Event captions, step by step.

Open Translate → Event captions and press Create an event. Enter the name and start time. The place is optional. A new group takes the event name. You can choose Change name or Add to an existing group. Press Create an event. The event page shows Event created. Invite listeners opens the link, QR code and poster. Prepare the broadcast opens the console. The first time, the console starts with the Before the broadcast checklist: Test the sound, Invite listeners, Add songs and special words and Start when it is time. 1a 1b 1c

If you see Where shall we start?, choose Enter details yourself.

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Under Audio input in the console, choose the sound source and the right audio device 3a. In the Before the broadcast checklist, press Test the sound 3b and speak. Aim for Good level. The meter sends nothing to listeners.

Before the broadcast, you can also open the meter with Show microphone level. The level is shown only on this device. No audio is sent or saved.

Open Advanced settings in the console. Enter names and special terms in Names and special terms, separated by commas (up to 30). Open the Songs and liturgy card. Paste the words into the text field or press Choose from library. You can also import words with Add photos or Add PDF. Press Save the song lyrics.

Word and PowerPoint files work too: press Add Word or PowerPoint file. Typed text comes in as it is, and the words in pictures are read as from photos.

Press Invite listeners on the event page. The same card is available in the console. On a phone, open Share → Share with listeners.

Viewing link is on by default for a new event. You can switch it off.5a

Choose The listener's phone language (automatic) for the poster so everyone sees captions in their phone’s language; the poster shows the event’s languages. You can also choose a broadcast language or another language.

Press Copy viewing link to copy the link. Share link opens the share menu on a supported device or browser. Press Print the QR poster to print the poster. 5b On a phone, the card also has Share the event's QR code. Press Rehearse in the console, speak a few sentences and check the text and translation in the preview. The rehearsal is hidden from listeners. Its text and test link are deleted when you end the rehearsal or start the broadcast. Open the rehearsal’s Private test link · not for listeners on another phone 5c to see the listener view.

Questions → Show on the projector 9a displays one question on the room screen without its sender’s name 9b. Remove it from the same panel 9c.

Song is only needed when the words of a song have not been saved: saved songs and read-together texts are recognized automatically from their words, and the console follows the song’s verse. On a computer, the button reads The singing begins. Press it when the song starts, and when the song ends, press The singing has ended 10. Sung rows are marked with ♫ and are not read aloud by default. Keep the microphone on during the song. For a singing-only event, choose Advanced settings → What is being captioned → Song. To show a verse, use Paste a verse or prepared text and press Show verse to everyone. Before the broadcast, prepare songs in the Songs and liturgy card.

For a break, tap Pause microphone, then Resume broadcast when you return. When the event ends, tap End (End broadcast on a computer) and confirm with End broadcast 11a. Listeners see the last day to read the text. If listener feedback is enabled, they are asked Did you understand the captions? 11bSee feedback by language below Caption languages in the organizer view.