diff --git a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/DeepSpeech.cs b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/DeepSpeech.cs
index 3340c9b3..a30bd4de 100644
--- a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/DeepSpeech.cs
+++ b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/DeepSpeech.cs
@@ -89,38 +89,9 @@ namespace DeepSpeechClient
         /// <param name="resultCode">Native result code.</param>
         private void EvaluateResultCode(ErrorCodes resultCode)
         {
-            switch (resultCode)
+            if (resultCode != ErrorCodes.DS_ERR_OK)
             {
-                case ErrorCodes.DS_ERR_OK:
-                    break;
-                case ErrorCodes.DS_ERR_NO_MODEL:
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Missing model information.");
-                case ErrorCodes.DS_ERR_INVALID_ALPHABET:
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Invalid alphabet embedded in model. (Data corruption?)");
-                case ErrorCodes.DS_ERR_INVALID_SHAPE:
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Invalid model shape.");
-                case ErrorCodes.DS_ERR_INVALID_SCORER:
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Invalid scorer file.");
-                case ErrorCodes.DS_ERR_FAIL_INIT_MMAP:
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Failed to initialize memory mapped model.");
-                case ErrorCodes.DS_ERR_FAIL_INIT_SESS:
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Failed to initialize the session.");
-                case ErrorCodes.DS_ERR_FAIL_INTERPRETER:
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Interpreter failed.");
-                case ErrorCodes.DS_ERR_FAIL_RUN_SESS:
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Failed to run the session.");
-                case ErrorCodes.DS_ERR_FAIL_CREATE_STREAM:
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Error creating the stream.");
-                case ErrorCodes.DS_ERR_FAIL_READ_PROTOBUF:
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Error reading the proto buffer model file.");
-                case ErrorCodes.DS_ERR_FAIL_CREATE_SESS:
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Error failed to create session.");
-                case ErrorCodes.DS_ERR_MODEL_INCOMPATIBLE:
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Error incompatible model.");
-                case ErrorCodes.DS_ERR_SCORER_NOT_ENABLED:
-                    throw new ArgumentException("External scorer is not enabled.");
-                default:
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Unknown error, please make sure you are using the correct native binary.");
+                throw new ArgumentException(NativeImp.DS_ErrorCodeToErrorMessage((int)resultCode).PtrToString());
             }
         }
 
@@ -140,7 +111,6 @@ namespace DeepSpeechClient
         /// <exception cref="FileNotFoundException">Thrown when cannot find the scorer file.</exception>
         public unsafe void EnableExternalScorer(string aScorerPath)
         {
-            string exceptionMessage = null;
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(aScorerPath))
             {
                 throw new FileNotFoundException("Path to the scorer file cannot be empty.");
diff --git a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/NativeImp.cs b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/NativeImp.cs
index eabbfe48..bc77cf1b 100644
--- a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/NativeImp.cs
+++ b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/NativeImp.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ namespace DeepSpeechClient
         internal unsafe static extern ErrorCodes DS_CreateModel(string aModelPath,
             ref IntPtr** pint);
 
+        [DllImport("libdeepspeech.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        internal unsafe static extern IntPtr DS_ErrorCodeToErrorMessage(int aErrorCode);
+
         [DllImport("libdeepspeech.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         internal unsafe static extern uint DS_GetModelBeamWidth(IntPtr** aCtx);
 
diff --git a/native_client/javascript/deepspeech.i b/native_client/javascript/deepspeech.i
index cb3968c2..e311a41b 100644
--- a/native_client/javascript/deepspeech.i
+++ b/native_client/javascript/deepspeech.i
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ using namespace node;
 %newobject DS_IntermediateDecode;
 %newobject DS_FinishStream;
 %newobject DS_Version;
+%newobject DS_ErrorCodeToErrorMessage;
 
 // convert double pointer retval in CreateModel to an output
 %typemap(in, numinputs=0) ModelState **retval (ModelState *ret) {
diff --git a/native_client/javascript/index.js b/native_client/javascript/index.js
index 6ce06c0d..30bcb690 100644
--- a/native_client/javascript/index.js
+++ b/native_client/javascript/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const binary = require('node-pre-gyp');
 const path = require('path')
-// 'lib', 'binding', 'v0.1.1', ['node', 'v' + process.versions.modules, process.platform, process.arch].join('-'), 'deepspeech-bingings.node')
+// 'lib', 'binding', 'v0.1.1', ['node', 'v' + process.versions.modules, process.platform, process.arch].join('-'), 'deepspeech-bindings.node')
 const binding_path = binary.find(path.resolve(path.join(__dirname, 'package.json')));
 
 // On Windows, we can't rely on RPATH being set to $ORIGIN/../ or on
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function Model(aModelPath) {
     const status = rets[0];
     const impl = rets[1];
     if (status !== 0) {
-        throw "CreateModel failed with error code 0x" + status.toString(16);
+        throw "CreateModel failed "+binding.ErrorCodeToErrorMessage(status)+" 0x" + status.toString(16);
     }
 
     this._impl = impl;
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Model.prototype.createStream = function() {
     const status = rets[0];
     const ctx = rets[1];
     if (status !== 0) {
-        throw "CreateStream failed with error code 0x" + status.toString(16);
+        throw "CreateStream failed "+binding.ErrorCodeToErrorMessage(status)+" 0x" + status.toString(16);
     }
     return ctx;
 }
diff --git a/native_client/python/__init__.py b/native_client/python/__init__.py
index a44cf05f..a6af56f1 100644
--- a/native_client/python/__init__.py
+++ b/native_client/python/__init__.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Model(object):
 
         status, impl = deepspeech.impl.CreateModel(model_path)
         if status != 0:
-            raise RuntimeError("CreateModel failed with error code 0x{:X}".format(status))
+            raise RuntimeError("CreateModel failed with '{}' (0x{:X})".format(deepspeech.impl.ErrorCodeToErrorMessage(status),status))
         self._impl = impl
 
     def __del__(self):
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class Model(object):
         """
         status, ctx = deepspeech.impl.CreateStream(self._impl)
         if status != 0:
-            raise RuntimeError("CreateStream failed with error code 0x{:X}".format(status))
+            raise RuntimeError("CreateStream failed with '{}' (0x{:X})".format(deepspeech.impl.ErrorCodeToErrorMessage(status),status))
         return Stream(ctx)
 
 
diff --git a/native_client/python/impl.i b/native_client/python/impl.i
index 259a5b5d..3ee4b516 100644
--- a/native_client/python/impl.i
+++ b/native_client/python/impl.i
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ static PyObject *parent_reference() {
 %newobject DS_IntermediateDecode;
 %newobject DS_FinishStream;
 %newobject DS_Version;
+%newobject DS_ErrorCodeToErrorMessage;
 
 %rename ("%(strip:[DS_])s") "";