---
title: "Dictation language and app language"
summary: "Dictate recognises 25 European languages. How to set the dictation language and the app language, and how to switch the dictation language from the Dictate icon."
url: "https://help.medisynchealth.ai/en/dictate/languages"
product: "MediSync Dictate"
platforms: ["windows","macos"]
access: "public"
updated: "2026-11-11"
version: "Dictate 0.4.0-beta.6"
---

# Dictation language and app language

Dictate recognises 25 European languages. How to set the dictation language and the app language, and how to switch the dictation language from the Dictate icon.

Dictate has two language settings. The dictation language tells speech recognition what you speak. The app language sets the language of Dictate's menus and texts.

## Set the dictation language

1. Open **Settings › General**.
2. Click the **Dictation language** row.
3. Choose your language from the list.

The setting applies from the next dictation. In the Help menu, **Change language** takes you straight to this row.

Without opening the settings: click the Dictate icon in the Windows taskbar or the Mac menu bar and choose the dictation language under **Language**.

## The 25 languages

MediSync Speech recognises Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian. The list in Dictate shows each language by its own name, for example "Français" or "Polski". Deutsch and English are at the top.

Formatting with professional terms is available in German and English. Dictate writes other languages with rules: voice commands, fillers, the dictionary and the text blocks. In those languages, check numbers, units and medical terms with extra care.

## When you speak another language

If three dictations in a row sound like English while German is set, or the other way round, the **Notifications** bell says `Speaking another language?` The **Change language** button opens the dictation language. Dictate does not change the language by itself. The notice comes at most once a day.

## Voice commands per language

If you dictate in German, the German voice commands such as "Neue Zeile" and "Punkt" apply. If you dictate in English, the English ones such as "new line" and "period" apply. Both also understand most commands of the other language. For every other dictation language the English commands apply. [Voice commands](https://help.medisynchealth.ai/en/dictate/voice-commands) has the lists.

## Set the app language

Open **Settings › General** and choose **Deutsch** or **English** under **App language**. Dictate switches at once. The app is available in German and English.

The app language does not change the dictation language. You can, for example, use the app in English and dictate in German.