Build agents and applications that understand Hebrew speech

The world’s most accurate real-time speech-to-text and translation API for Hebrew, powering voice agents, live systems, and applications across 60+ languages.

“It just gets the words right — any language, any accent, any context. That’s what accuracy is supposed to look like.”

Tony Wang,
Cofounder & Chief Revenue Officer at Agora

Recognize Hebrew speech with speaker-native accuracy across 60+ languages

Unlike providers that only perform well in English, Soniox captures every word precisely in Hebrew, with proven lowest error rates, across 60+ languages – including dialects, accents, and mixed phrases.

"We tried a dozen speech-to-text and translation services. Soniox is the best, so that's what we use."

Cayden Pierce,
CEO/CTO at Mentra

Soniox outperforms other providers for Hebrew accuracy:

ProviderHebrew WER
Soniox7.5%
OpenAI16.1%
Google12.1%
AWS11.2%
Azure15.8%
AssemblyAI34.4%
Speechmatics10.6%
ElevenLabs9.6%

Handle mid-sentence language switching in Hebrew

In the real world, people often blend languages within a sentence or phrase. A user might say "אני צריך להזמין קפה לפני ה-meeting.", mixing Hebrew and English. Soniox keeps up, instantly detecting language changes and transcribing every word in the correct language.

"It’s the first model we’ve used that actually understands Hinglish. Switching mid-sentence just works."

Prakash N,
Co-Founder & Director at Tevatel

Capture alphanumerics exactly as spoken in Hebrew

From phone numbers and email addresses to reference IDs and license plates, Soniox recognizes alphanumeric speech with precision — even when spelled out in Hebrew.

Every digit. Every character. In real time.

"As the leading provider of voicebots for automotive dealerships in Germany, we’ve faced significant challenges recognizing license plates accurately. Soniox has solved this problem with exceptional recognition of alphanumeric sequences, resulting in a much higher acceptance rate for our voicebot."

Dr. Steven Zielke,
Founder & CEO of mobilApp

Detect when a speaker has finished speaking

Soniox goes beyond basic silence detection.

Using advanced conversational endpointing, the system understands tone, meaning, and speech flow to determine when a speaker is actually finished — not just when they pause.

The result:

  • Faster agent responses
  • More natural turn-taking
  • Lower latency in live systems

"It’s so fast, captions appear before people even finish talking. Zero lag. No buffering. Nothing."

Dag-Inge Aas,
Head of AI at Tana

Separate and identify speakers in Hebrew

Soniox performs real-time speaker separation and identification across 60+ languages, including Hebrew.

Transcripts stay structured, searchable and easy to follow. Even in fast, overlapping, multi-speaker conversations.

"Live multilingual meetings finally sound natural, Soniox translates fluidly, in real-time."

VP of engineering at leading AI assistant company

Improve Hebrew accuracy with domain-specific context

Soniox adapts instantly to your use case - healthcare, legal, finance, media, customer support, or enterprise - using lightweight context signals like domain or industry, topic, participant names or custom terminology.

No retraining required.

"Soniox's ability to accurately transcribe complex medical terminology means our physician-customers spend significantly less time editing. This allows them to finalize their notes faster and focus on what matters most: patient care."

Max Malyk,
Vice President at DeliverHealth

Translate speech as people speak, not after they finish

3,600 language pairs supported.

Soniox delivers the world’s first true real-time, any-to-any speech translation – translating as people speak, not after they finish. Unlike other systems that wait for full sentences or support only one-way pairs, Soniox streams mid-sentence translations continuously between 60+ languages, in every possible combination. The result is fluid, low-latency translation between Hebrewand any of 60+ languages.

"Live multilingual meetings finally sound natural. Soniox translates fluidly, in real time."

VP of Engineering,
Leading AI assistant company

Hebrew is spoken by over 9 million people worldwide — primarily in Israel, with speakers around the world. For years, Hebrew speech-to-text has fallen short, failing at fundamentals like accurate and reliable recognition, multiple languages, and alphanumerics. It converted Hebrew audio into words, but the words lacked meaning and context.

