This AI-powered tool provides real-time bilingual captions for lectures and meetings, acting as a personal tutor to catch you up. It also facilitates live conversations in different languages and translates documents, with specialized AI that learns course terminology.
1.2.7
October 10, 2026
NEW — Translations stay with the sentence they belong to Each translation now lands under the sentence it actually translates, instead of sometimes sticking to the start of the next one. And when a sentence's translation arrives, it shows right away rather than waiting for the speaker's next sentence. NEW — Bring your own term list Already have a list of terms? In Import terms, choose Option 3 to add it as is — a photo, Excel, Word, PDF or text file — with no AI extraction. Photos are recognized on your device. You can also add single terms with the + button. NEW — Folders show how many recordings they hold Each folder in the list shows its number of recordings, and folders with the latest recordings come first. Also new - Announcements only appear the moment you open the app. If you've already started doing something, they wait for next time. - Messages: your friend's avatar sits next to their messages, emoji-only messages are shown larger, sent messages no longer flicker or jump, and the unread count in the sidebar clears as soon as you open a chat. iPad gets the emoji panel too. - iPad: resizing the window no longer shows the page mid-layout; the sidebar slides open as smoothly as it closes, and the search field no longer flickers; pinning a recording moves its card to the top; continuing or stopping a recording animates the bottom bar like on iPhone; full-screen review notes are no longer covered by the sidebar. - Buttons, search fields and the playback and recording bars now share one glass style, tuned for light and dark mode. Fixes - System audio recording: after you save or delete, iOS no longer shows a "broadcast stopped" alert. - Signing in: if sending or checking the code gets no response within 15 seconds, you're told, instead of a spinner that never ends. - The top cards in All Recordings no longer jitter when the page opens.
MoreBufferMind currently supports 7 languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Hindi. The app aims to provide accurate translations and captions for these languages.
You can upload slides or a syllabus to BufferMind, and its AI will learn the specific terminology used in your course. This ensures that captions and AI tutor responses accurately reflect the specialized language of your lectures.
Yes, BufferMind features a 'hold-to-talk' Live Chat mode. You can speak in your language, and the other person will hear it in their language through a natural neural voice, facilitating real-time cross-lingual communication.
No, BufferMind is currently in beta and is free with no ads, no paywalls, and no tracking. The developers are focused on user feedback during this pre-launch phase.
BufferMind syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and also has a Web version. The iPad version offers a desktop-class layout with a three-column view for enhanced productivity.
BufferMind uses iPhone's hardware audio isolation to ensure that the audio from the other side of a video call is not included in your transcript. This keeps your lecture or meeting captions clear and focused.
BufferMind is currently in an active beta phase and is shaping its product with early users. The full public launch is scheduled for July 2026.
BufferMind is currently free during its beta phase, with no signup required to try it as a guest. This allows users to experience its features without commitment before the official launch.
