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Live now in 40+ languages

Live translation for your service, conference or classroom.

Speak into the mic you already use. Everyone in the room reads or listens along on their own phone, in their own language — no app to download.

Try it now — this preview shows both screens on one device. No sign-up needed.

IDLEEnglish (US)

Your device — you speak

Press “Start speaking”.

ReadingSpanish

Their phones — what they see

Translation appears here.

In a real event, the right side shows on everyone's own phone — you keep speaking on yours.

In a real event it works device-to-device: you speak into one device, and everyone in the room reads along on their own phone via a link or QR code.

Ready to run a real event? See plans from $20 a month

English → Spanish, French, Mandarin…

Why Vonal

Accurate

State-of-the-art models trained for live, conversational speech — not stiff, dictionary translation.

Affordable

Up to 10× cheaper than hiring human interpreters, with no equipment to rent or set up.

Easy

Speak into one device. Your audience joins with a link, picks a language, and reads along.

How it works

Up and running in minutes.

  • 1

    Before the service starts, open Vonal and start a session. Takes about 20 seconds.

  • 2

    Put the QR code on your welcome slide, or print it on the bulletin.

  • 3

    Visitors scan it, pick their language, and read along while the speaker talks normally into the usual mic.

LIVEEN → ES

Speaker says

"Welcome, everyone, to today's gathering."

Audience reads

"Bienvenidos a todos a la reunión de hoy."

~0.4s latency
EN → FR

« Bienvenue à tous à la rencontre d'aujourd'hui. »

EN → 中文

"欢迎大家参加今天的聚会。"

Every listener sees this on their own phone, in the language they picked.

Built for the moments that matter.

Church services

Make every sermon inclusive.

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Conferences

Reach a global audience instantly.

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Classrooms

Help students learn in their language.

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What Vonal delivers, every session.

Used live in churches since September 2025. These are the facts of the product — not promises.

40+
languages at the same time — everyone in the room picks their own
~1s
behind the speaker — captions arrive like live TV subtitles
0
apps to download — your audience reads along in the browser
$0
equipment to rent — use the mic and sound desk you already have

And one comparison: a human interpreter for a single morning typically costs more than a whole month of Vonal — and covers one language. Vonal covers 40+ at once.

The honest answers

The questions people actually ask before their first event.

Will names and place names come out wrong?
Sometimes, yes. Unusual names, place names and scripture references are the hardest part of live translation, and Vonal will occasionally spell one differently than you would. It gets the sentence around the name right, so people follow the meaning. If a name matters a lot, put it on the screen as well as saying it.
How far behind the speaker is it?
Captions appear roughly half a second to two seconds after the words are spoken, depending on the sentence and the connection. It feels like reading subtitles on live TV, not like waiting for an interpreter to finish.
What happens if the room audio is bad?
Translation is only as good as the microphone. A lapel or handheld mic feeding Vonal directly works well. A laptop picking up a room from twenty feet away, with music or crowd noise, will produce mistakes. If you already run a sound desk, use the same mic you always use.
Do people need to download an app?
No. They scan a QR code or open a link, pick their language, and read along in the browser. It works on any phone with a data connection or wifi.
How does this compare to hiring an interpreter?
A human interpreter for one morning typically costs more than a whole month of Vonal, and covers one language. Vonal covers 40+ languages at once. A trained interpreter is still more accurate for weighty or formal moments — most teams use Vonal to widen the door, not to replace a person.
What happens to our audio and transcripts?
Audio is translated as it is spoken and is not used to train models. Transcripts stay in your account and you can delete them at any time.

Who Vonal isn't for: certified legal, medical or court interpretation, anything where a mistranslated sentence has legal consequences, and rooms with no usable microphone. Hire a qualified human interpreter for those.

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