Lesson 6.6 — Language & Localization

Module 6, Lesson 6

Prerequisites: Lesson 6.5 — Security & Compliance

Estimated time: 5 minutes

What You'll Learn

  • How to change the DeepCura interface language
  • How to generate clinical notes in different languages
  • Mid-session language switching for multilingual encounters

Interface Language

DeepCura supports multiple languages for the user interface. You select your preferred language during the onboarding process (Step 5: Language Preferences), but you can change it at any time from your account settings.

The interface language controls the labels, buttons, menus, and system messages throughout the platform. Changing this setting does not affect how your clinical notes are generated — that is controlled separately.

Profile menu with Language selector set to Medical English

How to Change Your Interface Language

Step 1: Open Your Profile

In the top-right corner of the DeepCura interface, click the blue circle with your initials inside.

Profile menu with initials button highlighted

Step 2: Select Language

Click on EN (English) [Default] to open a dropdown list of available languages.

Step 3: Choose Your Preferred Language

Pick the language you want from the dropdown list.

Language dropdown showing available language options

Important: You must refresh the page after changing the language settings for the changes to take effect.

Note: This setting only changes the transcription language. To generate notes in a specific target language, you must also configure your template accordingly (see Note Generation Language section below).

Available Languages

DeepCura currently supports the following spoken and interface languages:

  • Medical English
  • Multilanguage
  • Bulgarian
  • Catalan
  • Chinese
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Estonian
  • Finnish
  • Flemish
  • French
  • German
  • Swiss German (Switzerland)
  • Greek
  • Hindi
  • Hungarian
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Malay
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Slovak
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Vietnamese

Note Generation Language

One of DeepCura's most powerful features is the ability to generate clinical notes in a different language than the one spoken during the encounter. For example:

  • You conduct an encounter in Spanish, and DeepCura generates the note in English.
  • You speak in French, and the note is generated in English for your EHR.
  • You speak in English, and the note is generated in Portuguese for a patient-facing summary.

The note generation language is configured in your template settings and can be set per template. This means you can have templates for different language pairs depending on your patient population.

Step-by-Step: Generating Notes in a Different Language

Step 1: Translate Your Template to Your Chosen Language

Start by preparing a note template in the required language. You can either:

  • Create a new template directly in the target language using the DIY Template feature.
  • Translate an existing English template into the desired language.

To translate an existing template:

1. Go to Create Templates

Create Templates navigation

2. Click on the pencil icon to edit a template

Edit template pencil icon

3. Talk to your template and order, for example: "Translate template to French"

Template translation command interface

Step 2: Change System Settings and Refresh

Once the template is ready, select your preferred language in the top-right corner of your screen, then refresh the page.

Language selection dropdown

Step 3: Record Patient Interaction

With the template and language set, record the patient interaction as you normally would.

Example of French patient note

Step 4: Review and Edit the Notes

Review the generated notes and make any necessary edits. Once finalized, you can transfer them to your EHR system.

Want to update the language of your note post-generation? The AI Canvas Editor makes it easy. Learn more here.

Speech Recognition Language

DeepCura's speech-to-text engine supports a wide range of spoken languages. The system automatically detects the language being spoken in most cases, but you can also specify the expected language to improve accuracy.

Supported spoken languages include English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, and many others. See the full list in the Available Languages section above.

Mid-Session Language Switching

In multilingual clinical environments, it is common for a provider to switch between languages during an encounter — for example, speaking to a patient in Spanish and then dictating clinical observations in English. DeepCura supports switching languages mid-session: you can start in one language, pause, change the language, and continue recording in another.

Note: Your final note will be based on the language of your original template. If you want to translate the whole final note, you can do that through the AI Clinical Canvas. Learn here.

Step-by-Step: Switching Languages Mid-Session

Step 1: Start Your Encounter with a Specific Language

Always begin your recording by specifying the primary language for transcription (e.g., English, Spanish).

Language choice at start of encounter

Step 2: Pause Before Switching

When you need to switch languages, pause the recording first before making any changes.

Pause recording button

Step 3: Select a New Language

You can select the Multi-language option, offering a seamless transition. Please note that it may be slightly less accurate than a single-language session.

Language selection dropdown during mid-session switch

Step 4: Resume Recording

Press the record button again to continue the session in the newly selected language.

Resume recording after language switch

Your multilingual conversation is now accurately recorded and transcribed.

Animated demo of mid-session language switching

Language for Patient-Facing Documents

When generating documents intended for patients — such as after-visit summaries or patient instructions — you may want to produce them in the patient's preferred language. You can accomplish this by:

  1. Setting up a template specifically configured for patient-facing output in the desired language.
  2. Using the global instructions in the Template Optimization Agent to specify language preferences for specific document types.

Troubleshooting

  • If language settings are not updating, clear your browser cache and try again.
  • Ensure you have selected the correct language and refreshed the page after saving.
  • Restart the app or log out and log back in to see if the changes take effect.

Quick Tips

  • If you serve a multilingual patient population, create templates for each language pair you commonly use.
  • Use global instructions to specify "generate notes in English" if you want consistent output regardless of the spoken language.
  • Test mid-session language switching with a short recording to confirm it works for your specific language combination.
  • The Multilanguage option is the most flexible for mixed-language encounters but may have slightly reduced accuracy compared to single-language mode.

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