Live Translation is machine translation, made as the words are spoken. It is built so that a guest can follow the whole service in their own language. Here is what decides how well that works.
Accuracy
- Sound matters most. A clean feed from the sound desk gives good captions; a laptop microphone at the back of the hall gives poor ones. See Connect your sound desk to the computer.
- Say which language is spoken. A known language gives better captions than leaving it to be detected. See Choose translation languages.
- Teach it your names. Pastors, ministries, places and words you use often can be added once, so they are right from the first Sunday. See Teach captions your names and words.
- Pause during songs. Music and singing make poor captions. Pausing also stops the translation clock. See Run a session from the console.
Delay
- Captions appear while the words are spoken, and a phrase settles within a few seconds.
- Subtitle delay, under Settings → Captions, trades speed for steadiness: a longer delay means fewer corrections on screen.
- The translated voice runs a few seconds behind the words. Guests can turn on Sync text with audio on their phone so the text matches what they hear.
Languages
- The service can be spoken in any of 60 languages. If your preacher switches between two, add the second as Also spoken.
- Guests can follow up to 3 languages at once, each chosen by you under Settings → Languages.
- Each language uses translation time while it runs. A language set to When listeners join only runs while someone reads or listens to it.