The recording is already there.
Upload an audio or video file and choose whether you need source-language subtitles, translations, or both. Baian can process passages from that finished file without having to keep pace with a live speaker.
Speech recognition first identifies spoken words and their positions in the audio. Writing those words in their original language is transcription. Giving their meaning in a different language is translation.
If you choose transcription only, the job can finish with source subtitles without running the translation stage.
Follow a passage.
Follow the arrows from the recorded words to a timed subtitle file.
Start with a recording
Illustrative English speechWelcome to today’s lecture.
00:12.0 → 00:15.0Baian
Welcome to today’s lecture.
مرحبًا بكم في محاضرة اليوم.
SRT file
1مرحبًا بكم في محاضرة اليوم.
The text and timings in this example are illustrative. This is not a recording, a live demo or a speed measurement.
Words become timed subtitle cues.
A cue is one subtitle shown for a particular stretch of the video. Its start and end times come from the recording’s timing anchors.
In Baian’s audio-reviewed subtitle workflow, the source audio is checked alongside the timed words. That pass can correct clear transcription mistakes and choose where one cue ends and the next begins.
A clear pause or breath can make a useful boundary even when the sentence continues. A phrase can therefore have its own cue. Showing the next thought early just to complete a written sentence would put the subtitle ahead of the speaker.
Reading speed and line length also matter. They guide the layout, while the spoken wording and meaning remain the reference. Processing routes can differ, so not every recording takes exactly the same internal path.
Translate the meaning in context.
For each chosen language, the translation stage receives the source subtitle text. The reviewed workflow also supplies nearby passages so a short cue can be understood as part of the wider thought.
This matters when a phrase continues across two cues or refers to someone named a moment earlier. Translation can change the word order and length, so the target language needs its own wording and readable layout.
A final review checks the translated output against the source subtitle structure, including text coverage and layout. Automated checks can catch technical problems; they do not make every name, specialist term or religious interpretation correct.
Recognised Quran quotations use retrieved text.
For Arabic source material, and automatically detected source material containing Arabic, Baian can send the relevant text to its Quran matcher. The matcher searches a Quran text collection and returns candidate references with canonical Arabic and stored translations.
Those retrieved passages are supplied to the translation and review stages. Checks limit Quran references to approved matches and help keep them attached to the quotation rather than nearby commentary.
A match is still dependent on the transcript and the available language text. Short fragments and unclear speech may not be recognised. Check verse references and the translated quotation before publishing.
Review the result, then export it.
The output keeps subtitle wording together with start and end times. An SRT file stores them as numbered cues. Your player reads those times to decide when each subtitle appears.
lecture.en.srt
Video preview
Welcome to today’s lecture.
We’ll begin with a short introduction.
Download the file for the language you need and add it to your video platform or editor. An SRT file is separate from the video; downloading it does not permanently place subtitles into the picture.
Watch the recording with the final subtitles before publishing. Check the opening, a fast passage, speaker changes and any quotations. Fix any wording in Baian’s “Edit” view and select “Save Changes” before you download. Each line keeps the times Baian set, so if a line appears too early or too late, adjust its timing in your video editor. Then test the exported file in the place your audience will watch it.
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