Split Speak vs CoreTalk

Split Speak helps two people have natural face-to-face conversations across languages using a simple table-friendly split-screen layout. Place your iPhone or iPad between two people, choose a language for each side, and tap to speak. Each person sees their own side of the screen upright, making it easy to follow the conversation across a table. On iPad, a three-column layout gives each person their own scrollable conversation history alongside the live translation, so you can always see what's been said. DESIGNED FOR REAL CONVERSATIONS • Split-screen interface for two people sitting opposite each other • Real-time speech recognition while you talk • On-device translation for privacy • Spoken playback of translated text • Conversation history for quick reference TWO TRANSLATION MODES Recommended Quality For the best Split Speak experience, Recommended Quality provides more natural and more context-aware translations when available on your device. • Better phrasing for natural conversation • Better context understanding • Best for longer or more nuanced speech • Runs on-device for privacy • Available after a one-time Apple Intelligence setup Standard Quality Standard Quality works right away with no extra setup. • Ready immediately • Reliable for everyday translation • Great fallback while Recommended Quality is being enabled • Runs on-device for privacy ONE-TIME SETUP FOR RECOMMENDED QUALITY Recommended Quality may require Apple Intelligence to be enabled in Settings and an on-device model download. Split Speak clearly explains this in onboarding and settings. KEY FEATURES • Real-time translation for face-to-face conversations • Table-mode split-screen design • iPad three-column layout with live conversation history • 20 supported languages • Adjustable speech playback speed • Auto-speak options for each side • Conversation history with search • Light, dark, and system appearance options • Haptic feedback • On-device processing for privacy GREAT FOR • Travel conversations • International meetings • Restaurants and shopping abroad • Cross-language family conversations • Language practice • Everyday communication on the go SUPPORTED LANGUAGES Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English (US), English (UK), French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. PRIVACY FIRST Speech recognition, translation, and text-to-speech are handled on-device. Your conversations are not sent to external servers.

CoreTalk turns your phone into a real-time, face-to-face interpreter. Put the phone flat on the table between you and the other person and just talk — CoreTalk listens to both sides and shows the translation on a split screen, with the far side rotated 180° so it reads perfectly for the person across from you. FACE-TO-FACE, HANDS-FREE • Split-screen layout: your half faces you, the other half faces them. • Each side reads and hears the translation in their own language. • Designed for a phone lying flat between two people. REAL-TIME, TWO-WAY • Both directions are translated live as each person speaks. • Streaming captions appear as the words are still being spoken. • Spoken translation plays automatically so no one has to look down. AI OR HUMAN — YOUR CALL • Manual mode: hold to talk, full control of each turn. • Hand to AI: let the AI interpreter run the conversation automatically. • Take over: step back in at any moment. Switch between AI and human instantly. BUILT FOR TRAVEL & EVERYDAY • Restaurants, markets, front desks, clinics, meetings — anywhere two languages meet. • Swap the language pair and per-side voices in one tap. • Conversation history you can look back on. BRING YOUR OWN AI CoreTalk connects to your own AI translation server (and optionally your own OpenAI key) — you stay in control of your data and your usage. No account or sign-up required to try it: open the app and tap Demo Mode to see the full experience with sample content, no credentials needed. Your credentials are stored only on your device.