Soniox App

Dictate legal documents by voice in Norwegian

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

Download on the App Store and Google Play

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Free to start, with free credits added every week.

Say it once, it is written in Norwegian

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

Easier on your body

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

Works in any app

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

Professional vocabulary

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

Boost productivity

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

Voice input that works everywhere in Norwegian

Voice Typing works system-wide across all apps — no integrations or plugins needed. Handles Norwegian across varieties like Bokmål and Nynorsk.

One tap to dictate

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

60+ languages

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

Desktop and mobile

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

Smart punctuation

Soniox App adds Norwegian punctuation, capitalization, and formatting automatically as you speak.

Norwegian at a glance

Key facts about Norwegian.

Norsk

native name

5.3 million

speakers worldwide

1

country where spoken

Norwegian 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 Norwegian transcription compared to 8 other providers.

ProviderWER (Norwegian)Accuracy
Soniox#18.4%91.6%
Speechmatics11.8%88.2%
ElevenLabs13.2%86.8%
Azure14.7%85.3%
AWS15.1%84.9%
OpenAI16.9%83.1%
Deepgram17.5%82.5%
Google20.8%79.2%
AssemblyAI37.2%62.8%

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

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

App feature Smart Scribe
See Smart Scribe

Translator

Translate Norwegian and 60+ other languages live

App feature Translator
See Translator

Voice Typing

Speak to type in Norwegian

App feature Voice Typing
See Voice Typing

One app. Everything you do with voice in Norwegian.

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.

Norwegian language trivia

Hei - that's how you say hello in Norwegian.

History and background

  • Norway has two official written standards: Bokmål (based on Danish-influenced Norwegian) and Nynorsk (based on rural dialects).

  • Norwegian dialects vary enormously and there is no single spoken standard; speakers typically use their local dialect.

  • Old Norse, the ancestor of Norwegian, was the language of the Vikings.

Distinctive features

  • Norwegian has two official written forms — Bokmål and Nynorsk — both taught in schools.

  • Norwegian uses pitch accent to distinguish words that are otherwise spelled identically.

  • Norwegian has three grammatical genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter.

Dialects and varieties

BokmålNynorskTrønderskNorthern Norwegian

Official language in

Norway

Related languages we support

Frequently asked questions about Norwegian dictate legal documents by voice

How well does Soniox App handle Norwegian as it is actually spoken day to day?
Very well. Norwegian has 5.3 million speakers, mostly in Norway, and real-world Norwegian 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 Norwegian compared to other providers?
Soniox achieves a 8.4% word error rate for Norwegian, outperforming Speechmatics, ElevenLabs, Azure, and 5 other providers in independent benchmarks. Lower word error rate means fewer mistakes in your transcripts.
What writing system does Norwegian use?
Norwegian is written in the Latin script. The script uses diacritical marks to convey additional phonetic information. Soniox App handles Norwegian text natively, including all script-specific characters.
Does Soniox handle different Norwegian dialects?
Norwegian has several recognized varieties, including Bokmål, Nynorsk, Trøndersk, and Northern Norwegian. Soniox is trained on diverse Norwegian speech data, so it handles regional variation and dialectal differences effectively.
What language family does Norwegian belong to?
Norwegian belongs to the Indo-European > Germanic > North Germanic language family. Among the languages Soniox supports, related languages include Swedish and Danish. 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.
Is Voice Typing faster than typing?
For most people, yes. Speaking is typically up to 4× faster than typing, especially for longer text.
Where can I use Voice Typing?
You can use Voice Typing across apps and text fields — wherever you normally type — on supported platforms.
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.