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Soniox App

Create blog posts from podcast transcripts in Kannada

Soniox App transcribes and summarizes conversations in real time and is built for podcasters who need accurate records without manual note-taking. Speaker labels, action items, and searchable transcripts across 60+ languages. Works with Kannada and 60+ other languages.

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Free to start, with free credits added every week.

Every detail, captured automatically in Kannada

Conversations move fast and details slip through the cracks. Soniox App makes sure nothing gets lost. Get seamless Kannada transcriptions today.

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Notes ready when you are

Automatic summaries with key points, decisions, and action items are generated from every Kannada conversation.

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Action items extracted

Smart Scribe pulls out action items and decisions from Kannada conversations so nothing falls through the cracks.

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Find anything said

Every transcript is searchable. Look up a Kannada word or phrase and find the exact moment it was spoken.

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Complete conversation archive

Every Kannada conversation is saved and organized. Go back to any past discussion and pick up where you left off.

Built for real conversations in Kannada

Smart Scribe handles the complexity of real speech so you can focus on the conversation. Handles Kannada across varieties like Coastal Kannada and Mysore Kannada.

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Built for long sessions

Smart Scribe handles extended Kannada meetings, interviews, and lectures without losing context or accuracy.

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60+ languages

Transcribe Kannada conversations and 60+ other languages, including mixed-language speech.

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Automatic summaries

Key points, decisions, and action items are extracted automatically from Kannada sessions.

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Clean, readable output

Kannada transcripts are formatted with paragraphs and speaker turns so they read like a document, not a wall of text.

Kannada at a glance

Key facts about Kannada.

ಕನ್ನಡ

native name

44 million

speakers worldwide

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country where spoken

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.

ProviderWER (Kannada)Accuracy
Soniox#110.9%89.1%
AWS31.4%68.6%
Google56.6%43.4%
Azure58.8%41.2%
ElevenLabs62.5%37.5%
OpenAI94.4%5.6%
AssemblyAI100.4%-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: The all-in-one AI speech toolkit

Smart Scribe, Translator, and Voice Typing cover three ways people work with speech.

Smart Scribe

Caption Kannada conversations live

App feature Smart Scribe
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Translator

Translate Kannada and 60+ other languages live

App feature Translator
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Voice Typing

Speak to type in Kannada

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

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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.

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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

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    Kannada has a literary tradition spanning over 1,500 years, with the earliest known inscription dating to 450 CE.

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    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.

Dialects and varieties

Coastal KannadaMysore KannadaDharwad KannadaNorth Karnataka Kannada

Official language in

India

Related languages we support

Frequently asked questions about Kannada create blog posts from podcast transcripts

How well does Soniox App handle Kannada as it is actually spoken day to day?arrow_downward
Very well. Kannada has 44 million speakers, mostly in India, and real-world Kannada 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 Kannada compared to other providers?arrow_downward
Soniox achieves a 10.9% word error rate for Kannada, outperforming AWS, Google, Azure, and 3 other providers in independent benchmarks. Lower word error rate means fewer mistakes in your transcripts.
What writing system does Kannada use?arrow_downward
Kannada is written in the Kannada script. The script uses diacritical marks to convey additional phonetic information. Soniox App handles Kannada text natively, including all script-specific characters.
Does Soniox handle different Kannada dialects?arrow_downward
Kannada has several recognized varieties, including Coastal Kannada, Mysore Kannada, Dharwad Kannada, and North Karnataka Kannada. Soniox is trained on diverse Kannada speech data, so it handles regional variation and dialectal differences effectively.
What language family does Kannada belong to?arrow_downward
Kannada belongs to the Dravidian > South Dravidian language family. Among the languages Soniox supports, related languages include Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam. 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 Smart Scribe work in real-time?arrow_downward
Yes. Smart Scribe transcribes and processes speech as it's spoken, without waiting for pauses or the end of a conversation.
Does Smart Scribe identify who is speaking?arrow_downward
Yes. Smart Scribe detects and separates speakers, making transcripts easier to read and follow.
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.