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Soniox App

Transcribe podcast episodes automatically in Malayalam

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 Malayalam and 60+ other languages.

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Free to start, with free credits added every week.

Every detail, captured automatically in Malayalam

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

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Share with your team

Send Malayalam transcripts and summaries to colleagues instantly. Everyone stays aligned without extra follow-up.

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Action items extracted

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

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Know who said what

Speaker labels identify each Malayalam-speaking participant automatically, making transcripts easy to follow.

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Hours saved per week

Stop spending time writing and cleaning up Malayalam notes. Smart Scribe does it in real time while you talk.

Built for real conversations in Malayalam

Smart Scribe handles the complexity of real speech so you can focus on the conversation. Handles Malayalam across varieties like Malabar Malayalam and Central Travancore.

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Automatic summaries

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

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Speaker identification

Smart Scribe detects and separates Malayalam speakers so you always know who said what.

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60+ languages

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

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Built for long sessions

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

Malayalam at a glance

Key facts about Malayalam.

മലയാളം

native name

38 million

speakers worldwide

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country where spoken

Malayalam 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 Malayalam transcription compared to 6 other providers.

ProviderWER (Malayalam)Accuracy
Soniox#110.7%89.3%
AWS31%69.0%
Google42.2%57.8%
ElevenLabs51.2%48.8%
Azure59%41.0%
OpenAI102.6%-2.6%
AssemblyAI102.8%-2.8%

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

Soniox outperforms AWS, Google, ElevenLabs, Azure, OpenAI, and AssemblyAI on Malayalam 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 Malayalam conversations live

App feature Smart Scribe
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Translator

Translate Malayalam and 60+ other languages live

App feature Translator
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Voice Typing

Speak to type in Malayalam

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

Get started free

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.

Malayalam language trivia

നമസ്കാരം - that's how you say hello in Malayalam.

History and background

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    Malayalam split from Tamil roughly 1,000 years ago and developed as a distinct language.

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    Kerala, where Malayalam is the official language, achieved near-universal literacy — the first Indian state to do so.

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    Malayalam has been classified as a classical language of India.

Distinctive features

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    Malayalam has one of the largest alphabet inventories among Indian scripts, with over 50 letters.

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    The language is agglutinative, with complex verb forms that encode tense, mood, aspect, and causation.

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    Malayalam is the only language whose name is a palindrome in English.

Dialects and varieties

Malabar MalayalamCentral TravancoreSouth TravancoreKasaragod

Official language in

India

Related languages we support

Frequently asked questions about Malayalam transcribe podcast episodes automatically

How well does Soniox App handle Malayalam as it is actually spoken day to day?arrow_downward
Very well. Malayalam has 38 million speakers, mostly in India, and real-world Malayalam 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 Malayalam compared to other providers?arrow_downward
Soniox achieves a 10.7% word error rate for Malayalam, outperforming AWS, Google, ElevenLabs, and 3 other providers in independent benchmarks. Lower word error rate means fewer mistakes in your transcripts.
What writing system does Malayalam use?arrow_downward
Malayalam is written in the Malayalam script. The script uses diacritical marks to convey additional phonetic information. Soniox App handles Malayalam text natively, including all script-specific characters.
Does Soniox handle different Malayalam dialects?arrow_downward
Malayalam has several recognized varieties, including Malabar Malayalam, Central Travancore, South Travancore, and Kasaragod. Soniox is trained on diverse Malayalam speech data, so it handles regional variation and dialectal differences effectively.
What language family does Malayalam belong to?arrow_downward
Malayalam belongs to the Dravidian > South Dravidian language family. Among the languages Soniox supports, related languages include Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu. 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.