Real-time translation for daily life abroad in Spanish
Soniox App translates speech in real time, word by word, across 60+ languages and is built for expats who work across language barriers. Conversations flow naturally with no waiting. Works with Spanish and 60+ other languages.
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Speak your language, be understood in theirs in Spanish
Language barriers slow down conversations and create misunderstandings. Soniox App removes them. Get seamless Spanish transcriptions today.
Read translations live
Spanish translations appear on screen in real time so both sides of the conversation can follow along.
Travel, work, daily life
From traveling in Spanish-speaking countries to joining international meetings, Translator handles any situation where languages differ.
Works everywhere
Use Translator for Spanish on your phone, tablet, or computer — wherever conversations happen.
Understand every word
Even when Spanish accents or fast speech make listening hard, Translator shows you exactly what was said.
Translation that keeps up with conversation in Spanish
Soniox App translates as people speak, not after they finish. Handles Spanish across varieties like Castilian and Latin American Spanish.
No manual setup
Just start speaking Spanish. Soniox App detects the language and translates automatically without configuration.
Zero delay
Translation happens as Spanish words are spoken — not sentence by sentence — so conversations feel natural.
Automatic language detection
Switch between Spanish and other languages naturally mid-sentence without changing any settings.
Hear and read translations
Spanish translations appear as text on screen so you can follow the conversation visually.
Spanish at a glance
Key facts about Spanish.
native name
speakers worldwide
countries where spoken
Spanish is spoken in Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Cuba, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, and Equatorial Guinea. Soniox App is trained on real-world Spanish speech from multiple regions and accents.
Spanish 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 Spanish transcription compared to 8 other providers.
| Provider | WER (Spanish) | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|
| Soniox#1 | 5.3% | 94.7% |
| AssemblyAI | 7.1% | 92.9% |
| Speechmatics | 7.1% | 92.9% |
| ElevenLabs | 8.7% | 91.3% |
| Azure | 9.5% | 90.5% |
| Deepgram | 10.1% | 89.9% |
| AWS | 11.4% | 88.6% |
| 14.4% | 85.6% | |
| OpenAI | 14.5% | 85.5% |
Word error rate (WER) measures how many words a speech-to-text engine gets wrong. Lower is better.
Soniox outperforms AssemblyAI, Speechmatics, ElevenLabs, Azure, Deepgram, AWS, Google, and OpenAI on Spanish transcription accuracy.
Soniox App works with Spanish and 60+ more languages
Soniox App transcribes and translates in Spanish and over 60 other languages with professional-grade accuracy.
Soniox App: The all-in-one AI speech toolkit
Smart Scribe, Translator, and Voice Typing cover three ways people work with speech.
One app. Everything you do with voice in Spanish.
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Learn everything Soniox can do
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Built for any use case
From clinical documentation to creative workflows, Soniox App is built for the situations where accurate transcription and translation matter most.
Meeting transcription
Capture every decision and action item from meetings automatically.
Lecture transcription
Record complete lecture transcripts for study and accessibility.
Medical dictation
Document clinical encounters hands-free with professional accuracy.
Hearing accessibility
Real-time captions for deaf and hard-of-hearing users in any setting.
Travel translator
Communicate across language barriers with real-time spoken translation.
Voice notes
Capture ideas and thoughts hands-free and turn them into searchable text.
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.
Spanish language trivia
Hola - that's how you say hello in Spanish.
History and background
Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world by native speakers, after Mandarin Chinese.
The first Spanish grammar was published in 1492 by Antonio de Nebrija — the first grammar of any modern European language.
Spanish is an official language in 20 countries across four continents.
Distinctive features
Spanish has an inverted question mark (¿) and exclamation mark (¡) at the beginning of sentences.
The "ñ" letter is distinctive to Spanish and represents a palatal nasal sound.
Spanish uses grammatical gender for all nouns and has a subjunctive mood used extensively in everyday speech.