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Soniox App

Real-time translation for school meetings abroad in Croatian

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 Croatian and 60+ other languages.

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Free to start, with free credits added every week.

Speak your language, be understood in theirs in Croatian

Language barriers slow down conversations and create misunderstandings. Soniox App removes them. Get seamless Croatian transcriptions today.

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Cross-border collaboration

Work with Croatian-speaking teams, clients, and partners without language getting in the way.

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Works everywhere

Use Translator for Croatian on your phone, tablet, or computer — wherever conversations happen.

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Understand every word

Even when Croatian accents or fast speech make listening hard, Translator shows you exactly what was said.

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Read translations live

Croatian translations appear on screen in real time so both sides of the conversation can follow along.

Translation that keeps up with conversation in Croatian

Soniox App translates as people speak, not after they finish. Handles Croatian across varieties like Shtokavian and Chakavian.

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Two-way conversations

Speak Croatian while others speak their language. Soniox App translates both directions so everyone understands.

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Zero delay

Translation happens as Croatian words are spoken — not sentence by sentence — so conversations feel natural.

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Automatic language detection

Switch between Croatian and other languages naturally mid-sentence without changing any settings.

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Multi-language groups

Handle conversations mixing Croatian and other languages. Each participant sees translations in their language.

Croatian at a glance

Key facts about Croatian.

Hrvatski

native name

5.5 million

speakers worldwide

1

country where spoken

Croatian 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 Croatian transcription compared to 7 other providers.

ProviderWER (Croatian)Accuracy
Soniox#19.5%90.5%
Speechmatics13.4%86.6%
AWS13.7%86.3%
ElevenLabs14%86.0%
Google14.1%85.9%
OpenAI15.5%84.5%
Azure21.1%78.9%
AssemblyAI38.2%61.8%

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

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

App feature Smart Scribe
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Translator

Translate Croatian and 60+ other languages live

App feature Translator
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Voice Typing

Speak to type in Croatian

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

Get started free

Transcribe conversations in real time with Soniox.

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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.

Croatian language trivia

Bok - that's how you say hello in Croatian.

History and background

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    Croatian is an official language of the European Union since Croatia joined in 2013.

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    The Baška tablet, dating to around 1100, is one of the oldest known Croatian texts in the Glagolitic script.

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    Croatia was one of the last countries in Europe to use the Glagolitic script, employing it until the 19th century.

Distinctive features

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    Croatian uses the Latin alphabet with diacritical marks — č, ć, đ, š, ž — for specific Slavic sounds.

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    The standard language has a pitch accent system distinguishing short/long rising and falling tones.

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    Croatian strongly favors native Slavic vocabulary over international borrowings, through conscious language planning.

Dialects and varieties

ShtokavianChakavianKajkavian

Official language in

CroatiaBosnia and Herzegovina

Related languages we support

Frequently asked questions about Croatian real-time translation for school meetings abroad

How well does Soniox App handle Croatian as it is actually spoken day to day?arrow_downward
Very well. Croatian has 5.5 million speakers, mostly in Croatia, and real-world Croatian 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 Croatian compared to other providers?arrow_downward
Soniox achieves a 9.5% word error rate for Croatian, outperforming Speechmatics, AWS, ElevenLabs, and 4 other providers in independent benchmarks. Lower word error rate means fewer mistakes in your transcripts.
What writing system does Croatian use?arrow_downward
Croatian is written in the Latin script. The script uses diacritical marks to convey additional phonetic information. Soniox App handles Croatian text natively, including all script-specific characters.
Does Soniox handle different Croatian dialects?arrow_downward
Croatian has several recognized varieties, including Shtokavian, Chakavian, and Kajkavian. Soniox is trained on diverse Croatian speech data, so it handles regional variation and dialectal differences effectively.
What language family does Croatian belong to?arrow_downward
Croatian belongs to the Indo-European > Slavic > South Slavic language family. Among the languages Soniox supports, related languages include Bosnian, Serbian, and Slovenian. 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.
Does Soniox App provide real-time translation?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox App translates speech word by word as it's spoken — without waiting for the end of a sentence — so conversations stay natural and uninterrupted.
Is Soniox App a voice interpreter?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox App works like a live voice interpreter, showing instant translations on screen. It supports one-way and two-way conversations between any supported languages.
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.