of South Africans speak English as a first language
university students disadvantaged by English-only lectures
to get your translation
eLingo works in your language, whether you want translation or just a clean English summary of your lecture.
All 11 South African languages supported
Captions appear as the speaker talks.
Spoken audio in English, Afrikaans and isiZulu; captions in all 11.
Attendees join from a browser. No app, no account.
Every session and upload ends with a full transcript and AI summary.
Grounded in South African language corpora, not generic machine translation.
PDF, DOCX and PPTX translated in place, plus video subtitles.
Record or upload any lecture and get a clean transcription, summaries and translation of the lecture in seconds, so you can focus on understanding instead of frantically scribbling notes.
Get you full lecture summary transcript and translation side by side. Understand concepts the way your brain works best.
Attending a conference, seminar or panel? Capture everything and get instant structured notes
Drop in your lecture audio or document file.
Pick the language you want your summary in.
All ready in seconds.
A speaker talks and everyone in the room follows along live, in their own language, then walks away with a transcript and summary. Captions are available in all 11 South African languages, with spoken audio in English, Afrikaans and isiZulu.
Host starts a session and shares a code or QR; attendees join on their phone, no app or account needed.
Everyone picks their language and gets live captions, plus audio where available, as the speaker talks. Ask a question and the room hears you translated too.
When the session ends, everyone can get a transcript and an AI summary in their chosen language.
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