# Voilà - Sound Companion — Transcribe, translate, listen

> Transcribe, translate, listen (iPhone/iPad app by HAOZHI LI.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/voila-sound-companion/id6787246175 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [HAOZHI LI](https://appshunter.io/developer/1669601793)
- Category: Productivity, Business
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: Chinese (Simplified, China)
- Released: 2026-07-09
- Data updated: 2026-07-27
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/voila-sound-companion/id6787246175/reviews.md

## What is Voilà?

Voilà is your companion for sound — it listens, transcribes, and translates, so nothing gets lost.

MEETING NOTES
Record any meeting and get a live, speaker-separated transcript as people talk. Rename speakers, export the full transcript, and keep a searchable history of every meeting.

LIVE TRANSLATION
Talk face-to-face with someone who speaks a different language. Voilà listens to both sides and shows the translation in real time, in a layout designed for two people sharing one phone.

LISTEN MODE
Point your phone at a conversation in a language you don't speak and get a live translation into your own language — no setup, no typing.

HOW IT WORKS
Voilà streams audio directly to Soniox for transcription and translation using your own Soniox API key — audio never passes through Voilà's own servers. Your meeting and translation history is stored locally on your device, not in the cloud.

Get a Soniox API key at console.soniox.com to unlock full functionality.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.0.4 — 2026-07-14

• Pre-meeting setup: pick expected languages, tricky words and meeting context for sharper recognition
• Live transcript now splits into clean paragraphs as you pause
• Faster re-transcription: much smaller uploads, with a progress indicator
• Fixed: confirmed text sometimes not appearing live during recording

### 1.0.3 — 2026-07-10

• Background recording: keep recording through lock screen, incoming calls, and app switching
• New dim-screen button in meeting mode — saves battery in long meetings
• Sessions are now auto-recovered if the app quits unexpectedly
• Re-recognition of long recordings is much faster and no longer times out
• Stability: fixed a rare crash when stopping a session, safer local storage, corrected export file names, smoother history browsing

### 1.0.2 — 2026-07-09

No release notes.

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