Soniox named best-in-class STT for voice agents
Soniox App

Hands-free documentation in the field in Danish

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

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Free to start, with free credits added every week.

Say it once, it is written in Danish

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

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Long-form writing

Write Danish reports, articles, and documentation at the speed of thought. Voice Typing keeps up with natural speech.

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Professional vocabulary

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

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Easier on your body

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

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Boost productivity

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

Voice input that works everywhere in Danish

Voice Typing works system-wide across all apps — no integrations or plugins needed. Handles Danish across varieties like Jutlandic and Insular Danish.

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Natural speech input

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

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60+ languages

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

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Works in any text field

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

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One tap to dictate

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

Danish at a glance

Key facts about Danish.

Dansk

native name

6 million

speakers worldwide

1

country where spoken

Danish 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 Danish transcription compared to 8 other providers.

ProviderWER (Danish)Accuracy
Soniox#17.7%92.3%
Speechmatics10.7%89.3%
ElevenLabs11.5%88.5%
AWS13.6%86.4%
OpenAI14.9%85.1%
Azure15%85.0%
Deepgram16.5%83.5%
Google18%82.0%
AssemblyAI35.6%64.4%

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

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

App feature Smart Scribe
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Translator

Translate Danish and 60+ other languages live

App feature Translator
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Voice Typing

Speak to type in Danish

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

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.

Danish language trivia

Hej - that's how you say hello in Danish.

History and background

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    Danish was the administrative language of Norway for over 400 years during the Danish-Norwegian union.

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    The earliest Danish texts are runic inscriptions dating to the 9th century.

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    Danish is one of the official languages of the Faroe Islands and Greenland alongside the local languages.

Distinctive features

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    Danish has a distinctive glottal stop called "stød" that distinguishes otherwise identical words.

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    Danish vowel sounds are among the most complex in Germanic languages, with around 20 distinct vowel phonemes.

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    Written Danish and Norwegian Bokmål are very similar, but spoken Danish sounds markedly different.

Dialects and varieties

JutlandicInsular DanishBornholmian

Official language in

Denmark

Related languages we support

Frequently asked questions about Danish hands-free documentation in the field

How well does Soniox App handle Danish as it is actually spoken day to day?arrow_downward
Very well. Danish has 6 million speakers, mostly in Denmark, and real-world Danish 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 Danish compared to other providers?arrow_downward
Soniox achieves a 7.7% word error rate for Danish, outperforming Speechmatics, ElevenLabs, AWS, and 5 other providers in independent benchmarks. Lower word error rate means fewer mistakes in your transcripts.
What writing system does Danish use?arrow_downward
Danish is written in the Latin script. The script uses diacritical marks to convey additional phonetic information. Soniox App handles Danish text natively, including all script-specific characters.
Does Soniox handle different Danish dialects?arrow_downward
Danish has several recognized varieties, including Jutlandic, Insular Danish, and Bornholmian. Soniox is trained on diverse Danish speech data, so it handles regional variation and dialectal differences effectively.
What language family does Danish belong to?arrow_downward
Danish belongs to the Indo-European > Germanic > North Germanic language family. Among the languages Soniox supports, related languages include Norwegian and Swedish. 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.