Interpret a conversation and take minutes

Two modes for two people in the room

Nourva One has two modes for conversations between people. In interpreter mode she sits between two people who speak different languages: each sentence she hears in one language comes out in the other, spoken and written. In minutes mode she stays silent, writes down every word in the room with its time, and turns it into minutes when the meeting ends.

Both run inside a conversation with Nourva One, so you need to be signed in, and they use credits like the rest of your time with her. You start either one by asking her. Interpreting also has a button. For the basics of talking to her, see Talk to Nourva One.

Interpret between two people

Interpreter mode works between any two of the 20 languages Nourva speaks. She translates faithfully: no comments, no answers to what is said, nothing added or left out.

1. Open the Nourva One sheet, or talk to her from the bars at the top of any screen.
2. Tap the Translate button in the sheet's bottom row, or say that you want an interpreter.
3. Put the phone between you and the other person.
4. Speak in either language. The other language appears on the screen, and she says it aloud.

Interpret between me and Maria. I speak English, she speaks Spanish.

Nourva starts with your app's language and English, or English and Spanish if your app is already in English. To change a language, tap one of the two language buttons in the middle of the screen and choose from the list of 20. The swap button between them exchanges the two languages. If you choose the language that sits on the other side, the two trade places.

The two halves of the screen

The screen is split in two halves, with the two languages between them. The far half is turned upside down for the person across the table, and the near half is yours. On each half, the translation into that person's language is large and what was heard is small. The half belonging to whoever is speaking lights up.

Text only

Choose Text only when you want the translation written on the screen without being spoken. You find it first in the list that opens when you tap a language button, or you can tap the speaker button in the middle of the screen. The screen shows Text only while it is on, and the translation is written here, not spoken. It goes off by itself when the interpreter ends.

Stop translating

Tap Stop translating, tap the Translate button again, or say "stop translating". The sheet goes back to being the ordinary Nourva One sheet and her voice comes back. While interpreting, she translates everything she hears, even sentences that sound as if they were meant for her. The only sentence she does not translate is an order to stop.

Take minutes of a meeting

Minutes mode is for a meeting, a lesson or a family conversation where you want a record and no replies. Ask her by voice.

Take minutes of this meeting.

She says one short sentence and then stays silent. The sheet shows Taking minutes with a running clock, and every line she hears is written on the screen with its time. She does not answer anyone in the room.

Set the speaking language in Options › Conversation before you start if the meeting is not in your app's language. See Her voice, language and thinking.

End and write the minutes

Tap End & write the minutes, or say that the meeting is over. She then turns the text into structured minutes:

• a title,
• the date and how long it ran,
• the attendees, when they were named,
• the points discussed,
• the decisions,
• the tasks, with their owners.

The minutes appear on the screen, and she offers to save them as a file. If nobody spoke, she tells you that nothing was heard, and you can start again.

In the car

In CarPlay, the Shortcuts button on the car screen has Interpreter and Minutes. For minutes, Nourva asks first: "Take minutes of this conversation?" The words on the car screen are in English, and the conversation itself follows your language.

What is learned

What two people say to each other in interpreter mode is not learned: those words are not added to your memory, even when memory is on. For how voice and transcripts are handled in general, see Your voice and privacy.