Real-time and async Somali speech-to-text API that keeps up with how people actually talk. Handles regional accents, fast speech, and code-switching mid-sentence. Live in production in under a day.
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Somali is the official language of Somalia and widely spoken in Djibouti, eastern Ethiopia, and northeastern Kenya. Somalia runs on mobile money, with about three in four adults using it, and a large diaspora keeps money and calls flowing home.
Supporting Somali lets you serve customers across the Horn of Africa and reach diaspora communities in Minneapolis, London, and Sweden, many of whom stay connected to family by phone.
People rarely stick to one language. Gladia follows Somali speakers when they switch mid-sentence, so your transcripts stay clean.
Code-switchingUse cases
Whatever you're building, Somali shouldn't be the thing that slows it down.
Capture every Somali meeting, without anyone scrambling to take notes. Accurate transcripts, speaker labels, and timestamps.
Meeting assistants →Mobile money like Hormuud's EVC Plus handles salaries, bills, and transfers for most Somali adults, so telecom support lines field constant Somali calls.
CCaaS →Somali has a deep oral tradition, Somalia is often called a nation of poets, and voice is a natural way to reach its users.
Voice agents →Somali radio, TV, and YouTube channels serve viewers from Mogadishu to Minneapolis, and subtitles help younger diaspora audiences keep up.
Media →Supported languages
Being multilingual has been our priority since day one. Gladia supports 100 languages, with code-switching and automatic language detection integrated into all models by default.
Ship Somali voice features with an API built for messy, real-world conversations.
