Make some noise for DeepL Voice: instant translations as you speak

author_by DeepL Teamdate_published November 12, 2024

Transform virtual meetings and in-person conversations with real-time, reliable voice translations from the world’s leading Language AI platform:

With DeepL Voice, you can speak in your native language and be instantly understood by colleagues and customers in their native language thanks to translated captions.
DeepL Voice has two tailor-built solutions to enable instant multilingual business communication in any scenario — virtual or in-person, internal or external — for both office-based and frontline roles.
- DeepL Voice for Meetings eliminates language barriers from internal and external virtual meetings. It enables every participant to speak in their preferred language, while their colleagues receive translated captions in real-time so they can engage and participate in their native language.
- DeepL Voice for Conversations works on mobile devices to empower one-on-one, in-person conversations. Now, your employees can engage customers, colleagues or anyone else, in the language that works best for them.

The corporate costs of language barriers

A recent report from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that 33.8% of time in meetings is wasted because of the challenges of multilingual communication. What happens when colleagues in global organizations don’t share a common language? Or when businesses are chasing an opportunity with a customer whose preferred language isn’t one they speak?

In a best-case scenario, you get virtual or in-person meetings that struggle along. They often don’t flow naturally, and it’s difficult for participants to understand one another, collaborate effectively, and establish all-important chemistry. Many times, those who could contribute additional value to the conversation aren’t able to engage because they aren’t comfortable with the customer’s preferred language.

Moreover, for frontline employees, lack of a common language often causes miscommunications that impact safety. For instance, it can lead to staff not understanding critical information, including safety instructions, or it can lead to unsatisfactory employee experiences when support agents can’t understand their requests.

Ineffective communication not only hinders productivity and growth, but it also adds huge costs to any business. A recent Axios HQ study found that ineffective communication can cost businesses by up to $54,860 per employee per year, with losses escalating as salaries increase. When considering that 57% of all payroll covers the cost of communication, according to another study from Microsoft, it’s imperative that businesses take a critical eye to how those communications can be optimized to drive productivity, creativity and collaboration.

The importance of being able to communicate in real time makes DeepL Voice the most exciting application of DeepL’s Language AI yet. Voice is built on our specialist language models and extensive linguistic knowledge, uniquely positioning us to solve the challenge of delivering the highest quality for real-time translation. By translating as people speak, it empowers every team member to speak confidently across languages, in every scenario.

Real-time voice translation poses unique challenges

DeepL is well-known for its ability to translate text. 50% of the Fortune 500 can attest to our mastery in that arena. But real-time voice translation is another story, entirely. You're dealing with incomplete input, pronunciation issues, latency and more, all of which can lead to inaccurate translations and even more confusion in meetings.

In building our solution for voice translation, we knew it had to be incredibly fast and accurate, and, of course, adhere to the same high level of quality we have for all our products. DeepL Voice offers you real-time translation solutions that have been carefully developed with the extensive expertise DeepL holds in language translations and language AI models, applied to and optimized for real-time applications. The result is a voice translation solution that is available at the click of a button, right where you need it, that you can rely on to help you converse in and follow in any language. That’s the power of DeepL Voice.

A more connected business

DeepL Voice brings new meaning to the idea of a more connected workplace. Sharing knowledge and tapping into your teams’ specialized skills — wherever they are in the world — creates new opportunities for collaboration, leading to stronger relationships and more successful execution. By eliminating miscommunication and language barriers, you’re finally able to realize the potential of your global team.

True, real-time multilingual communication brings other business benefits, too. It means that businesses can recruit based on the skills that they need, rather than the language people speak. This builds healthier and more inclusive talent pipelines and supports fresh thinking. It removes friction from the process of expanding into new markets and setting up operations in new countries.

What is DeepL Voice for Meetings?

Support multiple spoken languages within the same meeting, empowering every participant to speak in their chosen language and follow the conversation thanks to translated captions. With DeepL Voice for Meetings, you can:

Unlock business value by enabling meetings that were previously not possible due to language barriers. Seamless, real-time translations mean you can set up meetings with the right people – those with expert knowledge or specialized skill sets — regardless of where they’re located or how fluent they are in a language. This makes it easy to connect customers or colleagues to the value in your organization.
Facilitate more productive meetings across global teams, thanks to real-time, high-quality translations. Not only does this help everyone align on what's being said, it also gives confidence for greater engagement, reducing time wasted on unnecessary follow-up questions. Whether you’re negotiating deals or discussing strategy, real-time, accurate translations ensure that everyone is on the same page.

What is DeepL Voice for Conversations?

Unlock seamless AI voice translations in real time and in person, through instant voice translation on your mobile device. With DeepL Voice for Conversations, you can have multilingual, one-to-one conversations with customers, colleagues and anyone else you need to communicate with. Here’s what this means for your business:

Reach every customer, regardless of what language they speak, by empowering staff to deliver quick, accurate and clear information when it matters. This will increase customer satisfaction, engagement and brand loyalty, empowering you to broaden your customer base.
Communicate vital information in critical situations. From manufacturing to law enforcement, emergency services and beyond, you can be sure that your workforce understands every situation for faster, more decisive action.
Streamline operations across multilingual teams by instantly overcoming any language barriers that are standing in the way of progress. By cutting costs and reducing errors and delays, you’ll drive critical efficiencies across your operations.

Find out more about the features and benefits of DeepL Voice for Meetings and Conversations here.

Whatever the scenario, DeepL Voice empowers you to overcome language barriers in real time by facilitating high-quality voice translation that connects teams, reduces costs and streamlines operations for your business.