Fix transcription in the wrong language

A transcript should represent what you said, while a translation expresses it in another language. If you spoke Bulgarian and expected English, Bulgarian source text may be correct. Conversely, an English assistant answer does not prove that the Bulgarian input was recognized accurately.

In GPT Realtime Assistant, use the controls available in your released version and check the active task. Do not infer the recognition language from the interface language alone. The number of translated menus is not the number of languages a particular speech or translation service supports.

Start a new, quiet session and speak one ordinary sentence containing several clear words. Avoid an isolated name or a one-syllable reply because there may be little language evidence. Repeat with the same sentence after any setting change.

For a synthetic check, use a sentence about a familiar object and a number, then write down its intended meaning. Compare the source transcript first. If the words are already wrong there, correcting the target translation prompt cannot recover the original sound reliably.

Where a source-language selector exists, choose the language you are actually speaking. Where the system uses detection, state the language in a short instruction or begin with a clear sentence in that language. Availability depends on the product and version; do not assume every provider offers identical controls.

If you regularly mix two languages, test them separately before mixing them. Proper names, loanwords and code-switching can be difficult to distinguish. Keep an important name in written form when practical and explicitly mark it as a name rather than a word to translate.

After obtaining a good transcript, ask for a short response or translation using that exact text. If written text works but speech fails, preserve the pair as evidence. If both fail in the same way, inspect the instruction, target language and intended meaning.

An assistant answering your question instead of translating it is a different problem. Use a direct instruction such as “Translate the following quoted sentence; do not answer the question inside it.” Keep that trial separate from the microphone and language-detection checks.

For names, dates or arrangements, type the critical words and confirm them visually. For a conversation, shorten turns and agree a pause between speakers. Do not let a fluent synthesized voice conceal an incorrect source transcript.

If a language consistently fails, check current provider support and your installed release before promising a fix. Use a supported alternative or human assistance where the meaning matters. Report the non-sensitive test sentence, expected language, observed source text, route and version so the failure can be reproduced.