How Tolk voice translation works

Choose your two languages and start a session. Speak one at a time, then let the translation play. In a quiet place, the phone can sit between you. In a noisy restaurant or street, hold it closer to the person speaking.

Yes. You can ask about check-in, explain a food preference or discuss a product while the other person speaks their own language. They do not need an app or account. For details such as room numbers, prices or dates, repeat the detail and confirm it together.

No. Only one person needs Tolk on an iPhone or Android phone. Start a session and take turns speaking. In a noisy place, hold the phone closer to whoever is speaking.

The translated voice starts about a second after you finish a sentence. Long sentences are translated as a whole, so pauses mid-sentence do not split your meaning.

No. Tolk needs a data connection. Most travelers use it with a local SIM or an eSIM.

No. Tolk is for people in the same room. Bridgecall, made by the same team, translates video calls between people in different places and runs in the browser at bridgecall.app.

Legal, medical or other high-stakes conversations, where a qualified human interpreter is the right choice. Tolk is built for travel, family, shops, taxis, hotels and everyday conversations.

Tolk is made by Voicelabs, a company in the Netherlands, and was built after too many literal mistranslations in Vietnam and Thailand.