Use Case

Oral History Archive Transcription

Transcribe oral history recordings, elder interviews, family histories, community archives, for cultural preservation.

Oral history projects across Africa record elders, community leaders, and family histories. AuTrans transcribes the recordings in Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin, and Nigerian English, the languages most elders speak, preserving the verbatim record for archives and academic citation.

Benefits

  • Native African-language support for elder interviews
  • Word-level timestamps for academic citation
  • DOCX export with line numbers for archives
  • Custom vocabulary for clan / lineage names

How it works

  1. 1Record elder interview (with family consent)
  2. 2Upload to AuTrans with clan/family vocabulary
  3. 3Review and verify with family
  4. 4Archive for cultural preservation

Frequently asked questions

Will it transcribe rural / dialect-heavy speech?

Major languages well; rural dialect variants partial. Audio amplifier helps with field-recording quality.

Cultural protocols?

Verify with family or community before publishing transcripts.

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