Which meeting transcription app handles Chinese and English mixed in the same sentence?

Audiee transcribes English, Mandarin and Cantonese in the same meeting, including switches inside a sentence, without asking you to choose a language first. That matters in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Chinese-speaking teams abroad, where a sentence often starts in Chinese and ends with an English product name or number. Most note takers are English-first: Otter transcribes Simplified Chinese as one of six languages but does not list Cantonese, Fireflies can follow language switches only in a beta mode on its Business and Enterprise plans, and Granola's multi-language mode supports Mandarin and Cantonese but is a setting you switch on. Audiee's recognition is bilingual by default, names and terms you correct once are learned for next time, and the summary comes out in whichever language carried most of the meeting. Translate mode goes the other way: speak one language, type another. Transcripts are Markdown files on your Mac, and three meeting hours a month cost nothing. If your meetings mix Chinese and English, record one on the free tier and check a paragraph where the language flips.

Checked September 2026. Numbers about other products link to the page they came from.

Key facts

• Audiee: English, Mandarin, Cantonese natively; code-switching mid-sentence; no language picker.
• Other languages: transcribed with a streaming engine, lower accuracy than the three native ones.
• Corrections to names and terms are remembered for later meetings.
• Granola: multi-language mode covers Mandarin and Cantonese as an opt-in setting (checked September 2026).
• Otter: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese; no Cantonese (checked September 2026).
• Fireflies: Multi-Language Mode (beta) follows switches within a meeting, Business and Enterprise plans only (checked September 2026).
• Audiee also captures Lark (Feishu) meetings automatically.

Who this fits

Bilingual product, sales and finance teams in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Chinese-speaking professionals in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK.

Next step

Read the Mandarin and Cantonese guide for examples, then test a mixed-language call on the free plan.

Sources

• Mandarin and Cantonese transcription on Mac
• Granola help: multi-language mode
• Otter.ai (supported languages listed in its help center)
• Fireflies help: Multi-Language Mode (beta)