Umakhan Magomedov

Everything you need to know before your first use: how to sign up, how tokens work and where to begin.

Getting Started

VocaLingo is an AI app for working with audio, video, text, captions and calls.

What is VocaLingo

Sign up with email, Google or Apple and get your bonus tokens on first login.

How to create an account

A step-by-step walkthrough from file upload to translated result.

Your first audio translation

Tokens are VocaLingo's internal currency. Learn about balance, welcome bonus, payment and spending.

How tokens work

Get 30 bonus tokens on your first login with a full account — guest mode has no signup bonus.

New user bonus tokens

Formats, device upload limits, Paste link limits (up to 2 GB) and supported platforms for all VocaLingo tools.

Supported file formats, sizes and sources

Set up a personal verified number or virtual number for AI Calls.

My Numbers: verify and virtual numbers

Use AI call coaching with presets and custom instructions instead of live translation.

AI Assistant mode during calls

Homepage

Feedback

Roadmap

Changelog

Six AI-powered tools to translate, transcribe and analyze audio and video.

AI Tools

Translate audio files and voice messages to any language with voice cloning.

Translate Audio

Automatic speech recognition, translation and summary in Translate Audio.

How Translate Audio works

Step-by-step instructions for sharing voice messages from WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber and iMessage directly to VocaLingo.

How to share audio from messengers

Speech recognition, translation models, voiceover providers, Qwen styles and token estimates.

Translate Audio settings: voice, models, and cloning

Translate and dub videos with background processing and lip sync support.

Translate Video

Translate video with HeyGen lip sync or ElevenLabs dubbing, choose settings, and receive the result in History.

How Translate Video works

Download a translated video to your device, save it to gallery or share it directly from the app.

How to download, save and share translated videos

Translate Video settings: audio-only overlay vs lip sync, Enhanced Cloning quality and pricing.

Audio-only mode and Enhanced Cloning

Transcribe audio files, recordings and links from YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.

Speech to Text

Upload audio, record in the app or paste a link to get a full transcript and a short summary.

How Speech to Text works

Use the built-in recorder in Speech to Text to record audio directly in VocaLingo without preparing a file in advance.

Recording audio in the app

Paste a YouTube, Instagram or TikTok link and VocaLingo will download the file automatically on the server.

Importing audio from a link

Extract text transcription and AI summary from video files.

Video to Text

Upload a video or paste a link to get a full transcript, speaker labels, detected language and a structured summary.

How Video to Text works

Generate a structured summary from any transcribed video: title, overview, key moments, takeaway and speaker quotes.

Video summary

Get structured analysis of any text: topic, key points, tone and summary.

Text Analysis

Upload audio or paste text to get a structured analysis: topic, key points, tone, speech features and a summary.

How Text Analysis works

A guide to choosing between Text Analysis and AI Chat depending on what you need from your audio or text content.

When to use Text Analysis vs AI Chat

Convert text to natural-sounding audio using standard or custom cloned voices.

Text to Speech

Type or paste text, choose a voice and generate an audio file in seconds.

How Text to Speech works

A guide to all available voice types in Text to Speech: OpenAI voices, standard MiniMax voices and Custom Voices.

Standard voices vs OpenAI voices

How to select a custom voice in Text to Speech and what to expect on first use.

Using custom voices in Text to Speech

Control tone, pace and style of OpenAI voices in Text to Speech using natural-language instructions and eight ready-made presets.

Voice instructions and presets

Every tool result is saved automatically. Learn how to reopen past results, use What next?, and manage history limits.

History: saving, restoring and deleting results

Real-time two-way voice translation for travel. Models, default Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite, token cost.

How Tourist Translator works

Translate text with auto language detection, dictation and TTS. Models including Gemini 3.5 Flash.

How Text Translator works

Call phone numbers with live translation or AI Assistant on web, iOS and Android. Incoming and outgoing calls, numbers, pricing.

How AI Calls work

Add stylized or translated subtitles. Standard ASS pricing update June 2026.

How Add Captions works

One-tap shortcuts after STT, VTT, Translate Audio and more: Chat, TTS, Captions, Save voice.

Continue in another tool (What next?)

Voice and text AI assistant with web search, image generation and file support.

AI Chat

An overview of everything the built-in AI assistant can do: text dialog, file processing, web search, voice mode and more.

What VocaLingo Chat can do

Compare AI models in VocaLingo Chat: Auto, GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok, MiniMax.

Choosing an AI model

How to attach images, audio, video and documents to a chat message and what the AI can do with them.

Attaching files in chat

Talk to the AI in real time. Barge-in supported — interrupt the AI anytime.

Voice mode

How to use quick action chips in AI Chat to transcribe, translate, analyze or clone a voice from an attached audio or video file.

Action chips: translate, transcribe, analyze, clone voice

How AI Chat searches the web automatically, runs multi-source deep research, and reads any web page you share.

Web search, deep research and URL reading

Ask AI Chat to generate images, create interactive quizzes and flashcard sets, or display a map of any location.

Image generation, quizzes, flashcards and maps

How AI Chat remembers facts across sessions, sets push notification reminders, and how to manage your saved chat history.

Memory, reminders and chat history

What the context limit warning means, why it appears, and when it makes sense to start a new chat session.

