Multilingual chat
A chat where everyone writes in their own language and reads in theirs, with translated attachments and per-member reading languages.
A JotMe chat translates messages per person. You write in your language; each member reads in the one they picked. A thread can hold several languages at once without anyone switching tools.
Creating a chat#
New chat asks for a chatroom name and the people to invite. For each invitee you give an email, optionally a full name, and the language they'll read messages in. That is set at invite time, so a new member's first message is already translated for them.
Invitees do not need a JotMe account. They select Join chat in the invitation email and enter as a guest with the email address you invited. Existing JotMe users can sign in instead.
Chats are listed under tabs: All, Created, Shared with me, and Pinned, with search and an unread-only filter.
Reading in your language#
Each member sets their own display language with the View in control in the chat header. Messages arrive translated into it; the original is still there underneath.
Conversation memory#
Every chat keeps a conversation memory: a summary of what the conversation is about. In JotMe's words: "JotMe updates it automatically as you chat and uses it as context to translate more accurately. You can edit it too."
That is what stops a thread about a product launch from translating a product name as if it were an ordinary noun.
What you can send#
- Messages with formatting, mentions, reactions, and threaded replies
- Files: images, video, audio, and documents
- Meeting notes, from the composer's Meeting notes picker
- Translated files, from your Translate history
- Live translation invitations, which post the join link and code into the thread. See Invite through JotMe Chat
Translating attachments in a chat#
Attachments can be translated in place: Translate opens a panel for translating an image, document, audio, or video straight from the message.
Note
AI credits for in-chat attachment translation are billed to the chat owner. If they are short, JotMe says the owner does not have enough credits or minutes and asks you to have them upgrade: it does not silently charge you.
Sharing a translated file into a chat#
When you share a translated file, everyone in the chat receives the permission you choose: view, comment, or edit. The card in the thread opens the file directly.
Related#
- Chat in the browser and Chat on mobile, the same conversations elsewhere
- Sharing a session to post a live translation link into a thread
- Usage limits for who pays for in-chat translation