English · Lingo
Voice translation chat — Video chat with translation
Speak in your language and follow the conversation with translated text and voice. Talk with people around the world in a random video or text chat with speech translation and captions. No registration.
Talk with people around the world
Lingo is for conversations, sharing ideas and language practice. Choose your gender and language, then start. Participants are paired randomly, regardless of gender. Both people need to be online. Next starts a different conversation.
Speak in your language and follow the conversation with translated text and voice. Use the topic as an easy first question, then let both people choose the direction of the conversation.
Translation, phrase by phrase
Your browser recognizes speech. Google Translate / MyMemory translates completed phrases, and your device reads them aloud. Text translation is limited by the free provider quota. Headphones help prevent echo. Browser speech services and Google Translate / MyMemory process speech or text; don't share sensitive information.
- Voice translation and captions during your conversation
- Original and translation
- Conversation captions
Your boundaries
Block ends the call and excludes this profile from future matches. Blocks are stored on the server for your browser profile. Clearing cookies or changing browser creates a different profile. Video is not recorded by Lingo.
Talk to each other with respect. No video recording
Connection and access
The site is open to everyone. No registration or account is required: select your language and gender, then start. A conversation needs two people online. Direct video can fail on restricted networks. Speech recognition is best supported in desktop Chrome; otherwise use text.
Starting enables browser speech recognition and Google Translate / MyMemory text translation. Headphones recommended.
Text chat without a camera
Choose Continue with text to talk without a camera or microphone. Messages are translated when your conversation languages differ; the original is shown too. If translation is unavailable, you can still read the original message.
How it works
Enter chat
Talk with people around the world. Choose your gender and conversation language.
Voice recognition, spoken translations and text translation depend on the selected language, your browser and the translation service. If translation is unavailable, the original text remains visible.
Translation unavailable. Original text is shown.