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Soniox App

Voice-to-text for financial reports in Telugu

Type with your voice in any app — up to 4× faster than typing. Built for accountants who need accurate, hands-free text input across 60+ languages. Works with Telugu and 60+ other languages.

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Free to start, with free credits added every week.

Say it once, it is written in Telugu

Typing is slow. Speaking is natural. Soniox App turns your voice into finished text as you speak. Get seamless Telugu transcriptions today.

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Easier on your body

Reduce strain from extended Telugu typing sessions. Voice Typing lets you write comfortably for longer.

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Dictate emails and messages

Compose Telugu emails, chat messages, and documents by speaking naturally. Your words become polished text.

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Hands-free input

Keep your hands free while composing Telugu text. Ideal for multitasking or when typing is inconvenient.

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Boost productivity

Get more Telugu text written in less time. Voice Typing removes the bottleneck between thinking and having finished text.

Voice input that works everywhere in Telugu

Voice Typing works system-wide across all apps — no integrations or plugins needed. Handles Telugu across varieties like Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema.

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Desktop and mobile

Telugu Voice Typing works system-wide on desktop and mobile — no plugins or integrations required.

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60+ languages

Dictate in Telugu and 60+ other languages with seamless mid-sentence language switching.

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One tap to dictate

Activate Telugu Voice Typing with a single tap and start speaking. Text appears instantly wherever your cursor is.

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Natural speech input

Speak Telugu the way you normally talk. Soniox App turns natural speech into clean, punctuated text.

Telugu at a glance

Key facts about Telugu.

తెలుగు

native name

82 million

speakers worldwide

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country where spoken

Telugu transcription accuracy

Soniox App is powered by next-gen speech AI model developed inhouse by Soniox. The table below shows how Soniox AI performs on Telugu transcription compared to 6 other providers.

ProviderWER (Telugu)Accuracy
Soniox#18.2%91.8%
AWS26.9%73.1%
Google37%63.0%
ElevenLabs48%52.0%
Azure51.7%48.3%
OpenAI91.6%8.4%
AssemblyAI99.9%0.1%

Word error rate (WER) measures how many words a speech-to-text engine gets wrong. Lower is better.

Soniox outperforms AWS, Google, ElevenLabs, Azure, OpenAI, and AssemblyAI on Telugu transcription accuracy.

Soniox App: The all-in-one AI speech toolkit

Smart Scribe, Translator, and Voice Typing cover three ways people work with speech.

Smart Scribe

Caption Telugu conversations live

App feature Smart Scribe
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Translator

Translate Telugu and 60+ other languages live

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Voice Typing

Speak to type in Telugu

App feature Voice Typing
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One app. Everything you do with voice in Telugu.

Get started free

Transcribe conversations in real time with Soniox.

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Learn everything Soniox can do

Need more details? The Soniox Help Center provides complete documentation for the app, including guides, videos, screenshots, and feature walkthroughs.

Learn how to use Smart Scribe, Translator, Voice Typing, and more.

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Private by default

Soniox never stores your recordings and never uses your audio to train models. Everything is processed securely in real-time, then gone.

Telugu language trivia

నమస్కారం - that's how you say hello in Telugu.

History and background

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    Telugu has the highest number of native speakers among the Dravidian languages.

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    Telugu has been called "the Italian of the East" because every word ends in a vowel.

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    Telugu has been designated a classical language of India.

Distinctive features

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    Nearly every native Telugu word ends in a vowel, giving the language a distinctive melodic quality.

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    Telugu script is an abugida with a rounded, curvilinear appearance.

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    Telugu is agglutinative, with complex verb forms encoding tense, mood, and aspect through suffixes.

Dialects and varieties

Coastal AndhraRayalaseemaTelanganaNellore

Official language in

India

Related languages we support

Frequently asked questions about Telugu voice-to-text for financial reports

How well does Soniox App handle Telugu as it is actually spoken day to day?arrow_downward
Very well. Telugu has 82 million speakers, mostly in India, and real-world Telugu is very different from the clean, slow speech most tools are trained on. Fast delivery, informal vocabulary, regional expressions, and overlapping voices in group settings are all things Soniox App is built to handle.
How accurate is Soniox for Telugu compared to other providers?arrow_downward
Soniox achieves a 8.2% word error rate for Telugu, outperforming AWS, Google, ElevenLabs, and 3 other providers in independent benchmarks. Lower word error rate means fewer mistakes in your transcripts.
What writing system does Telugu use?arrow_downward
Telugu is written in the Telugu script. The script uses diacritical marks to convey additional phonetic information. Soniox App handles Telugu text natively, including all script-specific characters.
Does Soniox handle different Telugu dialects?arrow_downward
Telugu has several recognized varieties, including Coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema, Telangana, and Nellore. Soniox is trained on diverse Telugu speech data, so it handles regional variation and dialectal differences effectively.
What language family does Telugu belong to?arrow_downward
Telugu belongs to the Dravidian > South-Central Dravidian language family. Among the languages Soniox supports, related languages include Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam. Understanding these linguistic relationships helps Soniox deliver better accuracy across language families.
What is Soniox App?arrow_downward
Soniox App is a real-time speech app that turns spoken conversations into text and translations instantly. You can transcribe, translate, dictate, and summarize speech across 60+ languages — live, as people speak.
Is Voice Typing faster than typing?arrow_downward
For most people, yes. Speaking is typically up to 4× faster than typing, especially for longer text.
Where can I use Voice Typing?arrow_downward
You can use Voice Typing across apps and text fields — wherever you normally type — on supported platforms.
Is my audio or data stored?arrow_downward
No. Soniox App never stores your audio or uses it to train models. Text outputs are stored only to provide the service to you and are never used for model training.
Is Soniox App free to use?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox App offers free usage to get started, with paid plans available for unlimited and advanced features.