Setup guides
Setup guides.
The rest of this site says what SpanVoice does. These pages say how to wire it into the room you already have: which socket on the desk, which cable, which setting, and what a good result looks like. Written by people who run live sound every week.
Getting the sound in
A clean feed from the room is most of the job. Start here.
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Connect a mixer to a computer
A spare output, a USB interface, a clean level
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USB audio interface
What to buy, how to plug it in, or use your desk's own USB
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One microphone, no desk
A headset, USB or laptop microphone straight into the desk app
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Set the audio level
One clean level, set once and left alone
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Stream from a phone or tablet
No desk, nothing to install: a browser as the sound source
Getting the words and the voice out
Screens, phones, and the headphone system you already own.
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Captions on the screen and on phones
One language for the room, every language in hand
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Captions over a video stream
Add the caption page to your streaming software
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QR signs that get scanned
Get the code, print it at the right size, put it where people look
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Feed your headphone system
Connect a phone, tablet or laptop to your transmitter
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Languages on receiver channels
Plan one language per channel through your receivers
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Phones as receivers
Let people listen on their own phones and earphones
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PA and hearing loop
Play the translation into a PA zone or a loop
Planning and running the day
The decisions to make before anyone plugs anything in.
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Plan a multilingual event
The decisions, in order, before the day
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Ten-minute rehearsal
Run one short event with nobody in the room
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Names and terms
Teach it the names and words your event depends on
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Internet for your event
What each connection needs, and what happens if one drops
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Two rooms at once
One venue per room, one computer per room
Questions
Before you start
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Something in a guide does not match my room.
Try it in your room.
Follow one guide, start a session, and read the words on your own phone.
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