日本語

Voice Typing in Japanese

Japanese text requires juggling three writing systems — hiragana, katakana, and kanji — making it one of the slowest languages to type. Zavi AI converts your spoken Japanese into properly formatted text with correct kanji selection, katakana for loanwords, and appropriate particle usage, eliminating the tedious IME conversion process.

125+ million

Speakers worldwide

Japan

Primary regions

Script

Three scripts: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji (Chinese characters)

Why Japanese Voice Typing Is a Game-Changer

Japanese is spoken primarily in Japan and features three writing systems: hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Here are the specific challenges Zavi AI solves for Japanese speakers:

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Kanji selection — spoken words can map to multiple kanji with different meanings

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Three-script mixing (hiragana, katakana, kanji) that requires constant IME switching

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Keigo (敬語) honorific speech levels for business vs. casual contexts

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Particles (は, が, を, に) that are grammatically crucial but easy to misplace

How People Use Zavi for Japanese

Skip the IME entirely

Japanese typing typically requires selecting kanji from an IME dropdown. With Zavi, just speak — the AI picks the correct kanji based on context, saving enormous time.

Business Japanese (ビジネス日本語)

Dictate formal business Japanese with correct keigo. Zavi converts casual speech into professional language with appropriate honorific levels.

Mixed Japanese-English content

Tech workers and academics who mix Japanese and English can dictate naturally — Zavi outputs Japanese in kanji/kana and English terms in katakana or Roman letters as appropriate.

How Japanese Voice Typing Works

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Speak in Japanese

Open any app and tap the microphone on your Zavi keyboard. Speak naturally in Japanese (日本語) — don't worry about fillers, pauses, or getting every word perfect.

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AI Polishes Your Japanese Text

Zavi's Zero-Prompting AI removes filler words, corrects grammar, adds punctuation, and handles Japanese-specific formatting — including three scripts: hiragana, katakana, and kanji (chinese characters).

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Translate or Keep in Japanese

Get your output in clean Japanese text, or instantly translate to English or any of 100+ other languages. Perfect for multilingual workflows across Japan.

Japanese Voice Typing FAQ

How does Zavi choose the right kanji?

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Zavi uses contextual AI to select the correct kanji based on the surrounding words and meaning, similar to how a native speaker would choose — but without the IME popup.

Does Zavi support keigo (formal Japanese)?

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Yes. Zavi can detect formal speech patterns and output appropriate keigo, including sonkeigo (respectful) and kenjōgo (humble) forms.

Can Zavi handle katakana for English loanwords?

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Yes. Zavi automatically converts English loanwords to katakana and keeps native Japanese words in hiragana/kanji.

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