How do I read a foreign-language speaker live in Vozzle?
Open Travel mode in Vozzle, set "You" to your language and "Partner" to theirs, then tap Start Conversation. As each person speaks, Vozzle listens and shows their words translated into your language on the spot, with the original underneath. Reading the live translation on screen works on any plan; the optional spoken read-out (so you actually hear it aloud) is a Pro feature.
Here's how
Open Travel mode
On the Meetings start screen, tap "Speak across languages" under "Real-time translation — Travel mode" to open the Travel mode setup. It's a two-person mode by design — built for you and one partner, not a room.
Set the two languages
In the You/Partner card, tap each side to pick your language and your partner's; "You" mirrors your default language and "Partner" is remembered for next time. Vozzle picks the right side per line by the language it actually hears, so a bilingual speaker's foreign words still land correctly even if both voices merge into one speaker.
Start the conversation
Give it an optional title and tap Start Conversation. Travel mode needs an internet connection to translate live — the button stays disabled and shows "Travel mode needs an internet connection." when you're offline, since translation runs server-side.
Read each side live
Hold the phone between you — every line appears in your language up top with the spoken original beneath, in chat bubbles split by speaker. The "Foreign → your language" and "You → partner's language" labels above the thread confirm which direction each side is being translated.
Don't stop at "Hear them" — there are two read-out buttons. "Hear them" speaks your partner's lines aloud to you in the partner's chosen voice; "Speak to them" reads YOUR words aloud in their language, so you can talk normally and let the phone do the speaking for both of you. Both are Pro.
Worth knowing
- Partner voice is ProThe "Partner's voice" picker on the setup screen (28 natural voices) is itself behind the Pro read-out gate — tap it on a lower tier and you hit the paywall, because it only matters once "Hear them" can actually speak.
- Language-first routingEach line is sided by the language Vozzle detects first and only falls back to the speaker slot, which is what keeps a foreign-language reply from landing on your side when the transcriber merges both voices into one speaker.
- Held privately, 30 daysWhile it listens, Vozzle keeps a private on-device backup of what it hears for up to 30 days, never reaching our servers, so a dropped connection or crash can't lose the conversation.
- Read-out auto-stopsIf the voice playback hits its spend cap or trips a circuit-breaker mid-session, the read-out toggles flip themselves off automatically — you keep reading the live text, you just stop hearing it aloud.
While you're here
Do I need a paid plan to read the live translation?
No — reading the on-screen translation works on any plan. Only the spoken read-out toggles, "Hear them" and "Speak to them," are a Pro feature. One nuance: a free-tier user can still try read-out against their lifetime trial credits (10 to start), and it's metered after; it's paid Starter subscribers who are held below Pro for the spoken playback.
What if a third person joins in?
Travel mode keeps the conversation to two canonical sides. When a stray voice appears it shows a You / Foreign / Ignore banner so you can place it, and assigning a third speaker quietly merges it into the side you pick. At meeting end a safety net consolidates anything left over down to the two busiest speakers — under the hood there's no "only two speakers" hint to the transcriber (the engine ignores speaker-count hints), so this folding is how Vozzle enforces two sides.
Can I swap or fix which side is which mid-conversation?
Yes, several ways without restarting. Tap Swap to flip You and Partner wholesale; long-press any single bubble and choose "Move to You" / "Move to Foreign" to fix just that speaker; or open the Speakers control to reassign or hide someone. Reassignments apply going forward, so an early mislabel doesn't force you to start over.
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