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How to change transcript language

Updated this week

tl;dv currently support over 30 different languages for transcription, and we have two models for transcription: the default tl;dv transcription model, and the premium Whisper transcription model. You can read about them in this article, but here are the fundamentals on changing the language of your transcripts!

Change the transcript language on a single recording

  1. Open the recording page

  2. Click the dropdown with the language next to your recording’s info

If all your meetings are in a different language, make sure you tick the save language preferences so that all your upcoming meetings are automatically transcribed to your preferred language. You can also find this option in your Preferences!

Note: Re-transcribing an existing meeting with the tl;dv transcription model might cause some misalignment in the speaker identification. Whisper will be more accurate in its speaker identification after re-transcription.

You can choose from the following languages for transcription:

  • Arabic (Egypt)

  • Arabic (Jordan)

  • Arabic (Lebanon)

  • Arabic (Qatar)

  • Arabic (Saudi Arabia)

  • Arabic (UAE)

  • Bulgarian

  • Catalan

  • Chinese (Mandarin)

  • Croatian

  • Czech

  • Danish

  • Dutch

  • English

  • English (Aus)

  • English (Hindi)

  • English (UK)

  • Filipino

  • French

  • German

  • Greek

  • Hebrew

  • Hindi

  • Hungarian

  • Indonesian

  • Italian

  • Japanese

  • Korean

  • Norwegian

  • Polish

  • Portuguese (BR)

  • Portuguese (PT)

  • Romanian

  • Russian

  • Slovak

  • Slovenian

  • Spanish

  • Spanish (Mexico)

  • Swedish

  • Thai

  • Turkish

  • Ukrainian

The Whisper transcription model supports even more languages on auto-detection! 👀

Change the transcript language for all future recordings

  1. Go to Preferences

  2. Select your preferred language

  3. If you often have meetings in different languages, please select "Always ask to confirm language settings before each recording starts"

Note: To choose the language on a per-meeting basis, you need to use the Chrome extension and manually start your recording. This is not yet supported for Zoom and Teams with our desktop app.

Or you can have tl;dv do that work for you! We know that teams are global, and there are so many languages being spoken in meetings of all types. That’s why we’ve made it possible for our system to automatically detect which language is being, and transcribing multiple languages spoken in a single meeting! Check out more about the Whisper model.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to shoot us a message — we'll be happy to help! 💙

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