Authentic Interactions (AI, Inc), creator of Lookalike, StoryFile, and Authentex, announced a partnership with Soniox, a leading provider of real-time speech recognition technology. Under the partnership, Soniox will power the speech recognition layer for Lookalike and StoryFile, enabling more accurate, natural, and multilingual conversations with digital humans.

The move brings Soniox’s speech recognition engine into products built on years of real-world conversational data from Lookalike and StoryFile deployments. That combination is designed to make digital human interactions feel more natural across a wider range of languages and accents.

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“StoryFile powers interactive museum exhibits all across the world, many of which present challenging acoustic environments. Based on our experiments and vast real world datasets, Soniox was the clear choice for us”

– Alex Quinn, CEO, Authentic Interactions

“Digital humans are only as natural as their ability to understand what people actually say. That means handling different languages, accents, mixed-language speech, and real-world acoustic conditions. Soniox is built for those challenges, with native-speaker accuracy across 60+ languages and low-latency recognition designed for real-time interaction. We’re happy to power the speech recognition behind Lookalike and StoryFile and help make these experiences work naturally for people wherever and however they speak.”

– Klemen Simonič, CEO, Soniox

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Why It Matters

• Real-world tested. Lookalike and StoryFile have been refined through thousands of conversations and hours of real-world use, giving the combined product a grounding in how people actually speak, not just how they’re expected to speak.
• Multilingual from day one. Soniox’s speech recognition supports 60+ languages, extending the reach for Lookalike and StoryFile to global audiences.
• Built for real conditions. Museums, learning centers, and institutions are noisy, echo-prone spaces with overlapping voices and every accent imaginable. Soniox’s real-time recognition is built to hold up in exactly these settings, keeping conversations natural wherever a Lookalike or StoryFile is deployed.