Dictate thoughts and get organized text in Norwegian
Type with your voice in any app — up to 4× faster than typing. Built for people who think out loud who need accurate, hands-free text input across 60+ languages. Works with Norwegian and 60+ other languages.
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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.
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.
Hands-free input
Keep your hands free while composing Norwegian text. Ideal for multitasking or when typing is inconvenient.
Long-form writing
Write Norwegian reports, articles, and documentation at the speed of thought. Voice Typing keeps up with natural speech.
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.
Works in any text field
Dictate Norwegian into any app or text field — emails, documents, messages, search bars, and more.
60+ languages
Dictate in Norwegian and 60+ other languages with seamless mid-sentence language switching.
Natural speech input
Speak Norwegian the way you normally talk. Soniox App turns natural speech into clean, punctuated text.
Smart punctuation
Soniox App adds Norwegian punctuation, capitalization, and formatting automatically as you speak.
Norwegian at a glance
Key facts about Norwegian.
native name
speakers worldwide
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.
| Provider | WER (Norwegian) | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|
| Soniox#1 | 8.4% | 91.6% |
| Speechmatics | 11.8% | 88.2% |
| ElevenLabs | 13.2% | 86.8% |
| Azure | 14.7% | 85.3% |
| AWS | 15.1% | 84.9% |
| OpenAI | 16.9% | 83.1% |
| Deepgram | 17.5% | 82.5% |
| 20.8% | 79.2% | |
| AssemblyAI | 37.2% | 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 works with Norwegian and 60+ more languages
Soniox App transcribes and translates in Norwegian 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 Norwegian.
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Transcribe conversations in real time with Soniox.
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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.
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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.
Norwegian language trivia
Hei - that's how you say hello in Norwegian.
History and background
- history
Norway has two official written standards: Bokmål (based on Danish-influenced Norwegian) and Nynorsk (based on rural dialects).
- history
Norwegian dialects vary enormously and there is no single spoken standard; speakers typically use their local dialect.
- history
Old Norse, the ancestor of Norwegian, was the language of the Vikings.
Distinctive features
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Norwegian has two official written forms — Bokmål and Nynorsk — both taught in schools.
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Norwegian uses pitch accent to distinguish words that are otherwise spelled identically.
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Norwegian has three grammatical genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter.