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Telenow Smart (language routing) for AI voice agents

Telenow Smart (language routing) is one of the speech-to-text engines you can run a Telenow AI voice agent on. One STT that routes each language to the best recognizer — an always-on multilingual anchor plus per-language specialists, picked live by audio language-ID. Routing (anchor + specialists + margin) is configured centrally under Admin → STT routing, so there are no per-agent settings. Use Telenow Smart (language routing) to transcribe the caller in real time so your agent understands every word, even with accents and code-switching. Mix and match it with any LLM, STT, TTS and carrier — Telenow is component-level, so you're never locked in.

Last updated 2026-07-23

Telenow Smart (language routing) speech-to-text

Real-time streaming~250ms partialsMultilingual / code-switching

Languages

EnglishHindiTeluguTamilKannadaMalayalamMarathiBengaliGujaratiPunjabiUR

Frequently asked questions

Can Telenow Smart (language routing) transcribe live phone calls?+

Yes — Telenow Smart (language routing) streams real-time transcription into your Telenow agent so it understands the caller as they speak.

Which languages does Telenow Smart (language routing) support?+

English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, and Bengali, plus multilingual / code-switching.

Is Telenow Smart (language routing) fast enough for a live call?+

Telenow Smart (language routing) is built for low-latency streaming, so partial transcripts arrive in well under a second — fast enough for natural back-and-forth.

How much does Telenow Smart (language routing) cost for a voice agent?+

You pay Telenow Smart (language routing)'s usage at cost plus Telenow's transparent platform fee — billed per component (speech, model, telephony) and per minute, with new accounts getting free signup credit to try it.

Can I bring my own Telenow Smart (language routing) API key?+

Yes. Telenow supports BYOK — paste your own Telenow Smart (language routing) key to bill Telenow Smart (language routing) usage to your account, or use the platform key and pay through Telenow.

Other speech-to-text (stt) options

Deepgram
Nova-3 multilingual (real-time code-switching); sub-300 ms partials.
Sarvam (Saaras v3)
India-native ASR — 11 Indian languages + Hinglish code-mixing, streaming.
ElevenLabs Scribe v2 Realtime
Streaming multilingual STT (90+ languages), ~150 ms first partials.
AWS Transcribe
Streaming Hindi + Indian-English with en/hi code-switch; Mumbai region for data residency.
Soniox
Real-time multilingual STT — strong Hindi + code-switching, token-streaming.
xAI (Grok)
Grok streaming STT — 25 languages, ~300 ms partials; same key as the Grok LLM.
OpenAI Whisper
Higher accuracy, non-streaming — better for batch.
Groq (Whisper-Large)
Whisper-large running on Groq — much faster than OpenAI Whisper.
Custom STT (bring your own endpoint)
Point at any real-time WebSocket STT endpoint. Describe your vendor’s wire format once as a JSON descriptor and we map it to transcripts — no code. MVP: WebSocket transport.
$2.96 free credit on signup

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