Tutorial
Conversation flow: pick how translation moves
Choose your languages, translation mode and enhancement features before your call starts.
On the main Connect screen, choose the language you speak in the From selector and the language your listener should hear in the To selector. Add language hints when you expect to hear a specific language from other speakers. Then choose your microphone and speaker at the bottom of the window.
Source/target language, mode selectors and audio devices on the main Connect screen.
Translation modes
- Unidirectional: use this when you only need your voice translated outward to others. Your microphone is translated, but you hear the original audio from others.
- Bidirectional: use this when both sides of the conversation should be translated. Both your voice and incoming speech are translated.
Processing modes
- Streaming Mode: use this for natural, continuous translation flow. Best for free-flowing conversations where pauses are minimal.
- Instant Mode: use this when you prefer short, clean translations after natural pauses. Best for structured calls like presentations or interviews.
Enhancement features
- Speaker Labeling: turn this on for group calls so transcripts can separate who said what. Use it for interviews, team calls, demos and support calls with several people.
- Language Hints: when you know which language(s) other participants will speak, add these as hints for better accuracy.
- Emotion Transfer: when enabled, Connect preserves the emotional tone of your voice in the translated speech. Available on Pro plans.
- Noise Suppression: automatically reduces background noise from your microphone input for clearer translation quality.