Chat limits and when to start a new chat

How to download audio and video results from AI Chat, choose video format, and share files with other apps.

Downloading and sharing files from chat

How to create projects, upload files to the knowledge base and let AI search your documents.

Projects and Knowledge Base in Chat

Use AI to run code, analyze data files, create charts and generate downloadable files.

Code Interpreter in Chat

Clone your voice for use in Text to Speech and audio translation.

Custom Voices

Custom Voices are AI clones of your voice. Learn how they work, where you can use them and how to manage them.

What are Custom Voices

Step-by-step guide to recording your voice or uploading an audio file to create a Custom Voice.

How to record or upload a voice sample

Recording environment, speech style, file requirements and fixes for common voice cloning problems.

Tips for the best voice clone quality

How to manage your custom voices from My Voices in Settings: listen to a preview, rename or permanently delete a voice.

Managing voices: rename, listen, delete

How tokens work, pricing, Premium subscription and purchase management.

Tokens & Payments

Tokens are the in-app currency for AI processing. Learn what they cost, how to earn them and where they are spent.

What are tokens and how they are spent

Approximate token costs for Translate Video, Translate Audio, Add Captions and other AI tools.

Token pricing for each tool

Get 1,000 tokens monthly, unlimited history, no watermarks and all AI tools with a Premium subscription.

What is VocaLingo Premium

Buy token packages from the Profile tab at any time without a subscription.

How to buy tokens

Step-by-step guide to subscribing to VocaLingo Premium and restoring a subscription on a new device.

How to subscribe to Premium

Sync missing tokens or Premium after reinstalling the app or switching devices using Restore Purchases.

How to restore purchases

Read your full token transaction log: charges by tool, rewards, purchases and subscription grants — with statuses and timestamps.

Usage History

Share your promo code. When a new user activates it within 30 days, both get 100 free tokens.

Referral program: get free tokens by inviting friends

Language, theme, notifications, profile and account management.

Account & Settings

Switch the VocaLingo interface between English and Russian from the Profile settings.

Changing the app language

Switch VocaLingo between light, dark and system themes from the Profile tab.

Changing the theme

Permanently delete your VocaLingo account, all data and token balance from the Profile tab.

How to delete your account

Choose which tab opens when you launch VocaLingo and reorder the bottom toolbar tabs by dragging.

Changing the start screen and tab order

What notifications VocaLingo sends, how to check status and enable push alerts for Video to Text and downloads.

Push notifications

Show or hide content blocks on tool screens: Recognized Text, Translation, Short Version and Choose File.

Display settings

How to update your display name. Email address is linked to your sign-in account and cannot be changed.

Editing your profile

In-app Support messenger, help.vocalingo.app articles, and feedback portal.

Contact support and Help Center

Take the product tour again from Profile Settings.

Replay the onboarding tour

Remove temporary files and web cache without deleting account or history.

Clear app cache

Give Claude Code, Cursor or any AI agent access to VocaLingo: voice cloning, audio and video translation, subtitles and summaries via MCP.

Connect VocaLingo to AI agents (MCP server)

Solutions to common issues with login, files, payments and app features.

Troubleshooting

What to check and do if the one-time sign-in code has not arrived in your email inbox.

I didn't receive the login code

Supported formats and size limits for device upload vs Paste link (up to 2 GB).

File format not supported or file too large

Stuck Translate Video, Video to Text, or Add Captions jobs and how to retry.

Video processing takes too long or failed

Not enough tokens? How to check balance, buy more, and keep using VocaLingo tools.

Not enough tokens

Steps to take if a token purchase or Premium subscription payment failed or was not reflected in your account.

Payment didn't go through

How to enable microphone and camera permissions for VocaLingo on iOS and Android if you denied them at first launch.

Microphone or camera access denied

Custom Voices and Translate Audio Qwen 3-second minimum, MiniMax limits, quality tips.

Voice cloning failed or sounds wrong

Fix missing push alerts including Video to Text ready notifications.

Push notifications not working

Fix voiceover errors in Translate Audio: ttsFailed, short audio, low balance, incompatible provider and stuck jobs.

Translate Audio voiceover failed or is stuck

Troubleshoot link import (up to 2 GB), unsupported URLs, stuck downloads, iOS playback.

Video to Text import or playback problems

Troubleshooting referral and promo code errors: map app messages to fixes.

Promo code activation failed

Fix login errors when device time is wrong. Enable automatic date and time.

Device clock out of sync

Fix no caller ID, call failed, connection lost and balance errors.

AI Calls failed or no number

Why the Tools tab shows a VPN hint and how to get stable AI access.

VPN recommended banner for Russia

Step-by-step guides for real tasks: translate voice messages, transcribe meetings and more.

Use Cases & Examples

Step-by-step: share a WhatsApp voice message to VocaLingo and get a translation in about 30 seconds.

Translate a WhatsApp voice message in 30 seconds

How to paste a YouTube or TikTok link into Translate Video and get a fully dubbed version in your language.

Translate a TikTok or YouTube video to your language

Use Speech to Text to turn any recorded meeting, lecture or interview into a full text transcript you can search and share.

Transcribe a meeting or lecture

Turn your presentation script into a natural-sounding voice-over using Text to Speech with the right voice and instructions.