Every time we used a translation app in a real conversation, the same thing happened. Tap, wait, pass the phone, wait again. After a minute, nobody was really talking anymore. We were just staring at a screen, waiting for our turn.
So we tried something different. You hold the phone between you, each person sees their own side, and when you're done talking you just tilt it toward the other person. That's it. You keep looking at each other, and the conversation keeps going.
We launch tomorrow and we'd really love to hear from you:
Bascule turns your iPhone into a real interpreter for two. Hold the phone between you: each person reads their own half of the screen, and one tilt hands the conversation over. What you just said is translated and read aloud on the other side. No buttons, no passing the phone back and forth, no awkward silence while someone figures out an app. It adapts to natural pauses, works offline, and keeps notes and summaries of your conversation. Free, with Bascule+ for smarter AI translation.
