Free Swahili Speech to Text Transcription
Free Swahili Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) using our advanced AI transcription tool, Scribe. ElevenLabs beats OpenAI Whisper in testing, with word error rates of just 10.2% on the FLEURS benchmark and 17.2% on the Common Voice benchmark. Industry-leading transcriptions for Swahili films, podcasts, business meetings, medical dictations and more.
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Every word, perfectly captured
Scribe listens to every nuance, capturing each Swahili word with unmatched precision. Delivering audio transcription in 99 languages—with character-level timestamps, speaker diarization, and audio-event tagging—it returns structured results for seamless integration
Swahili Transcription Benchmark
Model | FLEURS |
---|---|
Scribe v1 | 10.2% WER |
Deepgram Nova 2 | 99.9% WER |
Gemini Flash 2 | 9.8% WER |
Whisper Large v3 | 39.5% WER |
Powerful Audio to Text features for your app
Transform your Swahili audio into flawless text with Scribe, the world's most advanced ASR (automatic speech recognition) model with the simplest speech to text API integration

Industry-leading accuracy
Achieve precision like never before—Scribe delivers the industry's lowest word error rate for perfectly accurate Swahili transcription

Smart speaker diarization
In any conversation, even the busiest ones, Scribe intuitively distinguishes and labels every speaker for clear, organized transcripts

Precise word-level timestamps
Capture the exact moment each word is spoken. Scribe's detailed timestamps enable seamless subtitle syncing and interactive audio experiences

Dynamic audio tagging
From laughter to footsteps, Scribe's transcription model tags every sound event, enriching your Swahili transcripts with the full context of your audio

Global language support
Break language barriers with support for Swahili and 98 other languages—Scribe unlocks AI transcription capabilities for languages previously out of reach
Language Overview
Swahili Language Information
Speakers: 100 million Accents: Zanzibari (Standard), Kenyan, Congolese Official language in: Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo Spoken in: East Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC) and parts of the Horn of Africa A Bantu language with significant Arabic influence in vocabulary. Features noun class system typical of Bantu languages and serves as a major lingua franca in East Africa.
Developers
Integrate ElevenLabs Scribe
Seamlessly integrate the world's most accurate speech to text model for Swahili, into your application. Get started with our developer-friendly examples that showcase features like diarization, character-level timestamps, and audio-event tagging for flawless transcriptions
AI Speech to Text transcription in 99 languages
Our AI speech to text transcription supports 99 languages, just select the language and upload your audio file.