Appearance and language
Customize how TellDone looks and which languages it uses.
Two language settings
TellDone has two independent language settings.
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App language - the language of buttons, menus, navigation, account emails, push notifications, Inbox confirmation messages, and report section headings in the app. Supports 20 languages on iPhone: English, Spanish, Russian, German, French, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch, Polish, Slovak, Greek, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Slovenian, and Romanian. The web app offers 21, adding Montenegrin.
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Content language - the language you speak in your recordings. TellDone uses it for everything generated from your voice: note titles, summaries, tasks, events, Smart Context messages (such as the list of tasks it completed), and your reports. Supports 60 languages.
These are independent. For example, you can keep the app in English and still get your notes in German. If you speak two languages, you can switch the content language without ever touching the app language.
Pick the language you actually speak in your recordings, even if it doesn't match your app language.
Where each setting shows up
| Surface | Driven by |
|---|---|
| Buttons, menus, tabs | App language |
| Push notification text | App language |
| Report section headings in the app | App language |
| Inbox confirmation messages | App language |
| Note titles, summaries, tasks, events | Content language |
| Smart Context messages | Content language |
| Report text and report emails, subject included | Content language* |
* If your content language is one of the 20 app languages, the whole report email is in your content language. For other content languages, the subject, headings and labels use your app language, and only the written summary uses your content language.
Changing your app language
On iPhone, the app language follows your device language. To change it, open the iPhone Settings app and tap Apps > TellDone > Language, or change your device language. TellDone detects the change next time it opens.
If your device language is not one of the 20 supported app languages, the app falls back to English. Your content language is unaffected and can still be any of the 60 supported languages.
In the web app, choose it in Settings > Appearance > Language (21 languages).
If your device language changes and your content language no longer matches it, an Inbox card appears with a link to your Content language setting.
Changing your content language
- Open TellDone Settings
- In Recording & AI, tap Content language
- Search or scroll through 60 available languages
- Tap your language
The new content language is used for your next recording. Existing notes keep the language they were originally created in.
Summaries in the wrong language
If your summaries come out in the wrong language, go to Settings > Recording & AI > Content language and pick the language you actually speak.
Themes
TellDone offers 16 color themes. The default is Emerald.
- Every plan (13): TellDone, Graphite, Slate, Sage, Ocean, Emerald, Cobalt, Indigo, Lavender, Plum, Rose, Berry, Copper
- Ultra only (3): Midnight, Aurora, Champagne. On other plans these show a lock and an ULTRA badge, and tapping one shows the upgrade options.
To pick a theme:
- Go to Settings
- Tap Theme
- Choose your preferred theme
Dark and light mode follow your system preference automatically (there is no manual dark/light toggle).