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Settings

All the knobs — dictation tier, translation engine, keyboard theme, clipboard auto-detect, history mode, accessibility, account, privacy and data, support.

The settings screen is long because there are a lot of choices to make. It's organised top-to-bottom in sections; each section is described below.

Dictation

Picks the speech-recognition tier the keyboard uses when you hold the mic.

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    Offline

    On-device dictation — no network needed. Premium only. Set up the model under Offline Mode below.

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    Standard

    Cloud dictation tuned for everyday speech. Good default for most users.

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    Pro

    Cloud dictation tuned for higher accuracy and trickier audio. Slower but more accurate.

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    Medical

    Cloud dictation tuned for medical vocabulary (English, Spanish, German, French only). Picking Medical resets your source language to one of those four if needed.

Speech Recording

How the audio is uploaded to the dictation service.

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    Fast

    Compressed Opus audio. Smaller upload, faster round-trip. Recommended for most users.

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    Accurate

    Uncompressed WAV. Slower but highest fidelity for edge cases — noisy environments, soft speakers, unusual accents.

Translation Engine

Which engine does the actual translation.

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    V-Translate

    Vavus's standard translation service — fast and reliable for everyday phrases.

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    Vavus AI

    Large-language-model translation — slower but more context-aware. Good for sentences that need tone or nuance preserved. Reveals two extra sections below for fine-tuning.

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    Offline

    On-device translation, no network needed. Premium only. Set up the language packs under Offline Mode below.

Vavus AI Mode (only visible when engine = Vavus AI)

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    Fast

    Smaller, faster AI model. Great for short messages.

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    Accurate

    Larger, more capable AI model. Slower but produces more polished translations.

Vavus AI Provider (only visible when engine = Vavus AI)

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    Fast mode

    Routes Vavus AI translation through the faster context-aware mode.

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    Accurate mode

    Routes Vavus AI translation through the deeper context-aware mode.

Keyboard Theme

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    Current (theme preview row)

    Tap the row to open the theme picker — ten presets (Light, Dark, Ocean, Rose, Mint, Sunset, Lavender, Stealth, Win 98, High Contrast) shown as little keyboard-shaped tiles.

Accessibility

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    High contrast keyboard theme

    Switches the keyboard to a high-contrast palette designed for low-vision users. Toggling off restores the theme you had before.

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    Reduce motion — Follow system

    Default. Animations follow iOS / Android's system Reduce Motion setting.

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    Reduce motion — Always reduce

    Forces minimal animation regardless of your system setting.

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    Reduce motion — Always animate

    Forces full animation regardless of your system setting.

Behavior

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    Auto-detect Clipboard

    When ON, the keyboard shows a translation banner whenever you copy foreign-language text from any app. When OFF, you have to tap the clipboard button on the toolbar yourself.

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    Keyboard History — Off

    Don't save keyboard history at all.

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    Keyboard History — On Device

    Save history encrypted on this device only. Doesn't sync to other devices.

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    Keyboard History — Cloud Sync

    Save history encrypted to your Vavus account so it syncs across your devices. The encryption key is yours — we store ciphertext only.

Language Packs

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    Status row (Offline Ready / STT Ready / etc.)

    Tells you whether on-device dictation and translation are ready to use, or what still needs to happen (download a model, update iOS, etc.).

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    Dictation Model — Download

    Downloads an on-device speech-recognition model. ~30 MB per language pair.

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    Dictation Model — Active

    Shows language-pack status where supported. Keyboard dictation needs a connection.

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    Dictation Model — Delete

    Removes a downloaded model from your device to free space.

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    Offline Translation Provider

    iPhone only. Switches between the system-managed on-device translation path and downloaded language packs where available.

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    Offline Languages

    Opens a list of language packs you can download and delete for Vavus AI text translation where supported.

Chat translation in other apps (Android only)

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    Translate incoming messages

    OFF by default. When you flip it ON, Vavus walks you through enabling its Accessibility Service so it can show a one-tap "Translate" bar inside 12 chat apps (WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, Signal, Discord, Slack, Teams, Google Messages, Instagram, LINE, Viber, Snapchat).

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    Learn how it works ›

    Opens the full disclosure page explaining exactly what the service reads, when, and how to turn it off.

Account

The Account, Languages & Voice, and Support rows open as their own page on top of Settings. Each opens with a single ✕ in the top-right corner — tap it to close the page and return to Settings.

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    Security

    Opens the security page — recovery phrase, account protection.

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    Billing

    Opens the billing page — your plan, token balance, and subscription management.

Privacy & Data

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    Privacy Policy

    Opens vavusai.com/privacy in your browser.

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    Export My Data

    GDPR Article 15 / 20 data export. Requests a JSON copy of everything in your account. You'll need to confirm your password.

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    Delete Account

    Permanently deletes your account, encrypted history, and all associated data. Cannot be undone. You'll need to confirm your password.

Support

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    Chat with Support

    Opens live in-app chat with the Vavus support team.

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    Email Support

    Opens your email app, pre-addressed to Vavus support.

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    User manual

    Opens this manual (the one you're reading) in your browser.

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