How to translate a church service, step by step.

Two lists matter: the languages spoken at the front, and your own languages, the ones phones show first.

• At the front. Voclyn detects the language being spoken by itself, even mid-sentence, so a pastor, a reader and an elder can each use their own. The first one you list is your main language. Each speaker’s sentences are marked apart on phones.
• In the pews. People can read any of 100+ languages, or listen with an AI voice (TTS) in the languages you voice. Yours come first on every phone; you can show only yours if you prefer. The listener page’s own buttons are in English, Cantonese, Mandarin (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, Spanish and French.
• Ask, don’t guess. Ask small-group leaders and the welcome team which languages people speak at home.

Free translates into one language plus your main language; paid plans translate into whichever language each phone chooses. Every language, and what each can do.

Voclyn listens to what your church already uses for the sermon: no new microphones or speakers. Choose one of three set-ups:

Send every microphone that speaks to that output: the pulpit, the reader, prayers and announcements. The console shows the level in words (“Good level”, “Too quiet. Turn up the aux send.”) and warns you after ten seconds of silence.

Use a recent Chrome, Edge or Safari on a laptop, or a phone, with an internet connection: the church Wi-Fi or a hotspot.

1. Try the demo with your own voice: two free minutes a day, no sign-up, nothing recorded. Speak in one language, then mix two.
2. Set up your church: its name, logo, languages and link. The link and its QR code are yours from then on.
3. Run a rehearsal through the sound desk on a weekday: go live, have someone read a passage, say the pastors’ names, switch languages, then end. On Free, a service shorter than ten minutes is a rehearsal and doesn’t count.
4. Check two or three phones: one on the church Wi-Fi, one on mobile data, one in the back row.
5. Ask a bilingual member to read along and note anything wrong. Most of it will be names and church words, which step 5 fixes.

Every room has its own link and QR code, and it never changes, so you print it once. The print kit in Rooms has four formats:

• Poster, for doors, the foyer and the end of each pew row; it scans from about a metre.
• Table tent, for the welcome desk and the fellowship hall.
• Pew cards, 85 × 55 mm, eight to a sheet, for pew racks, bulletins and the usher’s pocket.
• Slide, 16:9, for announcements and before the service.

People scan with their phone camera and choose a language: no app and no account. They can read with text up to 42 px, or listen to the AI voice in earbuds, which keeps playing with the phone locked. On paid plans the big screen shows the QR code while people arrive.

Before the first Sunday, add the words people notice first: your pastors’ and elders’ names, your ministries and rooms, and the words your church uses for God and for the service. Starter packs fill a tradition’s words in Chinese, Korean, Spanish and English, Protestant and Catholic.

Voclyn gives your terms to the speech engine before each service, so names are heard right, and the translator must use your rendering. Changes apply from the next service you start. Free holds 25 terms, Chapel 300, and Church and Campus as many as you need. About the glossary.

1. 15 minutes before. The laptop or phone on its charger, the console open, the sound checked (“Good level”), the QR code on the screen or the pew cards out. Phones that open early read “The service hasn’t started yet. Captions will start by themselves.”
2. Go live. Hold the button for about half a second, so it never starts by accident. Captions begin on every phone.
3. Worship. Tap Worship (or press W) when the singing starts: translation rests, and phones say so. Tap Speech (S) when someone speaks again.
4. A break. Tap Break (B) for the offering or a pause; captions rest until you choose Speech.
5. Prayer requests and members’ news. Hold Private moment: captions are hidden on every phone, and nothing is saved. Hold again to resume. Some churches also ask before sharing a request while translation is running.
6. If the internet drops, phones show “Reconnecting…” and catch up with what was said when it returns; the console reconnects by itself.
7. End. Hold to end. Every phone shows that the service has ended.

Captions and the AI voice need nothing from the pastor. Naming a passage before reading it lets Scripture lock show it from a published Bible.

• The transcript. If the room saves transcripts, the service is in Sessions: read it, or download it as .txt or .srt.
• Fix a word once. Correct a word that was heard or translated wrong, and it becomes a glossary term from the next service.
• How long it is kept. Free keeps the last service, Chapel 90 days, Church and Campus 12 months. Service audio is never stored.
• Ask the people who used it. A word from the families who read along tells you more than any setting.