Phones people already own, instead of receivers.

For most rooms this replaces hired receivers. People open a link on the phone they already have, pick a language and read, or listen in their own earphones. There is nothing to hire, hand out or count back. Captions are A$1.05 per hour, per language, with no minimum and nothing per person. If you own a transmitter and receivers, a spare phone on a cable can feed them, so you keep using what you have.

A transmitter and a box of receivers in the cupboard are not wasted. A spare phone or tablet opens the listening link in the translated language, and a cable from its headphone socket goes into the transmitter you have, so the people wearing your receivers hear it and everyone else reads on their phone. You stop hiring; you do not have to stop using what you own.

Hire companies price receivers by the unit and the day, with the transmitter, delivery and a deposit on top. Published starting rates we checked in Australia begin at A$300 plus GST per day for a small kit and A$600 plus GST per day for an interpreter headset with three delegate receivers, rising with the number of receivers and languages. Lightweight whisper sets in Europe and the United Kingdom are quoted at a few pounds or euros per receiver per day, plus the transmitter.

Here, captions are A$1.05 per hour, per language, for everyone in the room. Spoken audio, if you want people to listen rather than read, is A$0.04 per minute of audio, and the same feed reaches every phone and, through a spare phone on a cable, your transmitter. Price your event with any hire company, then work the same event out here.

Hire figures: published rates from Australian and European hire companies, checked October 2026. Prices vary by supplier, quantity and season; get a quote for your own event.