You always need a Recorder

The Recorder is the device that listens to the meeting. Plug chapel Line Level audio into it, start a session, and it broadcasts captions and translations. Nothing else in this article works without that one Recorder.

Assistive listening headsets (one language)

If people will listen on the building’s assistive listening headsets, plug the assistive listening hub into the Recorder. That one device captures the meeting and sends translated audio out over the hub. Attendees put on a headset and they are ready.

Two languages over assistive listening hubs

One Recorder can feed one assistive listening hub. If you need two translated languages on headsets, pick one of these setups.

Two devices

Use a second phone or tablet as a Reader. Turn listening on for the second language and plug that Reader into a second assistive listening hub. The Recorder translates one language onto the first hub; the Reader translates the other language onto the second hub. See the Equipment list (2nd Language Audio Broadcaster) for the extra cables.

One device (iOS app)

Install the All May Hear iOS application and run the Recorder there. Attach a multi-output audio interface (an iRig or similar device) so one language can go out one channel and the other language out the other. Plug each output into its own assistive listening hub. This equipment costs more, but you only need one Recorder device instead of a second phone.

Personal phones (no assistive listening required)

If you are not using assistive listening hubs, attendees use their own phones. Share the Reader QR code when they arrive. Each person scans it and chooses the language they want to read, listen to, or both. They can listen with their own headphones. See Share the All May Hear Reader web page with others from the Recorder.

Mix headsets and phones

You do not have to pick only one path. If you have a single assistive listening hub but need more than one language, some people can use headsets for the language on that hub, and others can scan the QR code and use their phones for a different language — or for reading along.

Project the translation

To show the translation for many people at once, use the display option on a TV or projector. This is useful when most of the congregation shares one language and a speaker is using another — for example, projecting English while someone speaks French.

Hearing aids and clearer chapel audio

Someone who wears hearing aids and wants to hear the meeting more clearly does not have to use a translated language. They scan the Reader QR code, open the Reader, and listen to the speaker’s audio (the raw chapel feed) through their phone. See Hear the meeting with hearing aids (live room audio).