How many languages does Wave support?

76 languages for transcription and summarization, with translation available between any of them. The supported list spans every major regional language plus dozens of smaller ones — see the Wave Help Center for the full list.

Can Wave transcribe a meeting that switches between languages?

Yes. When a meeting mixes languages mid-call — common in bilingual teams or cross-border calls — Wave keeps producing accurate transcripts with speaker attribution across the switch.

Can I translate a finished transcript to another language?

Yes. After a recording is processed, translate the transcript and summary to any of the 76 supported languages from inside any Wave app. The original recording is preserved alongside.

Do speaker labels work in non-English meetings?

Yes. Voice ID is voice-based — once Wave learns a speaker's voice from any recording, that person is labeled correctly in every future recording regardless of the language being spoken.

Does Wave's quality degrade in less common languages?

Wave is best for the major world languages and remains usable across the full 76-language list. Quality varies by language and audio condition like any speech-recognition system — but Wave is built on a top-tier engine with active improvements across the long tail.

Is multilingual transcription on the free tier?

Yes. The 76-language support is available on every plan, including the free tier. The free tier's 30-minutes-per-month cap applies regardless of language.

Record meetings in any language. Read the notes in yours.

Wave transcribes and summarizes in 76 languages and translates between any of them. Run a meeting in Spanish, German, or Japanese — get a clean transcript with speaker labels and an AI summary in English. Or any other combination you need.

The problems you know too well

Bilingual meetings produce monolingual notes

Most note takers can't keep up with code-switching, accented speech, or non-English calls. You end up taking notes manually anyway. Wave handles 76 languages natively — and identifies speakers across all of them.

Translation usually means a second tool

Record in one tool, paste into another to translate, hope nothing was lost. Wave translates the transcript and summary in-app, on demand, between any of the 76 supported languages.

Speaker labels break across languages

Most tools either label speakers in the source language or ignore them. Wave's Voice ID learns voices independent of the language being spoken, so 'Maria' stays 'Maria' whether she's speaking Portuguese or English.

Features

Everything you need to capture every conversation

76 languages, native transcription

Spanish, Mandarin, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Arabic, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch — and 60 more. Each one transcribed natively, not via auto-translation of an English model.

Translate to any target language

After a recording, translate the transcript and summary to any of the 76 supported languages. Useful for international teams, journalism, fieldwork, and cross-border deals.

Mixed-language meetings

When a meeting switches languages mid-call, Wave keeps up — speaker labels and timestamps stay accurate across the switch.

Voice ID across languages

Wave's speaker recognition is voice-based, not language-based. Once Wave knows Carlos, it labels him correctly whether he's speaking Spanish, English, or both.

Works on every recording surface

Use multilingual recording on iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows, the web, Apple Watch, or via the calendar meeting bot for Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams.

Perfect for

International sales calls where the prospect prefers their own languageCustomer interviews across regions for product researchCross-border consulting and legal callsJournalism in the field with non-English subjectsUniversity seminars taught in one language, studied in anotherDistributed teams running standups in their native tongues

FAQs

Record meetings in any language. Read the notes in yours.

The problems you know too well

Bilingual meetings produce monolingual notes

Translation usually means a second tool

Speaker labels break across languages

Everything you need to capture every conversation

76 languages, native transcription

Translate to any target language

Mixed-language meetings

Voice ID across languages

Works on every recording surface

Perfect for

Common questions

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