Glossary
When a name comes out wrong.
Voclyn’s glossary holds the names and words your church says its own way, in each of your languages. Add a term once and, from the next service you start, the speech engine listens for it and the translation uses your wording.
See it
Your words, every Sunday.
The terms a church sets once, and three sentences as phones show them without a glossary and with it.
Your glossary
- 黃牧師NameEnglish Pastor Wong
- GodChurch word中文 神Español Dios
- ServiceChurch word中文 崇拜Español culto
Said “今日由黃牧師講道。”
English phone Today Pastor Wong is preaching.
Said “God loves every one of us.”
中文 phone 神爱我们每一个人。
Said “Welcome to the service.”
Español phone Bienvenidos al culto.
Illustration. Without a glossary, our own test of 29 October 2026 wrote God as 上帝 in one sentence and 神 in the next.
What to add first
- Your pastors’ and elders’ names, as they’re said and as they’re written.
- Ministries, rooms and your church’s own name.
- Your words for God and for the service, which traditions translate differently.
- Set phrases: Amen, Hallelujah, your greetings.
Tradition words fill a tradition’s terms for you, in Chinese (神, 上帝 or 天主), Korean (하나님 or 하느님), Spanish (culto or Misa) and English: the button is at the top of Glossary.
The four kinds
| Kind | For |
|---|---|
| Name | People, ministries, places, Bible names. |
| Church word | God, Holy Spirit, Communion, fellowship. |
| Phrase | Amen, Hallelujah, set greetings. |
| Keep as is | Said the same in every language: the church's name, a song title. |
Add a term
- In Glossary, choose Add term and write the word as it’s said, in the language it’s spoken.
- Choose its kind.
- Write how it should read in each of your languages; leave one empty to let it be translated normally. Suggestions from the tradition words are marked “Suggested · check it”.
- Add a note for the translator if it helps: who someone is, or how to say it.
A spreadsheet works too: download the CSV template, fill it in, and import it.
Fix it from last Sunday
If the room saves transcripts, open the service in Sessions and read it. Correct a line (E), then choose Save to glossary to use the correction from the next service, or Fix this line to change only this transcript. J and K move between lines.
When it applies
From the next service you start. A service that’s running keeps the glossary it started with. If a name keeps coming out wrong and it can’t wait, end the service and go live again: the new one uses the glossary as it is now.
Still wrong?
- Write the term as people say it: it’s what the speech engine listens for.
- Add a note: “a man’s name”, “the youth ministry”, “one word”.
- A passage the preacher names and reads is shown from the Bible your church chose for each language in Rooms › Languages (English, Spanish, Korean and Chinese), not from the glossary: Scripture lock.
- Each plan holds a number of terms: 25 on Free, 300 on Chapel and as many as you need on Church and Campus.
Talk to us
A person answers hello@voclyn.com Sundays 7:00–13:00 Vancouver time. Say which church and room it is (the link people scan), what the console and the phones show, and add a screenshot if you can.
Outside those hours, write anyway: we answer as soon as we can.
Questions
What churches ask.
Something else on your mind? Write to us at hello@voclyn.com.
From the next service you start. A running service keeps the glossary it started with.
Owners and admins. Operators run services but don't change the glossary.
No. A passage the preacher names and reads is shown from the Bible your church chose for that language, in English, Spanish, Korean and Chinese.
Sunday help
More for Sunday morning.
- Mid-serviceSomething stopped mid-serviceCaptions, the sound or the AI voice stopped during a service: what the console says, and how to get going again.
- PhonesThe phones show nothingWhat each screen on a phone means, from Waiting to Offline, and where to look: the console, the phone or the link.
- AI voiceThe AI voice doesn't playThe Listen button, phones that wait for a tap, the silent switch, Bluetooth earbuds and messaging apps' own browsers.
- LanguagesSwitching or adding languagesSpeakers and phones can switch at any time; the room's own languages change from the next service.
- ChecklistBefore your first SundayThe week before and the morning itself: the room, the sound, a rehearsal, the QR codes and the big screen.
- SoundSound from the deskThe cable from the mixer, the console's input and level, and what it says when it hears nothing.
- Big screenThe big screenOpen the screen link, go full screen, choose its languages, and what its notices mean.
- ConnectionChurch Wi-Fi and mobile dataWhat the desk and the phones need, the data captions and the voice use, and what happens when a connection drops.
Try it this Sunday.
Set up your church in a minute and hear it live with your own voice. Your QR code keeps working after the free month.
Your first month is on us: the Church plan, normally $99 a month, with unlimited listeners, translation hours and AI voiceover. No card; then choose a plan, or stay on Free.