Spoken predominantly in Zimbabwe, Shona is one of the major languages in Southern Africa, offering businesses access to a sizable and growing market.
Serve Shona-speaking customers and expand into new markets
Supporting Shona allows businesses to connect with Shona-speaking customers in Zimbabwe and across global diaspora communities, creating opportunities for growth and fostering customer loyalty.
Most STT providers don’t offer strong support for Shona
Shona's unique phonetics and tonal nature can be challenging for many speech-to-text systems. Gladia’s specialized models ensure high accuracy and reliable transcription for Shona.
Sample Shona use cases
Call centers and voice agents
Improve customer service by transcribing Shona-language calls in real time, delivering faster and more accurate responses for Shona-speaking customers.
Sales enablement
Capture key insights from Shona-language meetings, transcribing important discussions to support sales coaching and improve performance in Shona-speaking markets.
Virtual meeting platforms
Enable real-time Shona translations and transcriptions in virtual meetings, ensuring smooth communication for teams working with Shona-speaking clients.
Content & media
Automatically transcribe Shona-language content, such as news, podcasts, and cultural programs, broadening accessibility and increasing 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.
Enhance your ability to connect with Shona-speaking customers today.
What are the benefits of using speech-to-text for Shona
Speech-to-text for Shona improves communication and service by making customer support, media transcription, and virtual meetings more efficient and accessible, enhancing the experience for Shona-speaking customers.
Can Gladia’s Shona models handle regional variations and mixed language speech
Yes, Gladia’s models are optimized for regional dialects and mixed language speech, ensuring accurate transcriptions even when different accents or bilingual conversations are involved.
What industries benefit most from supporting Shona?
Industries such as customer service (BPOs), media (broadcasting, podcasting), sales (meeting analysis), and virtual meeting platforms benefit significantly from supporting Shona, helping them reach a broader audience and improve service quality.
How does Gladia’s noise handling and speaker recognition improve Shona conversations?
Gladia’s noise handling and speaker recognition technologies ensure that Shona conversations are transcribed accurately, even in noisy environments or when multiple speakers are involved, improving communication clarity.
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