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Soniox App

The best real-time Korean meeting transcription app

Running Korean meetings? Soniox App captures every word with speaker detection, AI summaries, and instant action items. So your team can focus on the conversation, not the keyboard.

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Free to start, with free credits added every week.

Handle Korean meetings without missing a word

Korean is spoken by more than 82 million people worldwide, across South Korea, North Korea, United States, and beyond. For business teams, that means Korean showing up in client calls, internal syncs, interviews, and cross-border negotiations.

Traditional transcription tools struggle with real-world Korean in professional settings: fast speech, regional accents, industry jargon, and overlapping voices in group calls. Soniox App understands Korean as it is actually spoken in business: in context, instantly, and accurately enough to trust for follow-ups and decisions.

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1:1s and performance conversations

Soniox App transcribes and summarizes Korean conversations so nothing gets lost or forgotten, whether it is feedback, a promotion discussion, or a sensitive check-in.

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Customer and vendor calls

Keep records that accurately reflect what your Korean-speaking clients and partners said. Timestamped, searchable, and organized by speaker so commitments are never disputed.

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Job interviews and debriefs

Keep your full attention on the candidate during Korean interviews while Soniox App handles the documentation. Share clean, accurate transcripts with your hiring team instantly after.

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Project meetings and syncs

Summaries, next steps, and decisions from your Korean team meetings are captured as they happen. Everyone stays aligned without anyone playing secretary or chasing down follow-ups.

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Global multilingual teams

When your team mixes Korean with other languages, Soniox App translates in real-time across 60+ languages. No interpreter, no lag, and no misalignment across time zones or mother tongues.

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Sales calls and discovery sessions

Stay fully in discovery mode during Korean sales calls. Soniox App captures what prospects say and what they commit to, so you can review, quote, and follow up with precision.

Invite your Korean colleague to every meeting

Soniox App captures every Korean word so you can stay present, respond thoughtfully, and walk out of every meeting knowing exactly what was said and what comes next.

Stay present without missing a thing

Stop scrambling to take notes in Korean meetings. Soniox App accurately transcribes every word in real-time so you can stay focused and respond confidently, not catch up from incomplete notes later.

Spend less time on post-meeting admin

No more rewriting notes or trying to remember what happened. Get instant summaries, takeaways, and action items after every Korean meeting. Need something specific? Use custom prompts to pull out more insights.

Untangle who said what

Even in fast-paced, overlapping Korean conversations, Soniox App keeps everything organized. It labels speakers automatically so you can follow up on who asked, offered, agreed, or committed to what.

Understand every voice in the room

Soniox App translates Korean speech in real-time, even when people switch languages mid-sentence. No lag, no setup, no interpreters needed. Global teams can truly hear each other.

Recognizes context and key terms

From finance to product specs, Soniox App understands Korean business terminology, acronyms, and industry context for cleaner transcripts that actually make sense to anyone who reads them.

Record anywhere, securely

Whether you are in a Korean meeting room or on a noisy international call, Soniox App processes everything in real-time. No uploads, no storage, no data risk. Your conversations stay yours.

Soniox App: The all-in-one AI speech toolkit

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

Smart Scribe

Transcribe Korean meetings and conversations live

App feature Smart Scribe
See Smart Scribe

Translator

Translate Korean and 60+ other languages live

App feature Translator
See Translator

Voice Typing

Speak to type with your voice in any app

App feature Voice Typing
See Voice Typing

One app. Everything you do with voice in your language.

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.

Explore the Help Center

Korean transcription accuracy

Soniox App is powered by next-gen speech AI model developed in-house by Soniox. The table below shows how Soniox AI performs on Korean transcription compared to 8 other providers.

ProviderWER (Korean)Accuracy
Soniox#14.3%95.7%
Speechmatics8.1%91.9%
ElevenLabs8.5%91.5%
OpenAI10.8%89.2%
Azure11.2%88.8%
Google11.3%88.7%
AssemblyAI11.4%88.6%
Deepgram12.8%87.2%
AWS13.3%86.7%

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

Soniox outperforms Speechmatics, ElevenLabs, OpenAI, Azure, Google, AssemblyAI, Deepgram, and AWS on Korean transcription accuracy.

Korean language trivia

안녕하세요 - that's how you say hello in Korean.

History and background

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    The Korean alphabet, Hangul, was created in 1443 by King Sejong the Great to promote literacy.

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    Hangul is considered one of the most scientifically designed writing systems in the world.

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    Korean was historically written using Chinese characters (Hanja), which are still occasionally used today.

Distinctive features

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    Hangul organizes letters into syllable blocks — each block visually groups the consonants and vowels of one syllable.

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    Korean has a complex honorific system that affects verb endings, vocabulary, and even sentence structure.

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    Korean is Subject-Object-Verb in word order and uses particles to mark grammatical roles.

Dialects and varieties

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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.

Frequently asked questions about real-time Korean meeting transcription

Does Soniox App work for Korean meetings across different countries and offices?arrow_downward
Yes. Korean is spoken in business contexts across South Korea, North Korea, United States. Every region brings its own professional vocabulary, accent, and communication pace. Soniox App is trained on real-world Korean speech from multiple regions, so it works whether your team is in one country or spread across several.
Is Korean hard to transcribe accurately in a business setting?arrow_downward
It can be. Korean has 82 million speakers across 3 countries, and professional Korean sounds different depending on the region and industry. Different accents, local business vocabulary, and varying meeting styles all create challenges. Most transcription apps are trained on a single standardized dialect and break down with real meeting audio. Soniox App is trained on real-world Korean speech from multiple regions, so it adapts automatically to wherever your team is based.
Does Soniox App work on live Korean calls like Zoom or Teams?arrow_downward
Yes. Just run Soniox App on your phone or device during the call. It transcribes Korean audio in real time with no bot joining the call and no plugins required.
Can it tell different Korean speakers apart in a group meeting?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox App automatically detects and labels different speakers so your transcript shows who said what, even in fast-moving, multi-person Korean conversations.
How does Soniox App handle Korean meetings that mix multiple languages?arrow_downward
Soniox App detects language automatically and translates in real-time across 60+ languages, including mid-sentence switches between Korean and other languages. No setup or manual selection needed.
Can I get a summary and action items after a Korean meeting?arrow_downward
Yes. After every session, Soniox App generates an AI-powered summary with key takeaways and action items. You can also use custom prompts to extract specific insights from the Korean transcript.
Is it accurate with Korean business terminology and industry jargon?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox App understands Korean business language across industries including finance, legal, product, and engineering. Acronyms, proper nouns, and technical terms are captured correctly, not garbled.
Is my Korean meeting data private and secure?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox App never stores your recordings and never uses your audio to train models. Everything is processed securely in real-time, then discarded. Especially important for sensitive business conversations.
How much does it cost?arrow_downward
Soniox App is free to try with credits every week. For unlimited meeting transcription, Soniox Pro is available. Learn more on our pricing page.