English-Portuguese, live, both directions
Brazilian and European Portuguese meet English in offices, building sites and family kitchens. All Voices interprets both directions while people talk and keeps every line in both languages.
One Portuguese, two countries
All Voices has one Portuguese, not a Brazilian and a European setting. It recognises Portuguese speech without asking where the speaker comes from. When it translates into Portuguese, you cannot choose the variety, so a reader in Lisbon may see a word or a spelling that is more usual in São Paulo, or the reverse. The meaning comes through; for a contract or a letter, have the wording checked by someone from the reader’s country.
Você, tu and o senhor
English says “you” to everyone. Portuguese does not. In Brazil, você is the everyday form; in Portugal, tu is for family and friends and o senhor or a senhora for people you address formally. A translation from English has to choose. All Voices chooses from the context of the conversation; there is no setting for the form of address. Check it before you reuse a translated line in writing.
Where this pair shows up
Portuguese-speaking families abroad, in the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and France, where grandparents and grandchildren no longer share a first language. Building and cleaning crews with an English-speaking client. Business with Brazil, and with Angola and Mozambique. These are conversations about times, prices and addresses, and the transcript keeps them in both languages, with the audio of every line to replay. Portuguese is one of the languages marked as supported in All Voices.
Questions people ask
Does All Voices work with Brazilian and European Portuguese?
It has one Portuguese and recognises Portuguese speech without a country setting. You cannot choose whether translations use Brazilian or European Portuguese.
Can it translate both ways between English and Portuguese live?
Yes. When both languages are spoken, it interprets both directions automatically, labels every speaker, and keeps each line with the original and the translation.
Which form of address does the translation use?
It chooses from the context of the conversation. There is no setting for você, tu or o senhor, so check the form in lines you reuse.
Two directions, one device
When both English and Portuguese are being spoken, All Voices pairs them automatically and interprets both ways; when only one side needs translating, every line is rendered into the language you choose. Either way there is one transcript, with speakers labelled, audio kept, and a summary written when you stop. The first 30 minutes are free, without a card.
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