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English to Urdu speech translation API

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

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Production-ready English to Urdu translation API

Real English 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.

English (Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic) 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.

English is written in Latin and Urdu in Arabic, so Soniox emits correctly scripted Urdu text. Right-to-left output is handled directly in the token stream.

A breakthrough in real-time English to Urdu translation

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Translate before the sentence ends

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

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Directional en to ur streaming

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

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High quality Urdu output

Same model across every language, including historically underserved ones.

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Native-speaker English STT accuracy

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

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Names, numbers, and domain terms

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

config.json
{
  "model": "stt-rt-v4",
  "translation": {
    "type": "one_way",
    "source_language": "en",
    "target_language": "ur"
  }
}

English and Urdu through a single stream

English 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: "en" and target_language: "ur". It runs on the same WebSocket and the same model, with no extra round trip.

Live English to Urdu: written and spoken

English to Urdu speech-to-text

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

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

English to Urdu speech-to-speech

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

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

Live English to Urdu translation in action

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

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English speaker says: “Oh, FYI, the client moved the demo to 9:30, so we’re not totally sprinting.”
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Translated into Urdu in real time.

One-way translation

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

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

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English speaker talks in English.
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Urdu speaker hears Urdu.
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Urdu speaker replies in Urdu.
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English speaker hears English.

Two-way translation

Translate between English 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 English at 6.5% word error rate and Urdu at 6.3% word error rate. Accurate recognition on both sides is what makes the translation reliable.

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Speech-to-Text

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

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Translation

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

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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.

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About English and Urdu

English has roughly 1,500,000,000 speakers across United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Urdu has roughly 230,000,000 speakers across Pakistan and India.

English is the most widely spoken language in the world when including both native and non-native speakers.

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

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

Translate English to any language

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

AfrikaansAlbanianArabicAzerbaijaniBasqueBelarusianBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChineseCroatianCzechDanishDutchEstonianFinnishFrenchGalicianGermanGreekGujaratiHebrewHindiHungarianIndonesianItalianJapaneseKannadaKazakhKoreanLatvianLithuanianMacedonianMalayMalayalamMarathiNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSpanishSwahiliSwedishTagalogTamilTeluguThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelsh

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Frequently asked questions

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

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