New: Soniox Text-to-Speech is here

The voice platform for every language

Speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and translation built for real-time products with unmatched accuracy in 60+ languages.

Trusted by teams building global voice products

For developers, individuals, and teams

For developers

Build with the Soniox API

Power your products with speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and translation in 60+ languages through a single API.

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from soniox import SonioxClient

soniox = SonioxClient(api_key="SONIOX_API_KEY")

# Speech-to-text
transcript = soniox.speech_to_text("audio.wav")

# Speech translation
translation = soniox.translate_speech("audio.wav", to="es")

# Text-to-speech
audio = soniox.text_to_speech("Hola, ¿cómo estás?")

For individuals & teams

Use the Soniox App

Transcribe meetings, generate summaries, and type with your voice on mobile, desktop, and web.

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API

Built for the hardest parts of voice AI

Most voice platforms were built for English first. Soniox is built for high accuracy across 60+ languages, seamless language switching, alphanumerics, and low-latency interaction.

Soniox Multilingual Speech-to-Text API

Understand speech as it happens

Transcribe and translate speech in real time across 60+ languages, with native-speaker accuracy in multilingual, language-switching, and multi-speaker conversations.

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Soniox Multilingual Text-to-Speech API

Generate speech as it should sound

Generate natural, high-fidelity speech in 60+ languages, built for alphanumerics, names, borrowed words, language switching, and other hard production TTS cases.

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Native-speaker accuracy

Unmatched recognition accuracy across languages, accents, numbers, names, and domain-specific vocabulary, engineered for fast, multi-speaker conversations and high-noise environments.

Soniox Multilingual Speech-to-Text API

Text-to-speech built for precision

Generate high-fidelity, hallucination-free speech in 60+ languages. Built for the hardest production TTS challenges: alphanumerics, foreign names, language switching, and ultra-low-latency streaming.

Soniox Multilingual Text-to-Speech API

Low-latency streaming for live interaction

Transcribe speech with sub-200ms latency and start generating audio from the first few words, before the full sentence is available.

Soniox Multilingual Speech-to-Text API

Translation for multilingual conversation

Real-time, context-aware translation across 60+ languages and 3,600+ language pairs, engineered for code-switching environments where speakers switch languages mid-sentence

Soniox Multilingual Text-to-Speech API

One global API, deployed locally

Use the same models and API everywhere, with in-region processing to meet latency, data residency, and regulatory requirements.

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Built for agents, dictations, and everything in between

From real-time conversations to large-scale workflows, Soniox gives developers a complete speech platform for building fast, accurate, multilingual voice products.

Voice agents

Power conversational AI with low-latency speech recognition and natural speech output built for responsive, human-like interactions.

Wearables

Deliver live voice experiences on devices that need streaming speech recognition and speech generation with minimal delay.

Soniox is used to build Wearables

Speech translation

Translate spoken content in real time across 60+ languages with high accuracy. Build speech-to-text or speech-to-speech translation directly into your product.

Soniox is used to build Wearables

Dictation and voice typing

Turn speech into clean, reliable text for messages, notes, documents, and workflows where accuracy matters.

Stop stitching together voice providers. One voice platform for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and translation in 60+ languages. Built for low latency, multi-region deployment, and unmatched multilingual accuracy.

Privacy and compliance, built right in

Never stored, never saved.

Audio stays in memory, everything is processed in real-time.

Built for privacy-critical use cases.

Adhering to leading global security, privacy, and compliance standards.

Trusted where privacy matters most.

Used in industries where speech is sensitive, from healthcare to enterprise.

Soniox is Soc 2 Type 2 compliant
Soniox is ISO 27001:2022 compliant
Soniox is HIPAA compliant
Soniox is GDPR compliant
SOC 2 Type 2 · ISO/IEC 27001:2022 · HIPAA · GDPR
Trusted by startups and enterprises

Powering the world's most demanding products

From global enterprises to frontier AI labs, teams choose Soniox for the accuracy, speed, and scale their products demand.

Perplexity integrated Soniox to power a best-in-class voice experience for millions of Perplexity users.

A global technology leader using Soniox across internal meetings, call centers, and government projects in Korea.

