Who transcribes Latvian content?
Latvian transcription is used by broadcasters and journalists in Riga, researchers and universities documenting Baltic oral history, and public-sector teams working with parliamentary or EU proceedings, since Latvian is an official language of the European Union. Podcasters, courts, and diaspora media in North America and Europe also convert Latvian interviews and recordings to text.
Latvian dialects and accents
Latvian has three traditional dialect groups: the Middle dialect, which forms the basis of standard Latvian, plus the Livonian and Upper Latvian (High Latvian) dialects. Latgalian, spoken in eastern Latvia, diverges enough in pronunciation and vocabulary that it is often treated as a distinct written variety, so speech recognition works best with standard Latvian speech.
Where Latvian is spoken
Latvian is spoken in Latvia and a few other countries in the European Union.
