# Managing Languages

Install and manage language packs for on-device transcription.

Before you can transcribe audio in a specific language, you need to ensure that the language pack is installed on your device. Silkwave Voice uses Apple's on-device speech-to-text models for transcription, which requires language-specific models to be downloaded.

### [Installing Language Packs](/content/docs/silkwave-voice/managing-languages#installing-language-packs/index.html)

1. Open Silkwave Voice and go to **Settings**.
2. Select **Transcription Languages** from the sidebar.
3. You will see a table of supported languages with their **Status** and **Actions**.
   - **Installed:** The language is ready to use.
   - **Not Installed:** Click the **download icon** in the Actions column to install the language pack.

macOS allows up to 5 installed languages and **may require Wi-Fi** to download them. Language packs are downloaded directly from Apple and stored on your device.

### [Supported Languages](/content/docs/silkwave-voice/managing-languages#supported-languages/index.html)

Silkwave Voice supports the following languages for on-device transcription:

- Cantonese 🇭🇰
- Chinese 🇨🇳
- English 🇺🇸
- French 🇫🇷
- German 🇩🇪
- Italian 🇮🇹
- Japanese 🇯🇵
- Korean 🇰🇷
- Portuguese 🇵🇹
- Spanish 🇪🇸

### [Removing Language Packs](/content/docs/silkwave-voice/managing-languages#removing-language-packs/index.html)

To free up storage space, you can remove language packs you no longer need:

1. Go to **Settings > Transcription Languages**.
2. Find the installed language you want to remove.
3. Click the **delete icon** in the Actions column.