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Telugu to Korean speech translation API

Stream Telugu (తెలుగు) speech and get Korean (한국어) back in real time. One WebSocket, ISO codes te to ko, and ultra-low latency for voice agents and live apps.

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Production-ready Telugu to Korean translation API

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

Telugu (Dravidian > South-Central Dravidian) and Korean (Koreanic) come from different language families, so word order and morphology differ. Soniox reorders meaning in-stream instead of word by word.

Telugu is written in Telugu and Korean in Hangul, so Soniox emits correctly scripted Korean text.

A breakthrough in real-time Telugu to Korean translation

Translate before the sentence ends

Korean meaning lands as Telugu is spoken, not after the caption catches up.

Directional te to ko streaming

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

High quality Korean output

Same model across every language, including historically underserved ones.

Native-speaker Telugu STT accuracy

Accurate Korean translation starts with accurate Telugu 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": "te",
    "target_language": "ko"
  }
}

Telugu and Korean through a single stream

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

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

Live Telugu to Korean: written and spoken

Telugu to Korean speech-to-text

Live Telugu speechKorean text

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

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

Telugu to Korean speech-to-speech

Live Telugu speechSpoken Korean

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

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

Live Telugu to Korean translation in action

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

Telugu speaker says: మనము metro తీసుకుంటామా, లేక carpool చేస్తామా?
Translated into Korean in real time.

One-way translation

Translate live Telugu into Korean. Everyone in the conversation sees the same translated stream.

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

Telugu speaker talks in Telugu.
Korean speaker hears Korean.
Korean speaker replies in Korean.
Telugu speaker hears Telugu.

Two-way translation

Translate between Telugu and Korean 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 Telugu at 1.25% word error rate and Korean 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 Telugu and Korean

Telugu has roughly 82,000,000 speakers across India. Korean has roughly 81,700,000 speakers across South Korea, North Korea, and United States.

Telugu has the highest number of native speakers among the Dravidian languages.

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

Soniox makes Telugu to Korean usable in real-time translation across every supported pair.

Frequently asked questions

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

Simple, usage-based pricing

Translate live audio from Telugu to Korean 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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