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Translation

Speak in any language and get translated text — automatic or on-demand.

VivaDicta can automatically translate your speech into another language. Speak in any language, and get the translated text — in one step.

How It Works

Translation in VivaDicta is powered by AI processing. Your speech is first transcribed, then a translation preset sends it to your AI provider with instructions to translate into the target language. The AI returns the translated text.

Built-in Translation Presets

VivaDicta includes translation presets out of the box:

  • 🇺🇸 Translate to English
  • 🇷🇺 Translate to Russian
  • 🇪🇸 Translate to Spanish
  • 🇨🇳 Translate to Chinese
  • 🇫🇷 Translate to French
  • 🇩🇪 Translate to German
  • 🇧🇷 Translate to Portuguese
  • 🇯🇵 Translate to Japanese
  • 🇰🇷 Translate to Korean
  • 🇸🇦 Translate to Arabic
  • 🇮🇹 Translate to Italian

Each preset preserves the original meaning, tone, and structure of your speech — outputting only the translated text with no extra commentary.

Set Up Automatic Translation

The most powerful setup is to assign a translation preset as the default for a Viva Mode:

  1. Go to Settings and select a mode (or create a new one).
  2. Enable AI Processing and choose a translation preset as the default.
  3. Now every recording in that mode automatically translates to the target language.

For example, set up a "Spanish Mode" — every recording you make in that mode gets automatically translated to Spanish.

Translate Existing Recordings

Already recorded something? Open it in the transcription detail view and generate a new variation with a translation preset. The original and all translations are saved side by side as separate variations.

Create Custom Translation Presets

Need a language that's not built in? Create a custom preset:

  1. Go to AI Presets in settings.
  2. Create a new preset with category Translate.
  3. Set the prompt to something like: "Translate the text into Japanese. Preserve the original meaning, tone, and structure. Output only the translated text."
  4. Give it a name and icon (e.g., 🇯🇵 Japanese).

You can create presets for any language your AI provider supports.

Works with Any AI Provider

Translation works with all AI providers in VivaDicta. For free translation, you can use Groq — the same free API key works for both transcription and AI processing.

Tips

  • Speak in any language — VivaDicta transcribes first, then translates. The transcription model handles source language detection automatically.
  • Multiple translations — generate variations in different languages from the same recording in the detail view.
  • Combine with Assistant — with clipboard context enabled, you can copy text and say "translate this to French" using the Assistant preset.

See also: Presets & Variations, Viva Modes.

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