Voice type essays and papers faster in Dutch
Type with your voice in any app — up to 4× faster than typing. Built for university students who need accurate, hands-free text input across 60+ languages. Works with Dutch and 60+ other languages.
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Say it once, it is written in Dutch
Typing is slow. Speaking is natural. Soniox App turns your voice into finished text as you speak. Get seamless Dutch transcriptions today.
Hands-free input
Keep your hands free while composing Dutch text. Ideal for multitasking or when typing is inconvenient.
Dictate emails and messages
Compose Dutch emails, chat messages, and documents by speaking naturally. Your words become polished text.
Works in any app
Dutch Voice Typing works system-wide across all apps and text fields — no integrations or plugins needed.
Easier on your body
Reduce strain from extended Dutch typing sessions. Voice Typing lets you write comfortably for longer.
Voice input that works everywhere in Dutch
Voice Typing works system-wide across all apps — no integrations or plugins needed. Handles Dutch across varieties like Hollandic and Brabantian.
Works in any text field
Dictate Dutch into any app or text field — emails, documents, messages, search bars, and more.
60+ languages
Dictate in Dutch and 60+ other languages with seamless mid-sentence language switching.
Choose your writing style
Set the tone for your Dutch text — formal, casual, or anything in between — and Voice Typing adapts the output accordingly.
One tap to dictate
Activate Dutch Voice Typing with a single tap and start speaking. Text appears instantly wherever your cursor is.
Dutch at a glance
Key facts about Dutch.
native name
speakers worldwide
countries where spoken
Dutch is spoken in Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname. Soniox App is trained on real-world Dutch speech from multiple regions and accents.
Dutch 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 Dutch transcription compared to 8 other providers.
| Provider | WER (Dutch) | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|
| Soniox#1 | 9.4% | 90.6% |
| AssemblyAI | 10.6% | 89.4% |
| ElevenLabs | 11.2% | 88.8% |
| Speechmatics | 11.6% | 88.4% |
| AWS | 12% | 88.0% |
| Deepgram | 12.1% | 87.9% |
| Azure | 14.4% | 85.6% |
| OpenAI | 14.6% | 85.4% |
| 23.2% | 76.8% |
Word error rate (WER) measures how many words a speech-to-text engine gets wrong. Lower is better.
Soniox outperforms AssemblyAI, ElevenLabs, Speechmatics, AWS, Deepgram, Azure, OpenAI, and Google on Dutch transcription accuracy.
Soniox App works with Dutch and 60+ more languages
Soniox App transcribes and translates in Dutch 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 Dutch.
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Transcribe conversations in real time with Soniox.
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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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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.
Meeting transcription
Capture every decision and action item from meetings automatically.
Lecture transcription
Record complete lecture transcripts for study and accessibility.
Medical dictation
Document clinical encounters hands-free with professional accuracy.
Hearing accessibility
Real-time captions for deaf and hard-of-hearing users in any setting.
Travel translator
Communicate across language barriers with real-time spoken translation.
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.
Dutch language trivia
Hallo - that's how you say hello in Dutch.
History and background
- history
Dutch was the language of colonial administration in Indonesia, South Africa, and parts of the Caribbean.
- history
Afrikaans, spoken in South Africa, evolved from 17th-century Dutch dialects.
- history
The Dutch Spelling Act of 2005 standardizes spelling across the Netherlands and Belgium.
Distinctive features
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Dutch uses compound words extensively, sometimes creating very long words — e.g., "arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering."
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The diminutive suffix "-je" is extremely productive and used far more broadly than in other Germanic languages.
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Dutch distinguishes between "de" and "het" as definite articles based on grammatical gender.