Background pattern

Understand Live Speech While It Is Happening

Turn live audio into readable transcripts and optional translation while the conversation continues.

~200 ms

Measured streaming latency

10

Supported languages for live speech

Automatic speech detection

See a live conversation take shape

Start with a prepared conversationWatch the transcript update, settle, and translate.

Live preview

Built for conversations that cannot wait.

Use the same live transcript in the interface your audience already understands.

Live captions

Put spoken words on screen while the session continues.

Live speech

The regional service update begins at nine tomorrow morning.

Confirmed caption

The regional service update begins at nine tomorrow morning.

Speak in ten languages. Translate into nineteen.

Choose the spoken language for the session and add a translation target when the experience needs one.

Live speech

10 languages
  • Arabic
  • English
  • French
  • Hausa
  • Igbo
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Swahili
  • Twi
  • Yoruba
  • Zulu

Translation targets

19 languages
  • Afrikaans
  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Hausa
  • Igbo
  • isiXhosa
  • Italian
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Sesotho
  • Setswana
  • Shona
  • Spanish
  • Swahili
  • Twi
  • Yoruba
  • Zulu

The implementation stays compact.

Connect, configure the session, respond to results, and flush the remaining audio.

connect.js
const ws = new WebSocket(
  `wss://api.orbitalsai.com/api/v1/streaming/transcribe?token=${apiKey}`
);

Authentication accepts an API key or JWT in the token parameter.

AudioPCM16 mono, little-endian; 16 kHz recommended
Final metadataStable segment ID, duration, cost, and optional word timestamps
Visible failuresConnection, credit, and translation failures arrive as explicit events
Background pattern

Bring live speech into your product.

Try the experience, then connect streaming transcription when you are ready to build.

Product updates

Receive release notes, product news, and practical guides.

By providing your email address, you consent to receiving our monthly newsletter. For more details, please review our privacy policy. You may withdraw your consent at any time.