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Dictate dental referral letters by voice in Indonesian

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

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Free to start, with free credits added every week.

Say it once, it is written in Indonesian

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

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Hands-free input

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

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Professional vocabulary

Soniox App handles specialized Indonesian terminology and professional language with accuracy.

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Works in any app

Indonesian Voice Typing works system-wide across all apps and text fields — no integrations or plugins needed.

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Easier on your body

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

Voice input that works everywhere in Indonesian

Voice Typing works system-wide across all apps — no integrations or plugins needed. Soniox App handles Indonesian with professional-grade accuracy.

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Works in any text field

Dictate Indonesian into any app or text field — emails, documents, messages, search bars, and more.

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Desktop and mobile

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

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One tap to dictate

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

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Natural speech input

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

Indonesian at a glance

Key facts about Indonesian.

Bahasa Indonesia

native name

270 million

speakers worldwide

1

country where spoken

Indonesian 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 Indonesian transcription compared to 8 other providers.

ProviderWER (Indonesian)Accuracy
Soniox#18.9%91.1%
Google14.5%85.5%
ElevenLabs14.8%85.2%
Speechmatics15.5%84.5%
AWS16%84.0%
Azure17%83.0%
Deepgram17.1%82.9%
OpenAI19%81.0%
AssemblyAI28.7%71.3%

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

Soniox outperforms Google, ElevenLabs, Speechmatics, AWS, Azure, Deepgram, OpenAI, and AssemblyAI on Indonesian 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 Indonesian conversations live

App feature Smart Scribe
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Translator

Translate Indonesian and 60+ other languages live

App feature Translator
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Voice Typing

Speak to type in Indonesian

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

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.

Indonesian language trivia

Halo - that's how you say hello in Indonesian.

History and background

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    Indonesian was declared the national language at the Youth Pledge in 1928, before independence.

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    Indonesian is based on Malay and was chosen as a unifying language for an archipelago of over 700 languages.

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    Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, making Indonesian one of the most widely spoken languages.

Distinctive features

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    Indonesian has no grammatical gender, no verb conjugation, and no tense markers on verbs.

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    Reduplication (repeating a word) is used productively to form plurals and change meaning.

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    Indonesian uses an extensive system of affixes to derive new words from root forms.

Dialects and varieties

Standard IndonesianJakartan Indonesian

Official language in

Indonesia

Related languages we support

Frequently asked questions about Indonesian dictate dental referral letters by voice

How well does Soniox App handle Indonesian as it is actually spoken day to day?arrow_downward
Very well. Indonesian has 270 million speakers, mostly in Indonesia, and real-world Indonesian 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 Indonesian compared to other providers?arrow_downward
Soniox achieves a 8.9% word error rate for Indonesian, outperforming Google, ElevenLabs, Speechmatics, and 5 other providers in independent benchmarks. Lower word error rate means fewer mistakes in your transcripts.
What writing system does Indonesian use?arrow_downward
Indonesian is written in the Latin script. Soniox App handles Indonesian text natively, including all script-specific characters.
Does Soniox handle different Indonesian dialects?arrow_downward
Indonesian has several recognized varieties, including Standard Indonesian and Jakartan Indonesian. Soniox is trained on diverse Indonesian speech data, so it handles regional variation and dialectal differences effectively.
What language family does Indonesian belong to?arrow_downward
Indonesian belongs to the Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Malay language family. Among the languages Soniox supports, related languages include Malay and Tagalog. 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.