up to 3 minutes and 25 MB, 3 times a day, no sign-up.
Will it follow a Urdu 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 Urdu transcript too?
Yes — what was said in Urdu 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 landlord say about the deposit, and in which voice note?” — 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.