How live church translation works
You need a laptop and an internet connection. That's it. Here is what happens, step by step.
Your sound desk
Sunday 10am service
Mandarin · Korean · Arabic · +2
What you need
A laptop
Windows or Mac, with Chrome or Edge. The one you already use for slides is often fine.
Internet
Church Wi-Fi or a phone hotspot. Listeners use their own mobile data or your Wi-Fi.
An audio cable (best)
A cable from a spare output on your sound desk into the laptop gives the clearest sound.
Or just the laptop mic
No cable? Put the laptop near a speaker. It works, just with a little more background noise.
Setting up the first time
- 1
Create your church's account
Sign up with your church name and email. It takes about two minutes and you don't need a card.
- 2
Choose your languages
Pick the languages your people speak. You can change them any week.
- 3
Add your church's words
Type in your pastor's name, ministry names, local suburbs and anything else that should always be spelled the same way.
- 4
Print or download your QR code
Your church gets one QR code that stays the same every week. Put it on the screen, in the bulletin, or on a little card on each pew.
- 5
Book your free setup call (optional)
We'll run a test with your tech person during the week so Sunday goes smoothly.
On Sunday morning
Open the laptop, sign in and press Start translation. The screen shows the words as they are spoken, so you can see it is working.
Show the QR code before the sermon. People scan it with their phone camera and choose their language. They can read the captions or press Listen and use their earphones.
When the service ends, press Stop. You can download the sermon in every language afterwards.
What your people see
A simple page with your church's name, their language, and the sermon appearing line by line. No sign-up, no app. Bible verses appear from a published Bible in their language.
For the AV team: captions on screen
Each service has a captions link you can add as a browser source in ProPresenter, OBS or vMix. Choose the language and it shows a clean lower-third for your screens or livestream.
Try it at your church this Sunday.
Set up takes about ten minutes. The first month is free and we'll help you get ready.