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Continuum can transcribe meetings in 18 languages. By default it expects English. If your meetings are in French, or move between languages, you can tell Continuum which languages to expect, or let it detect the language on its own. The Continuum app itself stays in English.

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Supported languages

English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Mandarin, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Your AI summary is written from the transcript. You can ask the AI to translate it at any time, for example “Translate this summary to French Canadian.” See Continuum AI.

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Choosing which languages Continuum expects

Continuum offers three choices:
  • English is the default. Choose it when your meetings are in English.
  • French. Choose it when your meetings are in French.
  • Multi-language detects the language as people speak and follows the conversation when it switches between any of the supported languages.
You can select English and French together if your meetings mix the two.
This is one setting for your account. Change it from the transcript or from Settings and both places update. It applies to every meeting you capture until you change it again.
Telling Continuum which languages to expect makes it lean strongly toward those languages. It still follows a real switch to another language, but it is far less likely to mishear an English conversation as another language.

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From the transcript

1

Open the live transcript

Open your meeting and click Transcript in the capture controls. You can do this before or during a capture.
2

Click the language button

In the top right of the transcript panel, click the button showing your current choice, such as English.
3

Pick the languages you expect

Tick English, French, or both. Choose Multi-language to let Continuum detect the language on its own.
Screenshot of the transcription language selector

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From Settings

1

Open Settings

Click Settings in the sidebar, then open General.
2

Find Transcription language

Under Meetings, click the Transcription language button.
3

Pick the languages you expect

Tick English, French, or both, or choose Multi-language.
Screenshot of the settings language selector. Defaults to English

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Changing the language during a meeting

You can open the language picker while a capture is running. The change applies to your next capture, not the one in progress. If you need it to take effect now, click Stop, change the language, then resume. Everything captured so far stays in the transcript.

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On mobile

The mobile app always detects the language on its own. There is no language setting on your phone, and the choice you make on desktop does not affect mobile captures.

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Frequently asked questions

No. Continuum leans strongly toward the languages you choose but still follows a genuine switch to another supported language. If your meetings often mix languages, choose Multi-language.
Check that your transcription language is set to English (or English and French), then capture your next meeting. Continuum does not re-run transcripts from earlier meetings.
Tick both English and French. Continuum follows the conversation as it moves between the two.
Yes. Open the meeting and ask the AI, for example “Translate this summary to French.” See Continuum AI.
No. Uploaded audio and captured phone calls always detect the language on their own.