Loquora Dev Blog · July 20–24 🚀
This week was mainly about the quality of real conversations. We substantially reworked audio in the desktop app and added new ways to use Loquora, manage minutes, and bring translation into other products.
Cleaner audio — even without headphones
The desktop app now includes echo cancellation and noise suppression on macOS and Windows. This matters when a call is played through speakers: the other participant and incoming translated voice should not be captured and translated back as your speech.
Both features are enabled by default. The microphone remains available during playback, so you can still speak while the other person is talking instead of waiting for a pause.
We also added safe routing for outgoing translated speech. It should go to the Loquora virtual microphone rather than play through your speakers. If the virtual device is unavailable, the app now explains the problem and offers a direct path to set it up again. We are continuing to validate the full audio path across different Windows and macOS hardware configurations.
Extra minutes and promo codes
You can now purchase additional minutes without changing your main plan. The account page shows the selected amount and final price, with automatic discounts available for larger packages.
Promo code activation is now available in the same area. A code may add bonus minutes or unlock a plan for a limited time, and the reward is shown before confirmation.
Referral program
We launched personal referral links. Your link and invitation statuses are available in the account, and eligible first purchases made by invited users can earn bonus minutes. Our referral program guide has all the details; the important product change is that Loquora now has a measurable referral loop we can keep improving.
Public API
The Loquora API documentation is now public, covering text translation, speech recognition, speech synthesis, and real-time voice translation over WebSocket. Business teams can create organization keys, monitor their usage, and bring the same voice pipeline into their own products. For a guided introduction, see “Speech Translation API: STT, TTS, and Text Translation in One Service”.
More transparency on the website
We published dedicated pages for Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, and Discord.
We also added detailed comparisons with Google Meet, Krisp, LiveLingo, Palabra AI, and Transync AI, plus a page with real-world voice translation latency measurements. Our comparisons describe both Loquora's strengths and its limitations.
We also added product analytics that go beyond registrations to track activation, minute usage, retention, and AI costs. This gives us a factual basis for the next product decisions.
Notifications without unnecessary noise
Accounts can now be linked to Telegram, with separate preferences for product news by Telegram and email. We also built a unified template and campaign system so Russian and English messages remain consistent and only reach people who opted in.
If you missed this week's articles, start with our guides to how real-time voice translation works, how voice cloning preserves your voice, working in an international team without a shared language, and choosing a translator for Zoom and other video calls.
Next, we will keep tuning audio on real devices and work on helping more new users move from their first visit to their first successful conversation. As always, you can send feedback directly from the app 😉