For churches · Linguistic hospitality
Everyone is welcome.
In their own language.
Espero captions and translates church events live into more than 100 languages. The speaker speaks as usual. Visitors follow in their own language on their own phone.
That is linguistic hospitality. After the event, you can stay in touch in the Espero app.
Read without an account. Listen and chat with a free account: an email address is all you need.
You can also listen to the translation with an AI-generated voice.
Video: a visitor scans a QR code and follows the talk in their own language on a phone. Another visitor listens with earbuds, and the conversation continues over coffee.
01 · Follow
Events
One gathering. Each person’s own language.
Live captions and translation for worship services, meetings, Bible studies, confirmation classes and conferences, on any day of the week.
See the price of a serviceFor the organizer: prepare and test
Create an event. The app's guide takes you through languages, audio (phone, mixer via USB or Dante), the words of songs and shared readings, and a rehearsal. You need a device, an internet connection and a microphone or sound from the mixing desk. Share the QR code or link. Pause the microphone when captions are not needed.
After the event, you can download a TXT, HTML or PDF file. Corrections update every language. The text is kept for 30 days from the start of the event.
Before, during and after
The group around your event
In Espero, every event has a group where everyone takes part in their own language. The connection begins before the event and continues after it.
Before the event
The invitation, the schedule and the conversation are in the same group. Everyone reads and writes in their own language and can say whether they are coming.
During the event
Everyone follows the captions or listens to the translation in their own language. Listeners can write a question in the group in their own language, and the organizer can show it on the room screen without the sender’s name. Every member reads the questions and answers in their own language.
After the event
The conversation continues in the group, each in their own language. The text stays readable for 30 days from the start of the event. The organizer can download it as a TXT, HTML or PDF file and let listeners download it too.
Reading captions needs no account. A free account is enough for listening and the conversation, and the organizer decides who can join the group.
02 · Continue
Stay connected
The event ends. The conversation can continue.
Espero is a multilingual messaging app. Conversation and questions for the speaker can continue in the event group in each person’s own language.
- Keep talking in the event group. A free Espero account opens the group conversation. An email address is enough.
- Write in your language. Everyone reads in theirs. The original message remains available.
- Stay in touch. Use church groups, one-to-one conversations and groups with mission partners.
iOS, Android and web. Messages and written-text translations are free.
Pirjo · church workerReading language: Finnish
Iltakokous12 jäsentä · 2 kieltäOlena · guestReading language: Ukrainian
Iltakokous12 учасників · 2 мовиMessage privacy. Espero processes message content to deliver and translate messages. Processing uses a third-party AI service. Espero does not sell message content, use it for advertising or train its own models with it.
Read about data handling03 · Meet
Evangelism and everyday encounters
Share your faith. Make room for the other person’s words.
When you meet a visitor or a neighbour, Espero helps you talk across languages. You can share, listen and offer an invitation.
- Face to face. One phone between you helps you welcome a new visitor at the door or keep talking over coffee after the service. Each of you speaks your own language, while the other reads the text and hears the translation in their language with an AI-generated voice. The other person needs no Espero app or account.
- Voice message. Leave a message in your language. The recipient reads and hears the translation in theirs. You can also listen to the translation with an AI-generated voice.
- A message or a group. Write an invitation in your language. The other person reads it in theirs. The original message remains available.
A church service example
1.5 hours. Two caption languages.
€4.50
1.5 h × 2 languages × €1.50 = €4.50
2 hours of microphone time free, no card needed. Use the time in parts.
See the price before you start
- Each caption language
- €1.50 / h
- Listening (AI-generated voice)
- +€1.50 / h / language
- Listeners included
- 100 / language
Time is used only while the microphone is on, including during silence. A paused microphone uses no time.
More than 100 listeners per language? Contact us: hello@espero.live.
Prices are Finnish prices in euros including 25.5% VAT. In other countries, you see the final price in your currency with your country’s tax before you pay. Event time is separate from personal Espero+ use.
What Espero brings to your church
- Bring in over 100 languagesEspero brings languages together at one event. If an interpreter is present, Espero includes the other languages too.
- Speak as you always doThe speaker speaks as usual. There is no need to change how they speak.
- Use your own phoneListeners read in a browser without an app or account. The church has no devices to hand out.
- Text and speechYou can also listen to the translation with an AI-generated voice.
- Stay connectedConversation and questions can continue in the event group after the gathering, in each person’s own language.
- Keep the textDownload the event text as TXT, HTML or PDF. Corrections update every language.
- Clear pricingA 1.5-hour service with two caption languages costs €4.50.
- Meet face to faceTalk together using one phone. The other person needs no app or account.
Frequently asked questions
Answers for church events.
Read without an account. Listen and chat with a free account: an email address is all you need.
You can also listen to the translation with an AI-generated voice.
For church leaders
What does one service cost?
Each caption language costs €1.50 per hour, so a 1.5-hour service in two languages costs €4.50. Listening to the translation costs €1.50 per hour per language. The smallest purchase is 10 hours (€15), and purchased hours do not expire.
Can we try it first?
Organizers get 2 hours of microphone time free, no card needed. The time can be used in parts.
Does Espero work alongside an interpreter?
Yes. If an interpreter is present at the event, Espero brings in all the other languages. Everyone gets the text in their own language, and they can also listen to the translation.
How many people can follow?
The price includes up to 100 listeners per language. For larger audiences, contact hello@espero.live.
Can we get the text of the sermon afterwards?
Yes. After the service, the organizer can download the text as a TXT, HTML or PDF file with the “Transcript, PDF and corrections” button. On a computer, the PDF is made from the browser's print dialog. The text is kept for 30 days from the start of captioning.
Can the text be corrected after the service?
Yes. The organizer can correct the text line by line or with “Find and replace”, and the correction updates every language.
Does Espero recognize names and church terms?
The organizer can add an event glossary of up to 30 terms, such as names and church words. The glossary helps recognize and translate them correctly.
For listeners
Do members need an app or an account?
Not to read captions. They open the QR code or link and read the captions in their own language in their phone's browser. Listening to the translation in earbuds and joining the group conversation work with a free Espero account, and an email address is all it takes to create one.
Which languages are included?
Over 100 languages are included, such as Ukrainian, Arabic, Persian, Somali, Swahili and Amharic. Text can be read in all languages, and in many languages you can also listen to the translation.
Can listeners ask questions?
Yes. A listener can send a question in their own language, and the organizer can show it on the room screen without the sender's name.
The question is written in the group conversation. The feature is available to all organizers.
For the sound team
How do we connect Espero to our sound system?
Speech reaches Espero from a microphone or the mixing desk. On a computer, choose This device, Mixer (USB) or Dante in the guide's Audio step. A phone can take the desk's output through a compatible USB audio device. Test the audio before the service starts.
Is time used during hymns and breaks?
Time is used only while the microphone is on, and an active microphone uses time even during silence. Pause the microphone during breaks. If the hymn words are saved, keep the microphone on during hymns: the hymn is recognized and its words appear in the listeners' languages.
Can we show the captions on a screen in the church?
Yes. The same viewing link works on a screen or projector in the venue, and you can show the QR code alongside it. The organizer view's Projector opens a large caption view.
Can there be several speakers in different languages?
Yes. Several speakers can take part, each speaking their own language, and everyone follows in theirs.
How are songs shown?
Sung parts are marked with ♫ in the captions and are not read aloud to listeners.
Saved songs and read-together texts are recognized automatically from their words. For a song whose words are not saved, the organizer uses the Song button.
What could this look like in your church?
Tell us which languages you need. We can look at event captions and continuing the conversation together. We will arrange an introduction by email.