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Dictate English clinical notes and focus on the patient

Working with English-speaking patients? Soniox App transcribes English consultations and patient notes in real-time. Accurate across specialties and accents so you spend less time documenting and more time caring.

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Free to start, with free credits added every week.

Serve English-speaking patients with focus

English is spoken by more than 1.5 billion people worldwide, across United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and beyond. For healthcare professionals, that means English-speaking patients across general practice, specialist clinics, emergency departments, and community care.

Most transcription tools struggle with real-world English clinical speech: fast delivery, regional accents, dense terminology, and the overlapping voices of a busy consultation. Soniox App understands English as clinicians actually speak it, and produces accurate, structured records in real-time so documentation never falls behind care.

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General practice consultations

Capture the full English consultation as it happens: presenting complaint, history, examination findings, assessment, and plan. Soniox App produces a structured, readable record without a keyboard in sight, so you can give the patient your full attention.

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Mental health sessions

Typing during a English therapy or psychiatric session breaks the therapeutic relationship. Soniox App runs quietly in the background, capturing what was said so clinicians can write up session notes immediately after, accurately and without effort.

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Specialist and outpatient clinics

Cardiology, dermatology, orthopedics, oncology. Soniox App understands English specialist terminology across disciplines and captures clinical language precisely, so letters and referrals are ready faster.

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Emergency and urgent care

In fast-moving English-speaking clinical environments, documentation falls behind fast. Soniox App lets clinicians dictate observations, interventions, and decisions in real time, keeping records current even when the pace is relentless.

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Veterinary consultations

Vets face the same documentation burden as physicians, often with both hands occupied. Soniox App transcribes the English consult while you examine the animal, capturing history, findings, and treatment plan without breaking your workflow.

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Home visits and community care

Away from the clinic, laptops and EHR terminals are not always available. Soniox App turns any phone into a English dictation device, so community nurses, paramedics, and visiting physicians can document on the spot and sync notes when back at base.

English documentation that keeps up with clinical reality

English clinical language is dense, fast, and unforgiving of errors. Soniox App is built to handle it accurately, in any setting.

Understands English medical terminology

Drug names, anatomical terms, diagnostic codes, procedural language. Soniox App is trained to recognize English clinical vocabulary across specialties and transcribes it correctly, not phonetically guessed into something unrecognizable.

Works across English accents and dialects

Healthcare teams are among the most linguistically diverse workforces anywhere. Soniox App is trained on real-world English from multiple regions and handles a wide range of accents accurately, regardless of where the clinician trained or grew up.

Multilingual patient consultations

When a patient speaks a language other than English, Soniox App translates in real-time across 60+ languages. No interpreter needed for routine consultations, and nothing critical gets lost in a rushed translation.

Dictate anywhere, hands-free

At the bedside, in the exam room, or walking between wards. Soniox App captures dictated English notes through your phone without requiring you to stop, sit down, or find a workstation. Just speak and keep moving.

Automatic AI summaries for faster write-ups

After a English consultation, Soniox App can generate a structured summary of what was said, pulling out the key clinical information so write-ups, referral letters, and handover notes take minutes instead of half an hour.

Works in noisy clinical environments

Busy wards, open-plan clinics, and emergency departments are not quiet places. Soniox App filters ambient noise and focuses on English speech, so transcription stays accurate even when the environment does not cooperate.

Less time documenting. More time with patients.

Clinicians spend an average of two hours on documentation for every hour of direct patient care. Soniox App is designed to change that ratio, one English consultation at a time.

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Cut your end-of-day administration

Most clinicians finish seeing English-speaking patients and then spend another hour or two writing up notes. With Soniox App running during consultations, the transcript is already there when the patient leaves. Review, adjust, and move on.

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Stay present with the patient

Typing during a English consultation sends a signal to the patient that something else has your attention. Soniox App removes that barrier entirely, letting clinicians maintain eye contact, listen carefully, and respond naturally throughout.

