Yoola SMS's AI Message Assistant translates your draft into Luganda, Swahili, Acholi, Ateso, Lugbara, Runyankole, or Kinyarwanda — and tells you honestly if the translation will cost more SMS credits before you send it.
The assistant lives inside Compose SMS itself — the same screen you already use to send.
Type your SMS in English, exactly like you always have.
Choose from seven supported languages. The translation appears in seconds.
See the real SMS cost before you commit. Shorten it if needed, or send as-is.
More languages are being verified and added as we confirm they translate accurately — not promised before they're proven.
A standard SMS fits 160 characters. But certain characters — common in local-language text — force a smaller limit of just 70 characters per message. Translate without knowing this, and a message you thought would send as 1 SMS can quietly become 3 or 4.
The Assistant checks this automatically, every time, and shows you the real cost before you send — with a one-click option to shorten the message back down to a single SMS.
Not a generic translator — tuned for short, respectful, everyday business messages.
Fee reminders and registration confirmations parents read and act on, in the language they're most comfortable with.
Loan and savings reminders members understand the first time — fewer confused calls to your office.
Event announcements that reach every part of a linguistically diverse congregation.
No — translation itself is free. You only pay the normal SMS cost for whatever you actually send, and the Assistant shows you that cost before you send, including if a translation needs more than one SMS segment.
It's built on a language model trained specifically on Ugandan and regional languages, not a generic global translator repurposed for African languages. Quality varies slightly by language depending on available training data — we recommend a quick read-through before sending anything sensitive, the same way you'd review any message before a large campaign.
Yes. The suggestion appears in a review box — you can use it as-is, ask the Assistant to shorten it, or edit the text directly once it's placed in your message box.
Yes — we're actively verifying broader coverage. We'd rather launch fewer languages we've confirmed work well than promise coverage we haven't tested.
No. It's built directly into the Compose SMS screen in your dashboard — no API integration or setup required to use it.
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