Feature · AiThao

Voice message translation in AiThao

When a long message is too much to type, say it instead. AiThao turns your voice message into text, translates it into the listener’s language and speaks the translation aloud, in a standard voice or in your own.

A woman holding a phone
A woman holding a phone
Chat on iPhone with Mai: translated messages and a voice message with a translate button, all with green end-to-end encryption locks
Chat on iPhone with Mai: translated messages and a voice message with a translate button, all with green end-to-end encryption locks

Hear an example

Synthesized English input, translated and voiced by AiThao in Vietnamese. Standard voice; no voice cloning.

Original · English

Let us meet at the cafe tomorrow at six in the evening. I will bring the tickets.

Translation · Vietnamese

Hẹn gặp nhau tại quán cà phê vào lúc sáu giờ tối mai. Tôi sẽ mang theo vé.

What the listener gets

  • The text of what you said, and its translation into their language.
  • The translation spoken aloud, on a tap.
  • Your original recording, still there to play.

In your own voice

If you have made your own voice in AiThao, the spoken translation sounds like you. Without it, a standard synthetic voice reads it. In a group, each member reads and hears the message in their own language.

How the translation happens

You record a voice message in a chat, and it travels end-to-end encrypted. To translate it, the recording is processed by a cloud AI service. The translated text and the spoken translation are available to both people in the chat.

How to be understood

  • Record somewhere quiet and keep the microphone close.
  • Split a long thought into several short messages.
  • Double-check names, numbers and important details in writing.

What happens to the data

To translate it, the audio may be sent to third-party AI providers. What is processed, and for how long it is kept, is set out in the current privacy policy.

Questions

Can I rely on it for important arrangements?

Automatic translation helps you understand the gist, but names, addresses, dates and amounts are worth confirming separately.