Real time audio translation

[phruby]

During our Stake conference we translate English to Mandarin and Spanish. The missionaries called to translate do an okay job keeping up. However, it would be better if Google translate or something else does it. Is this possible? Is there something we can purchase? Can we connect it into ListenWifi channels?

[n4yrd]

We have a similar need. We have one building that is attempting on their own to provide Mandarin and Russian weekly. We have another building struggling with Swahili. For our stake conferences we need these languages plus Haitian Creole. Our Spanish team for conferences is well established but the other languages are a struggle for us. I had an FM Tech tell me that some buildings have had AI translation installed in their audio systems. Can this be verified and if so, where can we learn more about this?

[BrianEdwards]

Unfortunately, there is no Church-sponsored solution, and from what I've seen here in the Tech Forum, there's a wide variety of implementations. A lot depending on the tech-savviness of the local members, and also challenging to keep up with the rapid improvements in AI-based tools.

A good reference might be this thread from last February 2025:
AI Translation Update + New Tool for Church Meetings
The initial post also does a decent job of referencing previous Forum threads on this topic, which may be of interest. Unfortunately, I haven't seen anybody in the Forum post a "success story" from using that tool -- perhaps people have indeed been using it, but there's no posts about that. Also, as it's a year old, there's definitely a lot of new advances and new tools that are out there that wouldn't be captured in that thread.