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Guides and honest write-ups on transcribing African languages, getting cleaner audio, and making Autrans work for how your team actually meets.

Code-Switching: When One Sentence Holds Three Languages

One sentence, three languages: why that is normal speech, and what it does to transcripts.

8 September 2026·Tobiloba Sulaimon

How to Convert an MP3 to Text

Check the file, set the language honestly, then read the first pass with the audio open.

8 September 2026·Tobiloba Sulaimon

How to Transcribe an Audio File in Nigeria, Step by Step

Six steps from a recording on your phone to a transcript you can actually use.

8 September 2026·Tobiloba Sulaimon

Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa-Influenced English in Transcripts

Your first language shapes your English, and each one leaves its own transcript errors.

8 September 2026·Tobiloba Sulaimon

Nigerian Names and Places: The Proper-Noun Problem

Adeyemi, Chukwuemeka, Ikorodu: the errors that matter most, and how to fix them.

8 September 2026·Tobiloba Sulaimon

How to Record Better Phone Audio for a Cleaner Transcript

Distance, quiet and one voice at a time beat any setting. Your phone is enough.

8 September 2026·Tobiloba Sulaimon

How to Transcribe an MP4 Video to Text

Skip extracting the audio: upload the video as it is, and get text and subtitles back.

8 September 2026·Tobiloba Sulaimon

How to Transcribe Voice Memos From an iPhone or Android

Where iPhone and Android keep your recordings, and how to get them off intact.

8 September 2026·Tobiloba Sulaimon

How to Transcribe Swahili Audio

Dialects across East Africa, borrowed words, and what makes Swahili recordings usable.

8 September 2026·Tobiloba Sulaimon