Soniox reimagined everything Hebrew speech-to-text got wrong. You can speak naturally, switch languages mid-sentence, spell out codes and names, or ask for instant Hebrew translation, all in real-time. Soniox doesn’t just transcribe Hebrew speech – it understands it.

Speech infrastructure for Hebrew at massive scale

Build on one API and deploy in your region

Soniox processes and stores speech data entirely within your selected region, using the same models and APIs everywhere. This ensures data residency, regulatory compliance, and low-latency performance for local users.

Available: US, EU, Japan
Coming soon: Korea, Australia, Canada, India, Saudi Arabia, UK, Brazil

"Before Soniox, our international users always had a noticeably different experience. Now accuracy and responsiveness match across all regions…it feels like one system instead of five."

Alon Yair,
CTO at Onvego

Run mission-critical Hebrew speech applications with confidence

Built for real-time speech applications where reliability, latency, and support matter.

  • 99.9% uptime
    Production-hardened infrastructure with monitoring and redundancy.
  • Sub-200ms real-time latency
    Stream speech as it’s spoken — no waiting for sentence boundaries.
  • Priority support
    Severity-based incident response with direct access to the Soniox team.

Use Soniox in popular frameworks

Soniox LiveKit integration
Soniox Pipecat integration
Soniox Twilio integration
Soniox Vercel integration

Privacy and compliance, built right in

Never stored, never saved.

Audio stays in memory, everything is processed in real-time.

Built for privacy-critical use cases.

SOC 2 Type II–certified and HIPAA-ready from day one.

Trusted where privacy matters most.

Used in industries where speech is sensitive — from healthcare to enterprise.

SOC 2 Type 2 compliant
HIPAA compliant
GDPR compliant

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Frequently asked questions

Does Soniox support real-time speech-to-text for Hebrew?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox provides true real-time speech-to-text forHebrew, streaming words as they are spoken — without waiting for pauses or sentence boundaries. This enables low-latency voice agents, live captions, and interactive systems.
How accurate is Soniox for Hebrew?arrow_downward
Soniox delivers speaker-native accuracy in Hebrew , with industry-leading error rates across accents, dialects, and real-world speech. Unlike systems optimized mainly for English, Soniox is trained and evaluated across 60+ languages from the ground up.
Can Soniox handle mixed-language speech involving Hebrew?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox automatically detects and transcribes language switching mid-sentence, even when Hebrew is mixed with English or other languages. No configuration or manual language hints are required.
Does Soniox support real-time translation from and to Hebrew?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox supports real-time, mid-sentence translation between Hebrew and any of 60+ supported languages — covering 3,600 language pairs. Translation streams continuously as people speak, not after they finish.
Can Soniox recognize numbers, names, and alphanumerics in Hebrew?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox accurately captures phone numbers, email addresses, IDs, codes, and other alphanumerics as they are spoken in Hebrew, with precision down to each digit and character.
Does Soniox support speaker identification in Hebrew?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox performs real-time speaker separation and identification in Hebrew, ensuring transcripts clearly show who said what — even in fast or overlapping conversations.
Can I improve accuracy for domain-specific Hebrew use cases?arrow_downward
Absolutely. Soniox supports domain-specific context for Hebrew, allowing you to provide lightweight hints such as industry, terminology, or participant names to further improve recognition accuracy — without retraining models.
Where is Hebrew speech data processed and stored?arrow_downward
Soniox processes and stores speech data entirely within your selected region, using identical models and APIs globally. This supports data residency, privacy, and regulatory requirements for enterprise and public-sector deployments.
How does Soniox handle privacy and data security?arrow_downward
Speech data is processed and stored entirely within your selected region, supporting data residency and regulatory requirements. Soniox is designed with privacy, security, and enterprise compliance in mind.
Is Soniox suitable for production and enterprise workloads in Hebrew?arrow_downward
Yes. Soniox is built for mission-critical, real-time systems, offering:
- 99.9% uptime
- Sub-200ms streaming latency
- Production-hardened infrastructure
- Priority enterprise support