Hello! My assistant speaks two languages (with the help of squads), but she only understands the language change request in the main language - not the secondary. If I tell "Do you speak english?" it doesn't understand it. I use Azure as transcriber due to the obsolescence of Deepgram v2. How could I force my assistant to understand just one sentence in the second language?

Thanks for your question! Based on the documentation, there isn't a clear method to have Azure's transcriber recognize just one sentence in a secondary language within a conversation. Could you clarify if you want the assistant to always listen for language change requests in both languages, or only in specific scenarios (e.g., after a certain trigger)? Sources: - [Vapi Multilingual Support Documentation](https://docs.vapi.ai/customization/multilingual) - [Vapi Squads Documentation](https://docs.vapi.ai/squads) - [Vapi Changelog: Azure Speech Transcriber Support](https://docs.vapi.ai/changelog/2024/12/13)

@Vapi Support Bot @Vapi The language change is usually in the beginning of the call, I want my assistant that it recognize context of "Do you speak English?" or similar.

Currently, there is no built-in way to have Azure's transcriber recognize a single sentence in a secondary language (like "Do you speak English?") at the start of a call. The assistant will only recognize triggers in the language set for the transcriber. Actionable suggestion: Consider configuring your initial assistant to prompt the user in both languages at the start, such as:

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"Para continuar en inglés, diga 'English' o presione 1. / To continue in Spanish, diga 'Español' o presione 2."

This ensures the language change request is recognized by the transcriber. For more advanced routing, use Squads to transfer between language-specific assistants based on clear, recognized triggers. [See Multilingual Support Docs](https://docs.vapi.ai/customization/multilingual) Sources: - [Vapi Multilingual Support Documentation](https://docs.vapi.ai/customization/multilingual) - [Vapi Squads Documentation](https://docs.vapi.ai/squads)

Set

AzureSpeechTranscriber.language

to the secondary language just before transcribing the sentence, then switch it back, this allows your assistant to understand a single sentence in the secondary language..

How to do this?

Temporarily set

AzureSpeechTranscriber.language

to the secondary language just before transcription, then switch it back to the primary language immediately after..

Sorry I'm not professional in coding. I use make.com to automate, and json of assistant. I don't know where to search for AzureSpeechTranscriber.language, or how to automatically switch it before the sentence and switch it back.

You can’t change AzureSpeechTranscriber.language mid-session, so use two steps: one to transcribe with the secondary language, then another to switch back to the primary language by creating a new recognizer each time..