A chat travel assistant you can message in many languages.
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Best for Quick answers in a chat, including in a language other than English.
Trip planners · LanguageListed June 1, 2026
NICT's free speech translator, including Japanese and Korean.
FreeChecked October 25, 2026
Best for A spoken phrase in Japanese or Korean, when the phone has a connection.
VoiceTra, at voicetra.nict.go.jp, is a speech translation app from Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology. On October 25, 2026 the English homepage said it translates between 33 languages, that the download is free, and that internet data is required and the user pays those fees. It says iOS 16 or later and Android 10 or later. The same page says the service resumed on August 10, 2026 and that version 9.2.1 is required. The features page says you speak and it translates, and that a back translation into your own language is shown so you can check the meaning. It lists Japanese and Korean. Tamil and Bengali can only be translated into Japanese and English. Speech input and speech output are listed as 24 languages, and auto-detect as 12. Simplified and traditional Chinese are counted as one language. The features page does not describe a camera.
The features page on October 25, 2026 says VoiceTra is a free app. The homepage says internet data is required and that the user pays those communication fees.
A chat travel assistant you can message in many languages.
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Best for Quick answers in a chat, including in a language other than English.
Trip planners · LanguageListed June 1, 2026
A general assistant people use to draft trips, lists, and phrases.
Freemium
Best for A first draft you will check against maps and official sites.
Trip planners · Packing · Language · ItinerariesListed February 10, 2026
Text, voice, and camera translation, with offline languages.
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Best for Menus, signs, and everyday phrases, online or offline.
LanguageListed February 2, 2026