Lingsoft
Lingsoft — Finnish language-services group offering Nordic-language ASR and dictation.
Lingsoft — Finnish language-services group offering Nordic-language ASR and dictation.
Best for finnish, Swedish, and other Nordic-language transcription for public-sector and healthcare customers. Pricing: enterprise · contact sales.
What it is
Lingsoft is one of the oldest Finnish language-technology companies, mixing software products and human language services. Its speech-to-text offering targets Finnish public-sector customers (parliaments, healthcare, municipalities) where accent coverage and Finnish-language privacy controls matter. Bundled with terminology management and human review where needed. Best fit when the buyer is finnish, swedish, and other nordic-language transcription for public-sector and healthcare customers. The honest caveat: service-oriented vendor; not a self-serve developer api. Procurement is via direct sales rather than a developer signup, so plan for a discovery call and a written proposal before the first transcript runs.
Watch out for: Service-oriented vendor; not a self-serve developer API.
Install / use
lingsoft.fi — contact sales
Features
| Speaker diarization | No |
| Word-level timestamps | No |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | None |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Lingsoft vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Lingsoft | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Products | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | enterprise · contact sales | free beta |
| Speaker diarization | — | Yes |
| Word timestamps | — | Yes |
| Streaming | — | No |
| Languages | — | 99 |
| Platforms | Web, Windows | Web, API, MCP |
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