Galician speech to text transcription API

Galician speech to text converts spoken Galician into accurate written text using automatic speech recognition (ASR). It enables organizations to transcribe meetings, interviews, broadcasts, customer interactions, and video content at scale, transforming spoken Galician into searchable, accessible, and reusable text. Galician speech-to-text technology functions through Automatic Speech Recognition, converting spoken audio into digital text using specialized computational models.

Galician (galego) is a Romance language spoken by approximately 2.5 million people, primarily in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official alongside Spanish. Closely related to Portuguese, Galician is written using the Latin alphabet and plays a central role in regional identity, education, public administration, media, and cultural expression. The Galician language is considered a low-to-medium resource language and is spoken in western regions of Spain and border areas of Portugal.

Galician presents challenges for speech recognition due to dialectal variation, pronunciation differences influenced by Spanish and Portuguese, fast conversational speech, and code-switching in everyday communication. Capturing nuance in Galician speech, including dialectal and phonetic variations, is essential for delivering accurate transcriptions. Speechmatics’ Galician ASR is trained on diverse, real-world audio to ensure consistent performance across accents, speaking styles, and acoustic environments.

Speech-to-text for Galician uses Automatic Speech Recognition and Machine Learning, training models on large Galician audio datasets to understand phonemes, accents, and sentence structure. Acoustic Modeling analyzes audio signals and breaks down speech into phonemes specific to Galician, recognizing variations like 'b' and 'v'. Language Modeling uses context from the Galician language to predict likely word sequences, improving transcription accuracy.

Galician speech to text technology delivers highly accurate Galician transcriptions, achieving a word error rate of just 3.1% on the FLEURS benchmark.

Speech to text uses advanced machine learning models to analyze audio signals, recognize spoken Galician, and convert speech into structured written text. The system processes voice input and applies AI-powered speech recognition technology to function as a Galician text converter. Galician audio to text tools can text automatically convert spoken language into written form, with high precision in recognizing each Galician word.

Modern ASR systems are trained on large volumes of natural speech, enabling accurate recognition of conversational language, pronunciation variation, hesitations, and overlapping speakers. Galician speech to text tools also support multilingual switching, allowing users to fluidly transition between languages mid-sentence. Speechmatics’ Galician speech recognition supports both real-time transcription and batch processing of recorded audio, including voice recordings, video files, and Galician audio files.

The transcription process involves segmenting audio into phonetic units, predicting words using linguistic context, and generating readable transcripts with optional timestamps and speaker labels. These solutions are designed to recognize various Galician accents and dialects, ensuring accurate transcriptions across different contexts. Recognition of Galician phonemes is achieved using deep neural networks, recurrent neural networks, and transformer-based architectures. Acoustic features such as Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs) are extracted to capture the essential characteristics of Galician speech for high-accuracy transcription.

Galician speech to text technology can also provide real-time transcription for live events and meetings.

Galician voice to text transcription helps organizations unlock the value of spoken content while reducing manual transcription effort and turnaround time. Galician audio transcription and high quality transcription services are available for a wide range of users, including podcasters, researchers, and businesses.

Key benefits include:

• Improved accessibility through captions and subtitles, supporting inclusive communication and compliance, as well as the ability to transcribe and translate Galician speech into multiple languages

• Searchable audio and video archives for fast information discovery and efficient knowledge management

• Increased productivity by automating transcription workflows and enabling rapid review and editing of transcripts using Galician-compatible typing keyboards

• Scalable transcription for high-volume audio and video content, with support for multiple export formats

• Consistent accuracy across dialects and real-world audio conditions, supporting enterprise, educational, and public-sector requirements

• The ability to choose between AI-generated and human-made Galician transcription services, depending on the required level of precision and turnaround time

AI transcription services can deliver Galician transcripts in minutes or even seconds, making them ideal for rapid turnaround needs.

Galician speech-to-text technology is widely used across education, media and broadcasting, government, research, customer service, and accessibility workflows. By converting speech into text, organizations improve documentation, support regional language use, and enable multilingual communication. Galician transcription services are suitable for personal, professional, and creative purposes, including transcribing podcasts and other media.