Using Soniox for real-time captions and voice interactions, helping bring faster and more natural speech experiences to users.

Using Soniox to power transcription and real-time speech translation across meetings and contact center products.

An enterprise AI agent platform, using Soniox to power voice AI agents across non-English markets where best-in-class voice AI is scarce.

Pioneers in AI-powered healthcare technology, dedicated to transforming the way healthcare providers deliver care.

Using Soniox for best-in-class real-time captioning in its widely used meeting notes platform.

Trusted by millions of people worldwide, using Soniox to power highly accurate transcription for phone calls and voice messages across multiple languages.

It just gets the words right — any language, any accent, any context. That’s what accuracy is supposed to look like.

Tony Wang

Cofounder & Chief Revenue Officer at Agora

We tried a dozen speech-to-text and translation services. Soniox is the best, so that's what we use.

Cayden Pierce

CEO/CTO at Mentra

A fast-growing real-time translation app, using Soniox to power low-latency speech translation for seamless multilingual communication.

As the leading provider of voicebots for automotive dealerships in Germany, we’ve faced significant challenges recognizing license plates accurately. Soniox has solved this problem with exceptional recognition of alphanumeric sequences, resulting in a much higher acceptance rate for our voicebot.

Dr. Steven Zielke

Founder & CEO of mobilApp

It’s so fast, captions appear before people even finish talking. Zero lag. No buffering. Nothing.

Dag-Inge Aas

Head of AI at Tana

Compare Soniox side by side

Compare Soniox side by side with other providers across speech-to-text and text-to-speech. Live inputs. Transparent results.

Frequently asked questions

What is Soniox?arrow_downward
Soniox is a real-time voice AI platform that turns speech into text and translations instantly. It works across 60+ languages and powers both the Soniox App for individuals and teams, and a Speech-to-Text API for developers and enterprises.
What does “speech AI” mean?arrow_downward
Speech AI or Voice AI refers to systems that understand spoken language in real time. Soniox goes beyond basic transcription by handling live speech, multiple speakers, mixed languages, punctuation, formatting, and real-world conversations as they happen.
What can I do with the Soniox App?arrow_downward
With the Soniox App, you can:
- Transcribe conversations live
- Translate speech in real time between languages
- Dictate text into any app or text field
- Capture meetings, notes, and ideas automatically
All on mobile and desktop, with one subscription.
What’s the difference between the Soniox App and the API?arrow_downward
Soniox App is a ready-to-use product for individuals and teams.
Soniox API is for developers who want to build speech recognition, translation, or voice-powered features into their own applications.
Both use the same underlying speech AI models.
Does Soniox offer a general-purpose speech-to-text API?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox provides a production-ready, real-time speech-to-text and translation API designed for live applications, voice agents, meetings, and large-scale enterprise systems.
Can Soniox handle mixed languages in the same conversation?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox can accurately recognize and transcribe conversations where speakers switch languages mid-sentence or mid-conversation — without needing manual language selection.
Can Soniox distinguish between different speakers?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox supports speaker detection, allowing transcripts to clearly separate who said what, even in fast-paced or overlapping conversations.
Is Soniox suitable for developers and enterprise use?arrow_downward
Absolutely. Soniox is built for mission-critical use cases, offering:
- Low-latency real-time streaming
- High accuracy across accents and domains
- Scalable infrastructure
- Enterprise-grade security and compliance options
What makes Soniox different from other speech-to-text solutions?arrow_downward
Soniox is optimized for real-world speech, not just clean audio. It delivers:
- Native-speaker accuracy across 60+ languages
- Real-time transcription without waiting for sentence boundaries
- Mixed-language support
- Strong handling of numbers, names, and domain-specific terms
- A single platform powering both an app and an API
Do I need to be a developer to use Soniox?arrow_downward
No. If you want to transcribe, translate, or dictate speech, you can start immediately with the Soniox App. Developers can use the API to build custom voice-enabled applications.
How do I get started?arrow_downward
You can:
- Get the App to start using Soniox immediately, or
- Build with API to integrate Soniox into your product or workflow
Both options are available without long-term commitments.

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