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Reviewed language guide

Pashto Audio to Text Transcription

Transcribe Pashto audio into editable, word-timed text, then check spelling, names, numbers, boundaries, and mixed-language passages against the source.

Source profile

Language
پښتو
BCP 47
ps
Writing system
CLDR likely/default locale: Arab; not audio/sole script—confirm project choice
Direction
Right to left

Pashto (پښتو) review centers on this evidence: inspect Pashto-specific Arabic-derived letters, right-to-left punctuation, inflection, names, and regional vocabulary. CLDR maximizes bare ps to Arab (Arabic script, right to left) as default web-locale metadata. It is not evidence about the recording or proof that Pashto has only one writing system. Confirm the actual orthography and script with the project owner before normalizing any text. Orthographic targets include right-to-left punctuation, connected letter forms, optional vowel marks, and mixed-script spans. Project decision: which Pashto regional spelling and treatment of Dari or English names applies. Before batch editing ps, a reviewer must record which Pashto regional spelling and treatment of Dari or English names applies and attach a source timestamp to disputed text.

Where this workflow fits

  • Pashto interviews and oral histories
  • Pashto lectures and training recordings
  • Source-linked Pashto research review

Pashto orthography and speech checkpoints

inspect Pashto-specific Arabic-derived letters, right-to-left punctuation, inflection, names, and regional vocabulary. Editorial decision: which Pashto regional spelling and treatment of Dari or English names applies. Visual inspection should cover record the project decision about which Pashto regional spelling and treatment of Dari or English names applies.

Script choice and source-linked review for پښتو

CLDR maximizes bare ps to Arab (Arabic script, right to left) as default web-locale metadata. It is not evidence about the recording or proof that Pashto has only one writing system. Confirm the actual orthography and script with the project owner before normalizing any text. For interviews where regional vocabulary, compounds, and names cross script traditions, inspect inspect Pashto-specific Arabic-derived letters, right-to-left punctuation, inflection, names, and regional vocabulary. Visually inspect right-to-left punctuation, connected letter forms, optional vowel marks, and mixed-script spans; record the project decision about which Pashto regional spelling and treatment of Dari or English names applies. Replay a complete clause around every uncertain name, quantity, interruption, or ending.

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 ps hint maps to the reviewed ps provider root and preserves ps as the user's transcript language tag.
  • CLDR Arab is a likely/default locale hint, not an audio property; capability flags remain per language and model while editors confirm the project's real script and orthography.

Reviewed provider capability

assemblyai · universal-2

root ps · tiers fast, standard, precision

Automatic detection
Reviewed no
Diarization
Reviewed no
Word timestamps
Reviewed yes

Questions from the workflow

What must a Pashto editor decide before correcting the transcript?

word-building, ezafe or linking material where relevant, proper names, and script-specific letters need language-aware review. For Pashto, inspect Pashto-specific Arabic-derived letters, right-to-left punctuation, inflection, names, and regional vocabulary. Project choice: which Pashto regional spelling and treatment of Dari or English names applies. Keep unresolved forms beside their source timestamps.

Reviewed sources