Real-time Galician transcription converts speech into text instantly as it is spoken, delivering low-latency, high-accuracy results. This capability is ideal for live meetings, broadcasts, conferences, interviews, and customer interactions where immediate text output is required. Many Galician speech to text apps are compatible with any device, allowing users to access and manage transcripts on smartphones, tablets, or computers.

For optimal real-time transcription performance, a stable internet connection and a high-quality microphone are recommended. To achieve the best results, reduce background noise, speak clearly, and use complete sentences. Once activated, the system listens to voice input and converts Galician speech to text in real time. Team members can access, edit, and collaborate on live transcripts within shared workspaces, making it easy to manage and share content collectively.

Speechmatics’ real-time Galician ASR is designed to perform reliably in dynamic environments, handling natural speech patterns, interruptions, and background noise. The resulting transcripts support live captions, compliance monitoring, and real-time analytics. Users can edit and repurpose transcripts after generation, and transcribed text can be saved in multiple formats, including plain text, Word documents, and PDF.

For non-live scenarios, batch transcription provides the same high level of accuracy for recorded audio and video files, optimized for large-scale processing and post-production workflows.

The Galician Speech to Text API allows developers and enterprises to integrate transcription directly into applications, platforms, and workflows. The API supports both real-time audio streaming and batch transcription, enabling flexible deployment across a wide range of use cases. Galician transcription services allow users to download and save Galician transcripts in multiple formats, such as TXT, PDF, plain text, and SRT, for use in subtitles, archiving, or further editing.

Using the API, you can:

• Transcribe Galician audio and video files at scale

• Stream live audio for real-time transcription

• Generate word-level timestamps and speaker diarization

• Output structured transcripts ready for search, analysis, subtitles, or translation

• Export Galician transcripts

The API is designed for production environments, supporting high throughput, secure deployment options, and flexible integration across cloud, hybrid, or on-premises infrastructures. It can be integrated into web and mobile applications, depending on compatibility requirements. The API enables seamless integration of Galician speech to text solutions into existing applications, supporting a wide range of file formats and workflows.

Speechmatics enables accurate transcription of spoken Galician from video files, audio recordings, and Galician audio files, converting dialogue into text suitable for captions, subtitles, and searchable archives. Built on industry-leading ASR technology, the system is designed to handle real-world audio, including dialectal variation and background noise.

How it works:

• Upload your video, audio file, or voice recording to the Speechmatics portal or connect via API

• The speech recognition engine processes the audio in real time or batch mode

• Generate accurate transcripts with timestamps and speaker identification

• Export text or subtitle files in multiple formats for editing and distribution

Organizations across education, media, enterprise, and public-sector environments rely on Galician transcription to improve accessibility and streamline content workflows.

Speechmatics offers Galician speech-to-text through a web-based portal and transcription API. In addition to transcription, the platform supports translation, allowing users to translate Galician content into multiple languages, including English and Spanish, to support multilingual communication and content creation.

We do not provide unlimited free usage, but new users can create an account and receive 8 hours of free transcription each month across Galician and 55+ other languages. This allows users to evaluate transcription accuracy, speed, and features before selecting a paid plan.

For ongoing or large-scale usage, flexible pricing options are available for both developers and enterprises.

Yes. Galician speech-to-text can be deployed in your own cloud environment or on-premises, providing full control over data privacy, security, and compliance requirements.

The Galician speech-to-text model achieves up to 96% word accuracy, significantly outperforming alternative solutions such as Whisper and Deepgram. It supports advanced features including speaker diarization, word- and character-level timestamps, and audio-event tagging to ensure precise and reliable transcription for enterprise and institutional use cases.

Yes. The model is trained on diverse, real-world audio and performs effectively in noisy environments, including background conversations, imperfect recordings, and variable microphone quality.

Real-time transcription converts speech to text instantly as audio is streamed, making it suitable for live scenarios. Batch transcription processes recorded files and is optimized for accuracy and scale when immediate output is not required.

Galician speech to text is widely used across:

• Media and broadcasting

• Education and academic research

• Government and public-sector organizations

• Enterprises and internal communications

• Accessibility and compliance workflows