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Gladia supports
Lingala

Real-Time and
async Speech-to-Text

for

Lingala

Gladia supports 100+ languages, including Lingala, helping you serve your customers better — with no additional dev work needed.
Trusted by 200,000+ users worldwide

Why Lingala matters

Over 10 million people speak Lingala
As one of the most widely spoken languages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, Lingala offers businesses access to a large and diverse market in Central Africa.
Serve Lingala-speaking customers and expand into new markets
Supporting Lingala allows businesses to connect with Lingala-speaking customers in Central Africa and across the global diaspora, helping them build stronger relationships and expand their reach.
Most STT providers don’t offer strong support for Lingala
Lingala’s unique phonetic features and its status as a lingua franca in multiple regions present challenges for many speech-to-text systems. Gladia’s specialized models ensure high accuracy and reliable transcription for Lingala.

Sample Lingala use cases

Call centers and voice agents

Improve customer service by transcribing Lingala-language calls in real time, offering faster, more accurate responses to Lingala-speaking customers.

Sales enablement

Capture insights from Lingala-language meetings, transcribing key discussions to support sales coaching and improve performance in Lingala-speaking regions.

Virtual meeting platforms

Enable real-time Lingala translations and transcriptions in virtual meetings, ensuring smooth communication for teams working with Lingala-speaking clients.

Content & media

Automatically transcribe Lingala-language content, such as news, podcasts, and cultural programs, making it more accessible and broadening audience engagement.

What makes Gladia stand out

Industry-leading accuracy

Reliable results even in noisy, real-world conditions with overlapping speakers.

Ultra-low latency and async transcription

Built for both real-time conversations and large-scale batch processing.

Customizable models

Easy API integration with flexible tuning for your industry, language, and unique use cases.

One breakthrough model
Two powerful versions

Solaria-1

Solaria-1 is the most accurate speech-to-text engine designed for mission-critical real-time applications. Perfect for contact centers, AI-driven customer service, or industry-specific automation, ensuring native-level speech recognition, it is optimized for human-level accuracy.

Solaria-1 Mini

For applications where speed is everything, this is a lighter, ultra-fast version. Tailored for low-latency environments like AI-powered voice agents and automated call handling, it ensures every word is recognized in a split second—keeping conversations natural and delay-free.

FAQs about Lingala Speech-to-Text

What are the benefits of using speech-to-text for Lingala
Can Gladia’s Lingala models handle regional variations and mixed language speech
What industries benefit most from supporting Lingala?
How does Gladia’s noise handling and speaker recognition improve Lingala conversations?