The experience
You look at each other.
Not at a tool.
You see the translation first, in your language. The original stays just below.
Your language firstThe translation appears up top. The original stays just below.
Live translation on screenThe translation appears as you speak, with the original kept just below.
Let the interface step backIt only tells you it is listening. The rest of your attention stays on the other person.
How to start
Three steps to begin.
1
Start a callOpen ContextCall and begin. No setup, no account to figure out.
2
Share an invite codeSend the code to the person you want to talk with, and they enter it to join.
3
Speak naturallyYou each speak your own language. You only need to keep looking at each other.
During the call
Your language on topYou read the translation first. The original stays quietly below.
Live translation on screenThe translation appears as you speak, with the original just below.
The interface steps backA quiet node shows it is listening. Nothing louder than that.
Why it feels different
Made to keep two people
together.
Translation should help the conversation, not become the conversation.
Spoken, not just shownWhat you say is translated and spoken aloud to the other person, not only shown as text.
Your language comes firstYou never hunt for meaning. It is already there, in the words you think in.
People stay at the centerFaces fill the screen. The interface leaves only what the moment needs.
Quiet by defaultNo urgency, no clutter. The conversation keeps its own pace.
Privacy
How your call is handled
Encrypted in transitYour audio and video travel over encrypted connections (HTTPS and WebRTC, relayed through TURN when a direct link is not possible).
Real-time AI translationYour speech is processed by Google Vertex AI to translate between languages.
No account neededCalls use anonymous sessions. There is no sign-up and no profile.
Not recorded by designBy default, calls are not recorded, and the app does not store your recordings or full transcripts.
About ContextCall
It began with wanting to understand one person.
ContextCall began from a cross cultural relationship in Singapore. One person speaks Chinese, the other Thai, and the two have always worked to understand each other. The product grew from that small, real need: to make language less of a distance between people.