How to Translate Voice Calls in Zoom, Discord, Telegram, and Teams
To translate speech during a call, install Loquora, choose both languages, and select the Loquora virtual microphone in your calling app. You speak your language, and the other person hears translated speech. You can read their speech as subtitles or listen to spoken translation.
The other person does not install Loquora, add a bot, or change their account settings. The setup happens entirely on your computer.
What you need
- a Windows or macOS computer;
- Loquora and an active account;
- the physical microphone you speak into;
- a calling app that lets you choose an input device;
- a short test call before the real conversation.
Use the Loquora desktop app and virtual microphone for Zoom Desktop, Discord, Telegram Desktop, and Microsoft Teams. For a compatible call in a Chromium browser tab, you can use the extension without a virtual microphone.
The universal five-step setup
1. Install Loquora
Download Loquora for Windows or macOS, sign in, and allow access to your physical microphone. If prompted to install a virtual audio device, finish the installation and restart the calling app.
2. Select your physical microphone in Loquora
Choose the device you actually speak into: the laptop microphone, a headset, or an external microphone. Loquora's input meter should react when you speak.
3. Choose both languages
Select the language you speak and the language the other person should hear. For incoming speech, choose a language manually or enable automatic detection.
4. Select the virtual microphone in the calling app
Open the audio settings in Zoom, Discord, Telegram, or Teams and select Loquora as the microphone or input device. Do not select the virtual microphone as a speaker: it is only for sending translated speech into the call.
5. Test the complete audio route
Start translation and say a short, complete phrase. Check three points: Loquora hears the physical microphone, the translation appears, and the calling app's microphone meter reacts to the finished translated audio.
How to translate voice in Zoom
- Open Zoom settings and go to Audio.
- Select the Loquora virtual microphone.
- Choose both languages in Loquora and start translation.
- Use Zoom's microphone test or join from a second device.
Loquora works separately from Zoom's built-in translation features, so you can use it with a personal account. The host does not enable translated captions or Voice Translator for you. See the full Zoom call translator guide.
How to translate voice in Discord
- Open Discord User Settings.
- Go to Voice & Video.
- Select the Loquora virtual microphone as the input device.
- Join a call or voice channel and start translation.
You do not need a translation bot: Discord receives translated speech as normal microphone audio. With Push to Talk, hold the key until the translated phrase finishes playing. See the full Discord voice translator guide.
How to translate a Telegram call
In Telegram Desktop, open the call's audio settings and select the Loquora virtual microphone. Once translation starts, the other person hears it inside the normal Telegram voice or video call. They do not need Loquora on their phone.
See the Telegram call translator guide for the complete setup.
How to translate a Microsoft Teams call
Open Teams device settings and select the Loquora virtual microphone as the input. This is a separate personal translation workflow: it does not depend on your organization having Microsoft 365 Copilot or Teams Interpreter access.
See the Microsoft Teams translator guide for setup and a comparison of the options.
How to understand the other person
Outgoing and incoming audio are configured separately. Your translated speech enters the call through the virtual microphone. Loquora can display the other person's speech as translated subtitles and play spoken translation in your language.
If subtitles appear but you hear no translated voice, check incoming voice output and the selected playback device. The virtual microphone should never be selected as a speaker.
Do you need a headset?
Current Loquora versions process incoming, outgoing, and translated audio as separate streams, while noise suppression reduces speaker audio leaking back into the microphone. A headset is therefore optional, though it remains useful for privacy or a noisy room.
What to check when translation is silent
- Does Loquora's physical-input meter react to your voice?
- Is translation running with two different languages selected?
- Is the virtual microphone selected inside the calling app?
- Did an app update reset the input device to Default?
- Are you muted in Zoom, Discord, Telegram, or Teams?
- With Discord Push to Talk, are you holding the key long enough?
If the other person hears your untranslated voice, the calling app is probably using the physical microphone directly. If they hear nothing, check the meters in order: physical input in Loquora, completed translation, then microphone level in the calling app.
Frequently asked questions
Can a voice call be translated in both directions?
Yes. The other person hears spoken translation of your phrases, while you can read their speech as subtitles or listen to it in your language.
Does everyone need to install the app?
No. To translate your speech, only your computer needs Loquora. The other person hears the result in their normal calling app.
Can I try it for free?
Yes. The free plan includes about 30 minutes of voice translation each month without requiring a credit card.
Which calling apps work with the translator?
The Loquora desktop app works wherever you can choose a microphone, including Zoom, Discord, Telegram Desktop, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, WeChat, and other services. Start with the voice and video call translator overview.