Live conference translation on your phone

As an attendee

Sit where you want, not beside an interpreter booth. Put the phone where it hears the speakers clearly and start a session. The talk continues without pauses for translation, and the transcript keeps up line by line.

• Panels. Each speaker is labelled automatically, so a panel of four stays readable. You can rename the labels to the panellists’ names later.
• Questions from the floor. A question asked in another language is translated as well. Languages are identified from the speech, so a panel that moves between languages needs no setting.
• Names and jargon. Before the event, paste the speaker list or upload the programme. All Voices suggests terms such as names, companies and acronyms; the ones you accept are recognised in every session.
• Hear it. Turn on spoken translation and use earphones. The translation is read in each speaker’s own voice once enough clear speech is available, and in a stock voice until then.

As an organiser

Run All Voices on one phone or laptop near the stage and open the session to the audience. Attendees scan a QR code on the screen, or type a six-digit code at allvoices.app/join, and choose their language. They read captions or turn on sound to hear the translation. They need no app and no account, and they pay nothing.

• Up to ten listener languages per session, chosen by the attendees, not set in advance. Spoken translation is available in up to three of them.
• You see how many people follow and in which languages. You can pause new joins, change the code, or remove a listener.
• Audience questions: an attendee raises a hand, you allow it, and they ask in their own language. The translation is spoken to you and to listeners who read another language.

This fits breakout rooms, workshops, panels and smaller conferences. For hundreds of listeners in many languages at once, a conference interpretation platform is the better fit. Details on audience listening.

After the session

The session is saved as a meeting with its recording, the full transcript with each line’s original and translation, and a summary with key points and open questions. Search the transcript for the moment a speaker named a figure, and replay it. Share the summary by link in the reader’s language, or download subtitles (SRT or VTT) for the session video.

What it costs

For an attendee, one hour of session uses one hour of prepaid time, from $9 for 6 hours, and hours never expire. For an organiser, listeners use part of the organiser’s hours: 12 minutes per hour for each reading listener, 6 from the eleventh, 3 from the fifty-first, double with sound on, and the first two reading listeners free. See pricing.

Personal translation, not official interpretation

Follow the organiser’s recording rules, and ask before you record a talk. Use official accessibility services or a qualified interpreter when the stakes require one. Live text needs an internet connection; if the hall’s network drops, All Voices keeps the recording while it reconnects.

Dated comparison: an event translation platform.