**The text came out in the wrong language — SozAI Help**
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# The text came out in the wrong language

 Updated 6 October 2026 · 2 min read

**In short** SozAI detects the language of a recording automatically, and you cannot choose it by hand. If it detected the wrong language, upload the recording again, preferably a clearer one or just the part in the language you need.

## What you can do

### iPhone and iPad

1. Delete the recording with the wrong text: in the ⋯ menu choose Delete recording.
2. Upload the file again. If you can, use a cleaner recording or trim the part where only one language is spoken.
3. If you need the text in another language rather than a transcript, translate the finished text: in the same menu choose Translate.

### Android

1. Delete the recording with the wrong text: in the ⋯ menu choose Delete recording.
2. Upload the file again. If you can, use a cleaner recording or trim the part where only one language is spoken.
3. If you need the text in another language rather than a transcript, translate the finished text: in the same menu choose Translate.

### Web

1. The web version has no language choice either: its Upload files screen says “The language is detected automatically; speakers are told apart in every recording.”
2. Delete the recording with the wrong text: open it, click ••• at the top right and choose Delete recording….
3. Upload the file again: Today → Upload files. If you can, use a cleaner recording or trim the part where only one language is spoken.
4. If you need the text in another language rather than a transcript, translate it: on the recording screen click the language button (it reads Original) and pick a language under “Translate into…”. On a narrow screen use the Translation tab.

## Why you cannot choose the language

The language is detected from the speech itself, and neither the app nor the web version has a setting for the transcription language. One language is stored per recording, so speech in several languages within one recording is transcribed unevenly.

## Minutes

Uploading again also uses minutes for the length of the file. See [When are minutes charged](https://sozai.app/help/billing/minutes-charged/).

If the recording is definitely in one language and the text is in another, [Contact us](https://sozai.app/help/contact/) and attach a description so we can take a look.

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## Related articles

- [Which languages are supported](https://sozai.app/help/transcription/languages/)
- [How to get a more accurate transcript](https://sozai.app/help/transcription/accuracy/)
- [How to translate a recording into another language](https://sozai.app/help/study/translate-recording/)

## In this article

- What you can do
- Why you cannot choose the language
- Minutes

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