Converse
Turn your iPhone into a translation device
Converse launched on August 3, 2017 with 379 votes, #44 of 3,214 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.
In plain words
Converse is a speech translation app that turns an iPhone into a translation device for real-time conversations. Users hold the phone upside down during use, which the app claims improves translation accuracy and creates a more natural interaction between speakers of different languages. The app is designed for travelers, global nomads, and anyone needing to communicate across language barriers.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
Turn your iPhone into a translation device! Introducing iTranslate Converse, a revolutionary new speech translation App. By holding your iPhone upside down you dramatically improve results as well as create a more natural conversation experience. It literally turns your iPhone into the first real translation device.
iTranslate enables travelers, students, business professionals, employers and medical staff to read, write and speak in over 100 languages.
iTranslate Converse is a revolutionary new speech translation App. iTranslate Converse turns your iPhone and Apple Watch into a two-way translation device. The simple design enables natural conversations in 38 languages, and automatically detects the correct language between two selected languages for a fast and accurate translation. View and export full transcripts for every voice conversation. Bringing the microphone and speaker directly into the conversation improves the voice recognition results and the natural flow of conversation. Once you have set the languages, the whole screen is the button. The app can automatically detect which of the two languages is being spoken and translates…from itranslate.com
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