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

AI notes for real estate negotiation calls in Japanese

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

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Free to start, with free credits added every week.

Every detail, captured automatically in Japanese

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

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Notes ready when you are

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

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Know who said what

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

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Complete conversation archive

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

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Hours saved per week

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

Built for real conversations in Japanese

Smart Scribe handles the complexity of real speech so you can focus on the conversation. Handles Japanese across varieties like Kanto and Kansai.

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Built for long sessions

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

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60+ languages

Transcribe Japanese 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 Japanese sessions.

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One tap to start

Tap once to begin recording Japanese. Smart Scribe handles transcription, speakers, and summaries automatically.

Japanese at a glance

Key facts about Japanese.

日本語

native name

125 million

speakers worldwide

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country where spoken

Japanese 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 Japanese transcription compared to 8 other providers.

ProviderWER (Japanese)Accuracy
Soniox#18.7%91.3%
Speechmatics10.3%89.7%
Deepgram11.7%88.3%
ElevenLabs12%88.0%
OpenAI13.8%86.2%
Azure14%86.0%
Google14.2%85.8%
AssemblyAI14.8%85.2%
AWS16.2%83.8%

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

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

App feature Smart Scribe
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Translator

Translate Japanese and 60+ other languages live

App feature Translator
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Voice Typing

Speak to type in Japanese

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

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.

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.

Japanese language trivia

こんにちは - that's how you say hello in Japanese.

History and background

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    Japanese uses three writing systems simultaneously: kanji (Chinese characters), hiragana, and katakana.

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    The Tale of Genji, written around 1000 CE by Murasaki Shikibu, is considered the world's first novel.

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    Japanese borrowed its writing system from Chinese but adapted it to fit a fundamentally different grammar.

Distinctive features

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    Japanese uses three scripts simultaneously: kanji for content words, hiragana for grammar, and katakana for foreign words.

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    Japanese has an elaborate honorific system (keigo) with distinct humble, polite, and respectful forms.

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    The language is Subject-Object-Verb in word order, and the verb always comes at the end of the sentence.

Dialects and varieties

KantoKansaiTohokuKyushuOkinawan

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Frequently asked questions about Japanese ai notes for real estate negotiation calls

How well does Soniox App handle Japanese as it is actually spoken day to day?arrow_downward
Very well. Japanese has 125 million speakers, mostly in Japan, and real-world Japanese 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 Japanese compared to other providers?arrow_downward
Soniox achieves a 8.7% word error rate for Japanese, outperforming Speechmatics, Deepgram, ElevenLabs, and 5 other providers in independent benchmarks. Lower word error rate means fewer mistakes in your transcripts.
What writing system does Japanese use?arrow_downward
Japanese is written in the CJK script. Soniox App handles Japanese text natively, including all script-specific characters.
Does Soniox handle different Japanese dialects?arrow_downward
Japanese has several recognized varieties, including Kanto, Kansai, Tohoku, Kyushu, and others. Soniox is trained on diverse Japanese speech data, so it handles regional variation and dialectal differences effectively.
What language family does Japanese belong to?arrow_downward
Japanese belongs to the Japonic language family. 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.