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Tova Translate — translate the world, offline.

Tova Translate is the offline-first camera and voice translator for travellers and the Chinese diaspora — 118 languages, on-device, and it keeps working inside mainland China with no VPN.

Part of the Tova family · Tova Learn Chinese · Tova Learn Japanese

The opening

Everyone has a translator. None works where it matters.

Google, Apple and DeepL all translate, but none works properly inside mainland China, where Google's services are blocked, or offline on a plane or a remote trail. Tova Translate fills that void: camera OCR and voice translation that run entirely on-device, so they keep working with no VPN and no signal.

What it does

Point, speak, read — anywhere.

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Tova Translate

Travel · 118 languages · Free

A translator built for the moments the big apps quietly fail.

  • Offline camera OCR — point at a menu, sign or contract and read it instantly
  • Voice and two-way conversation translation, plus a Boardroom 3-way mode
  • 118 languages with per-character pinyin, romaji and Jyutping readings
  • On-device Whisper speech recognition and neural translation — nothing leaves your phone
  • Works inside China with no VPN, and fully offline anywhere
Download Tova Translate on the App Store ↗
Why we built it

The ZET pattern: saturated market, mediocre incumbents, out-built on craft.

Translation looks solved until you're standing in Chengdu with no VPN or on a trail with no signal. Tova owns that gap — on-device, offline, no compromises — the same find-the-friction thinking ZET Studios brings to every build.

FAQ

Common questions

Does Tova Translate work in China without a VPN?

Yes. Translation runs on-device, so the camera and voice translation keep working inside mainland China with no VPN and no connection to blocked services.

Is Tova Translate free?

Yes, it's free to download with optional Pro features, covering 118 languages with camera OCR, voice translation and per-character readings.

Does it work offline?

Yes. The core camera and voice translation run on-device and work with no internet connection at all.

What languages does it support?

118 languages, with pinyin for Chinese, romaji for Japanese and Jyutping for Cantonese shown per character.

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