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More complete, more accurate records

Notes written from memory an hour after a English consultation are incomplete by definition. Soniox App captures everything as it happens, including things a clinician might not have thought to write down, producing richer records that better reflect what actually occurred.

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Bridge the language gap without an interpreter

When a patient does not speak English, arranging an interpreter is not always practical. Soniox App translates in real-time across 60+ languages, making routine consultations accessible without scheduling delays or additional cost.

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.

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 English consultations live

App feature Smart Scribe
See Smart Scribe

Translator

Translate English 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.

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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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Supported languages

Soniox App transcribes and translates clinical speech in 60+ languages, so no patient consultation is lost in translation.

AfrikaansAlbanianArabicAzerbaijaniBasqueBelarusianBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChineseCroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEstonianFinnishFrenchGalicianGermanGreekGujaratiHebrewHindiHungarianIndonesianItalianJapaneseKannadaKazakhKoreanLatvianLithuanianMacedonianMalayMalayalamMarathiNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSpanishSwahiliSwedishTagalogTamilTeluguThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelsh

Frequently asked questions about English medical dictation

Does Soniox App handle English medical speech across different countries and accents?arrow_downward
Yes. English is spoken across United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and 9 more countries, and clinical speech varies significantly between regions. Healthcare teams trained in different countries bring different accents, phrasing, and pronunciation to the same terminology. Soniox App is trained on real-world English from multiple regions, so it transcribes accurately regardless of where the clinician trained or grew up.
How well does Soniox App handle English clinical terminology and medical language?arrow_downward
Very well. English has 1.5 billion speakers across 15 countries, and clinical English varies significantly between healthcare systems and regions. Drug names, procedural terms, and diagnostic language differ in phrasing and pronunciation depending on where a clinician trained. Soniox App is trained on real-world English from multiple regions, so it handles the full range of clinical speech accurately rather than defaulting to a single standardized dialect.
Is Soniox App accurate enough for English medical terminology?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox App is trained to recognize English clinical vocabulary across specialties, including drug names, anatomical terms, and procedural language. It transcribes medical speech as spoken rather than guessing phonetically, which is where most general-purpose tools fail.
Can I use it during a live English consultation?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox App transcribes in real-time, so it runs alongside the English consultation as it happens. You do not need to stop, dictate separately afterward, or remember what was said. The record builds itself as you work.
Does it work for veterinary use as well as human medicine?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox App handles English clinical language across disciplines. Veterinary terminology, species-specific drug names, and procedural language are all within scope. The workflow is identical: speak during or after the consult and get an accurate written record.
Can it handle consultations where the patient does not speak English?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox App translates in real-time across 60+ languages, including mid-sentence switches. For routine consultations with patients who do not speak English, it can bridge the language gap without requiring a separate interpreter to be arranged in advance.
Will it work in a noisy English-speaking ward or busy clinic?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox App is built for real-world audio environments. It filters background noise and focuses on speech, so transcription remains accurate even in open-plan clinics, busy emergency departments, or rooms with multiple people talking.
Can it separate the clinician's voice from the English-speaking patient's?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox App automatically detects and labels different speakers in the transcript, so you can clearly distinguish what the clinician said from what the patient reported. This is especially useful for consultations, history-taking, and shared decision-making conversations.
Can I get a structured summary after a English consultation?arrow_downward
Yes. After a session, Soniox App can generate an AI summary that pulls out the key clinical information. This makes it faster to complete write-ups, referral letters, and handover notes without reading through the full English transcript every time.
Is patient audio data kept private and secure?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox App never stores recordings and never uses audio to train models. Everything is processed securely in real-time, then discarded. No patient audio is retained, shared, or accessible after the session ends.
How much does it cost?arrow_downward
Soniox App is free to start with credits included every week. For unlimited clinical use, Soniox Pro is available. Learn more on our pricing page.