Transliteration, not translation
The script switcher changes the alphabet the captions are written in, not the language. Hindi and Urdu share most everyday vocabulary, so the same spoken sentence can be written in Devanagari (हिन्दी), Urdu Nastaliq (اردو), or Roman Urdu (Latin letters). Switching script keeps the words and meaning; it only changes how they are spelled.
Supported conversions
- Devanagari Hindi → Roman Urdu or Urdu script.
- Urdu script → Roman Urdu or Devanagari Hindi.
- The switcher appears on the transcript when the captions are Hindi or Urdu. Downloads and copies use whichever script you have selected.
What to expect from Roman Urdu
- Roman Urdu has no single standard spelling. People write the same word as “hai” or “hay”, or “kya” or “kia”. Conversion is phonetic, so some spellings will differ from what you would type yourself.
- Short vowels are not always written in Urdu script, so converting from Urdu to Latin letters involves some guesswork on vowels.
- English words spoken mid-sentence are often captioned in Devanagari or Urdu letters, so after conversion they appear spelled out by sound rather than in normal English spelling.
- For anything you will publish, read it through once and fix the spellings your audience expects.