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Document translation for African institutions

When the letter is in English
but the patient speaks
Shona

TaurAi translates documents, explains them in plain language, reads them aloud, and delivers them over WhatsApp, in Shona, isiZulu, Swahili, Amharic, Hausa, and 39 more African languages.

A health worker and a patient reading the same letter, each in their own language

The paperwork that decides whether someone gets care, makes their court date, or understands a public warning.

  • Patient referral letters
  • Court summonses
  • School report cards
  • Public health notices
  • Consent forms
  • Benefit and grant letters

Four institutions, one desk

What arrives, what TaurAi does with it, and what the person on the other end finally receives.

Healthcare

Arrives
A referral letter in English, handed to a patient who reads Shona.
TaurAi
Translate to Shona, explain the diagnosis in plain words, read it aloud.
Result
The patient knows what the treatment is and when to return.

Legal

Arrives
A court summons naming a date, a courtroom, and required documents.
TaurAi
Pull out the date, place, and document list, then translate the whole notice.
Result
A WhatsApp summary the defendant can read, so nobody misses a hearing.

Government

Arrives
A district water notice that has to reach five language communities.
TaurAi
Translate into all five at once and generate an audio version of each.
Result
Community leaders forward it on WhatsApp the same afternoon.

Education

Arrives
End-of-term report cards with a teacher's written comments.
TaurAi
Translate the comments into the language each family speaks at home.
Result
Parents can actually read how their child is doing.

Upload. Translate. Deliver.

One court summons, followed from the moment a clerk uploads it to the moment it reaches the defendant.

1. Upload
Court_Summons_2026.pdfEnglish · 2 pages
PDF, images, audio, or pasted text
2. Translate and explain
Iwe John Moyo, unodaidzwa kudare re Harare Magistrates Court pa 15 Kurume 2026
Translated to ShonaName, court, date pulled outPlain-language summary
3. Deliver
Audio version in Shona
Sent to the recipient on WhatsApp

44 African languages across 52 countries

38 are live today and 6 are in beta. Select a country to see which languages it covers and what state each one is in.

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No one should miss care, or a court date,
because of the language a letter was written in.

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