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Where it’s used

Rooms where people do not all speak the same language.

A conference, a workplace, a council chamber, a lecture hall, a church, a hired hall or a walking tour: different rooms with the same problem. One person is speaking and part of the audience is only getting half of it. Pick the room that is yours and see how it runs there.

Three pairs in one audience listen through earphones, each pair under a thought bubble with a different flag: China, Saudi Arabia and Spain.

Seven kinds of room

Each one has an objection the others do not. Each page answers its own.

What every room needs, whichever one it is

The list is short, and most rooms already have it.

  • A microphone the speaker is already using

    The feed that goes to the room speakers, or a phone near the person talking. A conference takes it off the desk; a tour clips it to a collar.

    Minimum
    A phone, tablet or laptop in a browser
    Better
    The desk app on a Windows computer, fed from the mixer
  • The listening link where people can see it

    On the screen, in the programme, on a card at the door or a ticket. Every room has somewhere people already look.

  • An internet connection

    For the computer or phone sending the sound, and for the audience reading on theirs. Venue wifi or a phone signal is enough.

  • Your own names and words

    People, places and terms, entered once in the venue’s glossary so every room spells them its own way.

In any of them

One speaker. Whatever languages walked in.

The person beside them picks something else. The room did not have to agree on one translation, and the organiser did not have to know in advance.

The speaker says

If you need anything at all during the day, simply ask any one of us.

  • Español

    Si necesitan cualquier cosa durante el día, simplemente pregúntenos a cualquiera de nosotros.

  • 中文

    如果白天你们需要任何东西,直接问我们任何一个人就行。

  • العربية

    إذا احتجتم أي شيء خلال النهار، فاسألوا أيًا منا ببساطة.

Why SpanVoice

What rooms like yours are usually offered. And what this is.

  • Paying for it

    Most translation services

    Usually a monthly or annual plan, charged whether or not an event ran.

    SpanVoice

    The hours each event runs, per language. A quiet month costs nothing.

  • Hours you did not use

    Most translation services

    Often a monthly allowance that resets, or an annual bank that lapses.

    SpanVoice

    Credit never expires, in any room, in any year.

  • Languages

    Most translation services

    Often a base set, with a charge for each language added.

    SpanVoice

    Any of the sixty, charged only while somebody is reading in it.

  • Audience size

    Most translation services

    Often tiers by audience count, or a cap on listeners.

    SpanVoice

    Twenty people or two thousand, the same price. Nothing per person.

  • More than one room

    Most translation services

    Often another licence or another session fee per room.

    SpanVoice

    As many venues as you have rooms, in one account.

  • Getting started

    Most translation services

    Often a sales call, an onboarding period, or a device to buy.

    SpanVoice

    Sign up, start a session, read it on your own phone. Then decide.

  • The app

    Most translation services

    Usually a browser page, built for one kind of room.

    SpanVoice

    A Windows desk app and a browser page, built by people who run live sound and use them every week in rooms like yours.

  • Where it runs

    Most translation services

    Rarely stated.

    SpanVoice

    Servers in Australia, Europe and the United States.

  • Price

    Most translation services

    Compare it yourself: price your event with any service you like.

    SpanVoice

    If you find a similar service for less, tell us and we will look into it.

Not sure which room you are

A few good questions.

Describe the event and we will point you at the right page, or tell you it does not need one.

Talk to us

Our room is not on the list. Does it still work?

If one person speaks into a microphone and other people need to follow, yes. The seven pages are the rooms we see most; a town hall, a hospital briefing or a sports club presentation runs the same way. Tell us which room you have.

Do we need different equipment for different rooms?

No. A microphone, a connection and the link are the same everywhere. What changes is where the link is shown and whether the room has a screen.

Can one account cover more than one room?

Yes. Each room is a venue in your account with its own link, settings and record, and the bill is the hours each one ran.

Is it the same price in every room?

Yes. Captions are charged by the hour, per language used, whether the room holds twenty or two thousand. Each room page works a typical event out at today’s rate.

Try it in your room.

Start it from a phone or the desk, put the link where people look, and watch them read along.

A$10 of free credit when you sign up, no credit card needed. Credit never expires — use it this week or next year.