Arabic oral histories and interviews may move between dialectal speech and formal registers while mixing Arabic and English text direction. Use ar for the broad speech intent, then review dialect vocabulary, punctuation order, personal names, optional diacritics, and number style in a right-to-left editor.
Where this workflow fits
- Arabic interviews
- Oral-history recordings
- Multilingual research
What to expect from Arabic audio
Arabic recordings may move between dialectal speech and more formal registers, while ordinary written text often omits short-vowel diacritics present in careful learning materials. The practical review targets are dialect vocabulary, right-to-left punctuation, names, number style, and Arabic–English code-switching. The ar base hint covers broad Arabic speech intent and does not promise a specific dialect or automatic normalization to Modern Standard Arabic.
Review the details that carry meaning
Dialect vocabulary, optional diacritics, names, and Arabic–English code-switching require human review. Use word-level playback for dialect vocabulary, right-to-left punctuation, names, number style, and Arabic–English code-switching; a correction is accepted only when the surrounding clause and project convention support it.
Frozen deployment boundary
This page is published only because its language is present in capability snapshot m10-2026-07-20.1. It does not extend that catalog or claim a measured accuracy score.
- The ar base hint covers broad Arabic speech intent and does not promise a specific dialect or automatic normalization to Modern Standard Arabic.
- Dialect vocabulary, optional diacritics, names, and Arabic–English code-switching require human review.
Reviewed provider capability
deepgram · nova-3
root ar · tiers fast, standard, precision
- Automatic detection
- Reviewed yes
- Diarization
- Reviewed yes
- Word timestamps
- Reviewed yes
Reviewed provider capability
assemblyai · universal-3-5-pro
root ar · tiers precision
- Automatic detection
- Reviewed yes
- Diarization
- Reviewed yes
- Word timestamps
- Reviewed yes
Reviewed provider capability
assemblyai · universal-2
root ar · tiers fast, standard, precision
- Automatic detection
- Reviewed yes
- Diarization
- Reviewed yes
- Word timestamps
- Reviewed yes
Questions from the workflow
How should I review a Arabic transcript?
Arabic recordings may move between dialectal speech and more formal registers, while ordinary written text often omits short-vowel diacritics present in careful learning materials. The ar base hint covers broad Arabic speech intent and does not promise a specific dialect or automatic normalization to Modern Standard Arabic. The final pass targets dialect vocabulary, right-to-left punctuation, names, number style, and Arabic–English code-switching, with unresolved words kept beside their source timestamps.
Reviewed sources
- IANA Language Subtag Registry · checked 2026-07-20
- AssemblyAI model and supported-language documentation · checked 2026-07-20
- AssemblyAI pre-recorded audio supported languages · checked 2026-07-20
- Unicode CLDR likely-subtags language and script data · checked 2026-07-20
- Arabic language and orthography editorial reference · checked 2026-07-20
- Deepgram models and languages overview · checked 2026-07-20