Korean Video to Markdown — Transcribe Korean Videos
Korean (한국어) is the language of K-content — K-pop interviews, K-drama clips, Korean tech and beauty YouTube, Korean podcasts. The pipeline handles standard Seoul Korean accurately and produces clean Hangul output.
Hangul script
Output is in Hangul (한글), Korean's phonetic script. English loanwords (very common in modern Korean) appear in Korean phonetic transliteration when standard, or in Latin script when used as proper English. Spacing and punctuation follow standard Korean writing conventions.
Use cases
K-pop fan content (interviews, vlogs) for international fans. Korean YouTube tech content for English-speaking researchers. K-drama dialogue analysis. Korean podcast → English-language summary workflow. Korean university lectures from SNU, KAIST, etc.
Politeness levels
Korean has multiple politeness levels (formal, polite, casual). The pipeline preserves what was spoken — formal speech (-습니다 endings) appears as such; casual speech (-어/아 endings) appears as such. Honorific forms around names and titles preserved.
Before / After
Before (PDF):
[Korean video]
youtube-kpop-interview-2026.mp4 (380 MB, 28 min, two speakers)
— K-pop group interview, Seoul Korean
After (Markdown):
# K-Pop Interview
## 인사 [00:00]
안녕하세요 여러분! 오늘은 특별한 게스트와 함께 합니다. 안녕하세요, 반갑습니다.
## 새 앨범 [03:42]
새 앨범에 대해 이야기해주실 수 있나요?
Frequently asked questions
Will Hangul be output correctly?
Yes — Korean output is in Hangul (한글). Spacing and punctuation follow standard Korean writing conventions.
How well does it handle K-pop interview style speech?
Standard Seoul Korean (which K-pop interviews predominantly use) transcribes very accurately. Heavy regional dialects from Busan, Jeju, etc. have lower accuracy.
Are honorifics and politeness levels preserved?
Yes — formal speech (-습니다), polite (-어요/아요), and casual (-어/아) endings are preserved as spoken. Honorifics around names (-씨, -님) are preserved.
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