Rufa

The Rufa model family.

Seven models, one API: Rufa hears speech, speaks text in natural voices, translates between 100+ languages, understands what was said and holds live voice conversations.

Rufa Realtime (V1 · Beta)

Speech to speech. Talk to AI the way you talk to a person.

Rufa Realtime listens, thinks and answers out loud in one live conversation. You speak, it starts answering in a fraction of a second, in your language, and you can interrupt it at any time. Choose Realtime Flash for instant replies, or Realtime Brain (Rufa Brain 31B) for deeper answers and long instructions.

Input
Live speech (browser or phone line)
Output
Live speech and a transcript
Starts answering
Around 200 ms (Flash) · under 500 ms (Brain)
Best for
Call assistants, reception, voice agents
  • Realtime Flash and Realtime Brain
  • Interrupt at any time
  • Follows you when you switch language

Rufa Ears

Speech to text. Speech recognition for Lëtzebuergesch, the way it is really spoken.

Rufa Ears turns Luxembourgish speech into clean, timed text: phone calls, meetings, interviews and voice notes. It is tuned on the language as people actually speak it, including the French, German and English words that come with it.

Input
Audio and phone calls
Output
Text with timed segments
Languages
Luxembourgish
Best for
Calls, meetings, subtitles
  • Timed segments for subtitles
  • Long recordings, split automatically
  • Live and recorded audio

Rufa Ears Global

Speech to text. One model for the many languages of Europe.

Rufa Ears Global listens in Luxembourgish and the main European languages, so multilingual teams and customers are understood without switching tools.

Input
Audio
Output
Text with timed segments
Languages
Luxembourgish, English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Dutch
Best for
Multilingual call centres and media
  • Multilingual speech
  • Same API as Rufa Ears
  • Timed segments

Rufa Speak

Text to speech. Natural voices that speak their own language.

Rufa Speak reads any text in a natural, expressive voice. Each voice in the library belongs to a language and speaks it like a native. Pick a speaking role, such as reading, news, conversation, phone call or phone menu, and Rufa Speak adapts its delivery.

Input
Text, up to 5,000 characters
Output
Natural speech (MP3 / WAV)
Voices
1000+ voices in 28 languages
Best for
Voice agents, phone menus, audio content
  • Speaking roles: read, news, chat, call, phone menu
  • Speed control
  • Voice cloning with recorded consent (coming soon)

Rufa Voice Clone

Text to speech. Your own voice, ready to speak any text.

Rufa Voice Clone learns a voice from a short recording and speaks any text in it with Rufa Speak. It only clones a voice with the speaker’s recorded consent, and the voice stays yours: private to your account, removed whenever you ask.

Input
About 30 seconds of clear speech
Output
A private voice for Rufa Speak
Consent
Recorded from the speaker, always
Best for
Your brand’s voice, narration, accessibility
  • Ready in about a minute
  • Noise cleaned from the recording
  • Private to your account

Rufa Translate

Language model. Translate Luxembourgish, and 100+ more languages.

Rufa Translate turns text or speech in one language into another, from Lëtzebuergesch to English, French, German, Portuguese and 95+ more. It detects the language for you, keeps names, numbers and formatting, and a Rufa voice of the target language reads the result out.

Input
Text or speech
Output
Translated text, natural speech (MP3)
Languages
100+ to translate; voices in 28
Best for
Customer messages, documents, live help
  • Language detection
  • Speak instead of typing
  • Hear and download the translation

Rufa Flash

Language model. The fast thinker for live conversations.

Rufa Flash understands Luxembourgish and answers within a fraction of a second. It powers live conversations and processes calls as they happen: translation, replies, intents and next steps.

Input
Text and transcripts
Output
Answers, translations, structured data
Speed
Built for real-time
Best for
Voice agents and live call assistance
  • Luxembourgish to English translation
  • Live replies for voice agents
  • Structured JSON output

Rufa Brain

Language model. Deeper reasoning over every conversation.

Rufa Brain reads whole calls and documents and returns what matters: summaries, corrections to transcripts, layouts by speaker and the answers your team needs. Rufa Flash is built for speed; Rufa Brain is built for depth.

Input
Transcripts and long text
Output
Summaries, corrections, insights
Strength
Context and accuracy
Best for
Call reviews, reports, quality checks
  • Transcript correction
  • Speaker layout and summaries
  • Company-aware answers

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