Soniox App

Auto-generate meeting minutes in Estonian

Soniox App transcribes and summarizes conversations in real time and is built for executive assistants who need accurate records without manual note-taking. Speaker labels, action items, and searchable transcripts across 60+ languages. Works with Estonian and 60+ other languages.

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Free to start, with free credits added every week.

Every detail, captured automatically in Estonian

Conversations move fast and details slip through the cracks. Soniox App makes sure nothing gets lost. Get seamless Estonian transcriptions today.

Action items extracted

Smart Scribe pulls out action items and decisions from Estonian conversations so nothing falls through the cracks.

Share with your team

Send Estonian transcripts and summaries to colleagues instantly. Everyone stays aligned without extra follow-up.

Know who said what

Speaker labels identify each Estonian-speaking participant automatically, making transcripts easy to follow.

Complete conversation archive

Every Estonian conversation is saved and organized. Go back to any past discussion and pick up where you left off.

Built for real conversations in Estonian

Smart Scribe handles the complexity of real speech so you can focus on the conversation. Handles Estonian across varieties like North Estonian and South Estonian.

Built for long sessions

Smart Scribe handles extended Estonian meetings, interviews, and lectures without losing context or accuracy.

One tap to start

Tap once to begin recording Estonian. Smart Scribe handles transcription, speakers, and summaries automatically.

Automatic summaries

Key points, decisions, and action items are extracted automatically from Estonian sessions.

Context-aware accuracy

Smart Scribe understands Estonian professional vocabulary and context, producing transcripts that need minimal editing.

Estonian at a glance

Key facts about Estonian.

Eesti keel

native name

1.1 million

speakers worldwide

1

country where spoken

Estonian 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 Estonian transcription compared to 8 other providers.

ProviderWER (Estonian)Accuracy
Soniox#19.6%90.4%
Speechmatics12.3%87.7%
ElevenLabs13%87.0%
Google13.4%86.6%
Azure15.1%84.9%
AWS15.4%84.6%
OpenAI21.2%78.8%
Deepgram32.9%67.1%
AssemblyAI62.1%37.9%

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

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

App feature Smart Scribe
See Smart Scribe

Translator

Translate Estonian and 60+ other languages live

App feature Translator
See Translator

Voice Typing

Speak to type in Estonian

App feature Voice Typing
See Voice Typing

One app. Everything you do with voice in Estonian.

Get started free

Transcribe conversations in real time with Soniox.

Download on the App Store

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Free to start, with free credits added every week.

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.

Estonian language trivia

Tere - that's how you say hello in Estonian.

History and background

  • Estonian is one of the few official EU languages that is not Indo-European.

  • The oldest known Estonian text dates to 1535.

  • Estonian has 14 grammatical cases, making it one of the most case-rich languages in Europe.

Distinctive features

  • Estonian distinguishes three degrees of consonant and vowel length — short, long, and overlong.

  • The language has no grammatical gender and no future tense.

  • Estonian lacks prepositions; it uses postpositions and case endings instead.

Dialects and varieties

North EstonianSouth EstonianNortheastern Coastal Estonian

Official language in

Estonia

Related languages we support

Frequently asked questions about Estonian auto-generate meeting minutes

How well does Soniox App handle Estonian as it is actually spoken day to day?
Very well. Estonian has 1.1 million speakers, mostly in Estonia, and real-world Estonian 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 Estonian compared to other providers?
Soniox achieves a 9.6% word error rate for Estonian, outperforming Speechmatics, ElevenLabs, Google, and 5 other providers in independent benchmarks. Lower word error rate means fewer mistakes in your transcripts.
What writing system does Estonian use?
Estonian is written in the Latin script. The script uses diacritical marks to convey additional phonetic information. Soniox App handles Estonian text natively, including all script-specific characters.
Does Soniox handle different Estonian dialects?
Estonian has several recognized varieties, including North Estonian, South Estonian, and Northeastern Coastal Estonian. Soniox is trained on diverse Estonian speech data, so it handles regional variation and dialectal differences effectively.
What language family does Estonian belong to?
Estonian belongs to the Uralic > Finnic language family. Among the languages Soniox supports, related languages include Finnish. Understanding these linguistic relationships helps Soniox deliver better accuracy across language families.
What is Soniox App?
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.
Does Smart Scribe work in real-time?
Yes. Smart Scribe transcribes and processes speech as it's spoken, without waiting for pauses or the end of a conversation.
Does Smart Scribe identify who is speaking?
Yes. Smart Scribe detects and separates speakers, making transcripts easier to read and follow.
Is my audio or data stored?
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?
Yes. Soniox App offers free usage to get started, with paid plans available for unlimited and advanced features.