Real-time interpreter for non-English patients in Kannada
Soniox App translates speech in real time, word by word, across 60+ languages and is built for physicians who work across language barriers. Conversations flow naturally with no waiting. Works with Kannada and 60+ other languages.
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Speak your language, be understood in theirs in Kannada
Language barriers slow down conversations and create misunderstandings. Soniox App removes them. Get seamless Kannada transcriptions today.
No interpreter needed
Soniox App works like a live voice interpreter, translating Kannada speech in real time between any supported languages.
Read translations live
Kannada translations appear on screen in real time so both sides of the conversation can follow along.
Works everywhere
Use Translator for Kannada on your phone, tablet, or computer — wherever conversations happen.
Understand every word
Even when Kannada accents or fast speech make listening hard, Translator shows you exactly what was said.
Translation that keeps up with conversation in Kannada
Soniox App translates as people speak, not after they finish. Handles Kannada across varieties like Coastal Kannada and Mysore Kannada.
Two-way conversations
Speak Kannada while others speak their language. Soniox App translates both directions so everyone understands.
Hear and read translations
Kannada translations appear as text on screen so you can follow the conversation visually.
No manual setup
Just start speaking Kannada. Soniox App detects the language and translates automatically without configuration.
Zero delay
Translation happens as Kannada words are spoken — not sentence by sentence — so conversations feel natural.
Kannada at a glance
Key facts about Kannada.
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speakers worldwide
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Kannada 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 Kannada transcription compared to 6 other providers.
| Provider | WER (Kannada) | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|
| Soniox#1 | 10.9% | 89.1% |
| AWS | 31.4% | 68.6% |
| 56.6% | 43.4% | |
| Azure | 58.8% | 41.2% |
| ElevenLabs | 62.5% | 37.5% |
| OpenAI | 94.4% | 5.6% |
| AssemblyAI | 100.4% | -0.4% |
Word error rate (WER) measures how many words a speech-to-text engine gets wrong. Lower is better.
Soniox outperforms AWS, Google, Azure, ElevenLabs, OpenAI, and AssemblyAI on Kannada transcription accuracy.
Soniox App works with Kannada and 60+ more languages
Soniox App transcribes and translates in Kannada 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 Kannada.
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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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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.
Kannada language trivia
ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ - that's how you say hello in Kannada.
History and background
- history
Kannada has a literary tradition spanning over 1,500 years, with the earliest known inscription dating to 450 CE.
- history
The Kannada script evolved from the Kadamba and Chalukya scripts.
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Kannada has been designated a classical language of India by the Government of India.
Distinctive features
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Kannada is a Dravidian language, unrelated to the Indo-European Hindi and Bengali.
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Kannada script is an abugida where each consonant has an inherent vowel.
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The language uses an extensive system of agglutination, attaching suffixes to convey grammatical meaning.