Follow multilingual meetings as they happen with automatic language identification, speaker-separated transcription, and live translated text beneath the original words. On desktop, no separate bot joins the call.
Short answer
Multilingual transcription turns speech in more than one language into written text. Flownote can identify spoken languages during a desktop recording, separate speakers, and show a one-way live translation in a language you choose, so a multilingual team can follow the same conversation more easily.
How it works
Record an online call or an in-person conversation from Flownote. On desktop, the app captures audio from your device instead of adding a meeting bot.
Select the language you want to read. Flownote keeps the original transcript visible and adds a translated line beneath each speaker as the conversation moves.
After the meeting, review the original-language transcript and the structured notes, decisions, and follow-ups. Confirm important names, numbers, and commitments before sharing them.
What you get
Flownote gives each conversation a structure you can review, correct, and return to.
Flownote identifies spoken languages during the stream, including conversations where the language changes.
Keep each contribution connected to its speaker instead of reading one undifferentiated block of text.
Read the original words and a one-way translated text line beneath them while the meeting is happening.
Use the same workflow for desktop calls and multilingual conversations happening around a table.
Flownote captures computer audio directly, so another participant does not appear in the call.
Return to the original transcript, structured notes, decisions, and follow-ups after the conversation ends.
Original + translation
This fictional example illustrates the current live desktop experience. It contains no customer recording or private meeting data.
Elena
Spanish detected
La prueba con clientes empieza el jueves.
Translation
The customer test starts on Thursday.
Marc
French detected
Je partagerai la nouvelle maquette avant midi.
Translation
I’ll share the new mockup before noon.
Elena
Spanish detected
Perfecto, entonces revisamos los resultados el viernes.
Translation
Perfect—then we’ll review the results on Friday.
Language changes
A multilingual meeting does not always stay in one language. Flownote's current desktop transcription uses automatic spoken-language identification, so the transcript can follow language changes inside the conversation rather than requiring every speaker to stay in one preset language.
The current desktop implementation uses Soniox stt-rt-v5 with language identification and speaker diarization enabled. The app offers 60 translation targets, while Soniox documents real-time transcription and translation across 60+ languages.
Across meeting apps
Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom each offer their own caption or translation options, with different languages, controls, plans, and add-ons. Flownote works from the desktop audio layer, so the same transcription workflow can sit alongside different meeting apps without a separate bot participant.
That does not make Flownote a native integration with those platforms, and it does not replace an interpreter. It gives participants translated text they can follow during an ordinary meeting workflow.
After the meeting
Live translated lines are designed to help you follow the conversation while it is happening. In the current desktop workflow, the finalized transcript and post-meeting notes are based on the original-language transcription; do not assume the translated lines will be stored or exported afterward.
Automated transcription and translation can still get names, numbers, specialized terminology, and implied meaning wrong. Review consequential details and use a qualified human interpreter for legal, medical, safety-critical, or other high-stakes conversations.
Responsible capture
Flownote's desktop capture keeps another bot participant out of the call, but everyone should still know when a conversation is being recorded, transcribed, or translated.
Follow the policies and laws that apply to the participants and location, obtain any required consent, and provide a non-recorded alternative when the situation calls for one.
Keep exploring
See how live capture becomes a transcript, decisions, and follow-ups.
Read moreUnderstand desktop capture and the responsibility to inform participants.
Read morePlan the device, microphone, room, consent, and review workflow.
Read moreQuestions
Multilingual transcription converts speech in multiple languages into written text. A multilingual system can identify or handle more than one spoken language instead of requiring an entire conversation to remain in a single preset language.
Yes. Flownote's current desktop transcription uses automatic spoken-language identification and can follow language changes within a stream. Accuracy still varies with audio quality, overlapping speech, accents, names, and specialized vocabulary.
On desktop, Flownote captures computer audio and can show one-way translated text alongside the original transcript while a call is happening. It works at the device-audio layer rather than as a native Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams integration.
Yes. Speaker diarization and spoken-language identification are enabled in the current desktop real-time transcription workflow.
Yes. During a desktop recording, Flownote can keep the original text visible and add a translated text line beneath each speaker in the target language you selected.
The current desktop translation picker offers 60 target languages, and the underlying Soniox real-time transcription and translation documentation describes support across 60+ languages. Language availability can change as the implementation evolves.
Do not assume so. Live translation currently helps you read the conversation as it happens, while the finalized transcript and post-meeting notes are based on the original-language transcription.
No. Flownote provides automated translated text, not human interpretation or speech-to-speech audio. Use a qualified interpreter for high-stakes conversations where nuance and verified accuracy are essential.
Fact review
Reviewed August 16, 2026. Links open current primary documentation.
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