🎤 Dictate Language (Admin App)

The Dictate Language is the language spoken by the pastor or speaker during the service. The Admin app uses speech-to-text technology to transcribe this audio into the system.

• Primary Function: Captures the speaker's live audio for processing.

• Operational Tip: Your dictate languages live under Settings → Speech-to-text settings → Speech-to-text languages. You can select up to ten, so a guest speaker or a bilingual service is a matter of switching between languages you have already set up.

• Dictation Modes: By default speech-to-text is automatic — sentences are sent during natural pauses in speech. Switch on Manual speech-to-text mode under Settings → Speech-to-text settings and you press Send after each thought instead. Both listen through the microphone; typing the text yourself is Type Mode, and running a script you prepared earlier is Prepared Text.

Any language missing? Please reach out via Live Chat to discuss your needs.

🌎 Translation Languages

Once the source audio is captured, the AI generates written translations. These are the languages your congregants will read as subtitles on their mobile devices.

• Primary Function: Provides real-time text accessibility for members.

• Reach: We support over 127 written languages, allowing you to welcome a diverse range of nationalities simultaneously.

• Notification System: If a member joins and requires a language that is not currently active, a notification will appear in your Admin Translation page.

• Active and Inactive: A language can be switched off automatically once nobody has listened in it for a while, and switches itself back on the moment a visitor with that language returns. Inactive languages stay on your list, greyed out with the time they were last used. Your speech-to-text language and any language on the projector are never switched off. See Stewardship: Making the Most of Your Resources for how to set this up.

Any language missing? Please reach out via Live Chat to discuss your needs.

🎧 Audio Output (Mobile Text-to-Speech)

The Mobile App allows members to listen to the translated service through their headphones. The reading is done by the visitor's own phone, using the text-to-speech voices installed on it — so nothing extra is charged for listening.

• Primary Function: Supports those who prefer hearing the message in their native tongue.

• Requirement: Members tap Start Listening on the Translation screen, and Pause to stop. Headphones matter here — without them the phone is heard by everyone nearby.

• Availability Note: Text translation works for every supported language. Whether it can also be read aloud depends on the voices the visitor's device has for that language. Most common languages are covered out of the box, and better voices can usually be downloaded free from the device's own settings.

Any language missing? Please reach out via Live Chat to discuss your needs.