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Arabic to Urdu speech translation API

Stream Arabic (العربية) speech and get Urdu (اردو) back in real time. One WebSocket, ISO codes ar to ur, and ultra-low latency for voice agents and live apps.

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Production-ready Arabic to Urdu translation API

Real Arabic speech includes accents, regional dialects, code switching, and domain-specific vocabulary. Soniox recognizes it in a single model and streams Urdu while the speaker is still talking.

Arabic (Afro-Asiatic > Semitic > Central Semitic) and Urdu (Indo-European > Indo-Aryan > Central) come from different language families, so word order and morphology differ. Soniox reorders meaning in-stream instead of word by word.

Soniox preserves formatting in the translated transcript, including names, numbers, addresses, IDs, and domain-specific terms.

A breakthrough in real-time Arabic to Urdu translation

Translate before the sentence ends

Urdu meaning lands as Arabic is spoken, not after the caption catches up.

Directional ar to ur streaming

Set the source and target codes once. Both arrive in a single labeled token stream.

High quality Urdu output

Same model across every language, including historically underserved ones.

Native-speaker Arabic STT accuracy

Accurate Urdu translation starts with accurate Arabic recognition across accents and language switching.

Names, numbers, and domain terms

Preserved across the pair, including phone numbers, emails, and IDs.

config.json
{
  "model": "stt-rt-v5",
  "translation": {
    "type": "one_way",
    "source_language": "ar",
    "target_language": "ur"
  }
}

Arabic and Urdu through a single stream

Arabic to Urdu translation is built on top of Soniox Speech-to-Text API. Every spoken word is transcribed, and Urdu translation streams mid-sentence in the same labeled token stream.

Turn it on by adding a translation block with source_language: "ar" and target_language: "ur". It runs on the same WebSocket and the same model, with no extra round trip.

Live Arabic to Urdu: written and spoken

Arabic to Urdu speech-to-text

Live Arabic speechUrdu text

Translate live Arabic into written Urdu with the Soniox STT API. Soniox streams the Arabic transcript and the Urdu translation as speech happens.

Use it for Urdu captions, subtitles, meeting translation, agent assist, and multilingual transcription.

Arabic to Urdu speech-to-speech

Live Arabic speechSpoken Urdu

Build full spoken Arabic to Urdu translation by combining Soniox STT and Soniox TTS. Soniox recognizes Arabic, translates it, and speaks Urdu with low latency.

Use it for live interpreters, bilingual voice agents, travel assistants, and customer support.

Live Arabic to Urdu translation in action

Stream Arabic to Urdu one-way to push all speech into Urdu, or two-way to keep a bilingual conversation flowing between the two languages.

Arabic speaker says: “هخلصه بعد ال meeting، وببعتلك ال draft.”
Translated into Urdu in real time.

One-way translation

Translate live Arabic into Urdu. Everyone in the conversation sees the same translated stream.

Ideal for live captions, multilingual meetings, broadcasts, lectures, and customer calls.

Arabic speaker talks in Arabic.
Urdu speaker hears Urdu.
Urdu speaker replies in Urdu.
Arabic speaker hears Arabic.

Two-way translation

Translate between Arabic and Urdu for live bilingual conversation. Each side speaks naturally and hears the other in their own language.

Soniox supports real-time two-way translation between any two of 60+ supported languages.

Accurate on both ends of the pair

Soniox transcribes Arabic at 1.25% word error rate and Urdu at 1.25% word error rate. Accurate recognition on both sides is what makes the translation reliable.

Speech-to-Text

Native-speaker accuracy across 60+ languages, with support for multilingual speech, alphanumerics, speaker diarization, context.

Translation

Real-time streaming translation across 3,600 language pairs, built for high quality and low delay across all supported languages.

Text-to-speech

High-fidelity speech generation in 60+ languages, built for names, alphanumerics, language switching, and ultra-low-latency streaming.

Together, they create a complete real-time low-latency speech AI platform.

About Arabic and Urdu

Arabic has roughly 422,000,000 speakers across Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria, and Sudan. Urdu has roughly 230,000,000 speakers across Pakistan and India.

Arabic is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.

Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.

Soniox makes Arabic to Urdu usable in real-time translation across every supported pair.

Translate Arabic to any language

From Arabic to Urdu, or Arabic to any of 60+ supported languages. All real-time.

AfrikaansAlbanianAzerbaijaniBasqueBelarusianBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChineseCroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEstonianFinnishFrenchGalicianGermanGreekGujaratiHebrewHindiHungarianIndonesianItalianJapaneseKannadaKazakhKoreanLatvianLithuanianMacedonianMalayMalayalamMarathiNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSpanishSwahiliSwedishTagalogTamilTeluguThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelsh

Frequently asked questions

How do I translate Arabic to Urdu with the API?
Add a translation block to your real-time request with source_language "ar" and target_language "ur". Soniox transcribes Arabic and streams the Urdu translation over the same WebSocket.
Is Arabic to Urdu translation real-time?
Yes. Soniox streams Urdu while Arabic is still being spoken, so meaning arrives mid-sentence instead of after the sentence ends.
What about translating Urdu to Arabic?
That direction is supported too. See the Urdu to Arabic page, or use two-way translation to run both directions in one session.
Does Soniox handle Arabic dialects and accents?
Yes. Soniox handles Arabic dialects like Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, and Gulf Arabic in a single model, so Urdu translation stays accurate across regions.
Which other providers support Arabic to Urdu?
Based on their public docs, Azure list both Arabic and Urdu for real-time translation. Soniox is the only one that also supports two-way live translation across 60+ languages.
How fast is Arabic to Urdu translation?
Soniox streams Urdu as Arabic is being spoken, with ultra-low latency. Translation arrives before the sentence ends.

Simple, usage-based pricing

Translate live audio from Arabic to Urdu from ~$0.18/hour.

Translation is already built into Soniox Speech-to-Text API. When turned on, it adds about ~$0.06/hour in output token costs.

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