Documentation / Vavus AI · Desktop
History
Browse, search, replay, edit, translate, summarize, and export every translation and AI chat you've ever done.
History is the safety net for everything you've translated or chatted with AI about. Every session is saved per-turn so you can re-listen, re-translate, edit, or export later.
- 1Clear history
Opens a confirmation dialog. Permanently deletes every entry on this account.
- 2Type filter — All / Translations / AI chat
Filter the list by content type.
- 3Search history
Full-text search across original and translated content.
- 4Filters
Opens the advanced filter panel — by language pair, date, source app, and more.
- 5Entry card
Click any row to open the detail view in the right pane with full text, audio playback, and actions.
- 6View plans
Shown when cloud storage is required to view history. Goes to Billing.

When you open an entry, the right pane fills with the original text, the translation, the audio player, and a row of action buttons.
- 7Play audio
Plays the recorded audio for this session.
- 8Summary templates
Pick a template (Meeting notes, Action items, Medical, Legal, etc.) to generate an AI summary.
- 9Browse all templates
Opens the full template picker with custom and community templates.
- 10Download
Export this entry as TXT, MD, PDF, DOCX, SRT, VTT, JSON, or other formats.
- 11Generate / view mind map
Builds a visual concept map of the content. Toggles between map view and text view.
- 12Extract actions
Pulls actionable to-dos out of the conversation and adds them to your To-dos page.
- 13Transcribe
Runs a fresh transcription on the recorded audio.
- 14AI transcribe
Slower, higher-quality batch transcription with diarization.
- 15Translate audio
Pick a target language and re-translate the original audio into it.
- 16Analyze speakers (diarization)
Splits the audio into per-speaker turns with timestamps.
- 17Edit original / Edit translation
Pencil icons that let you fix the captured text. Save commits; Cancel reverts.
- 18Multi-template summary
Apply several summary templates in one batch.
- 19Re-translate to a different target language
Pick a new target language and run the translation again.