For the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, live translated subtitles bring worldwide broadcasts to members in their own language, inside their existing HLS workflow.
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Welcome every worshipper, in their language
Live captions make services accessible to Deaf and hard-of-hearing worshippers, older adults and anyone who follows better by reading. Translated subtitles and dubbed audio help multilingual congregations worship in their language. Deliver both on your livestream, in the room or on each worshipper’s phone.
- High accuracy with dictionaries
- current subtitle coverage
- Stream, screen or phone
For congregations, dioceses, ministries and religious broadcasters
Why SyncWords
Reliable every Sunday
One of our partners runs over 75 live captioning sessions every Sunday on our infrastructure. A configurable buffer can let captions appear with no perceptible delay, our technicians assure it's stable for the moments that matter most.
- Infinite
- Live sessions every Sunday
- 99.99%
- Uptime
- 24/7
- Engineering support
- See matrix
- Subs & Dubs languages
Cloud workflow
Works with your livestream
No new hardware or encoders. Runs on the setup your AV volunteers already use.
Reliable at scale
Solid every Sunday
Dual-pipeline resiliency and a live team, so captions hold up when the sanctuary is full.
Accessibility & Multilingual reach
One service, two ways to welcome more people
Same-language captions support accessibility. Translated subtitles and dubbing support multilingual worship. Both run from the same live feed.
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Same-language captions help Deaf and hard-of-hearing worshippers, older adults and anyone who follows better by reading.
Worship in your language
Translated subtitles and live dubbing let multilingual and diaspora congregations follow the same service in their preferred language.
Accuracy
The words are part of the message
Prepare scripture names, speakers, places and liturgical terminology in a custom ASR dictionary. Then set the preferred wording for each translated language with glossaries.
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Recognize spoken terms
Custom ASR dictionaries help the engine recognize scripture names, speakers, places, prayers and terminology specific to your tradition.
Keep terms consistent
Translation glossaries set preferred wording per language pair so important terms stay consistent across translated subtitles and audio.
Guide tone and phrasing
For LLM-powered translation, custom instructions guide style, formality and how religious language should be handled.
Case studies
Proof in production
Real worship and broadcaster deployments. Here's what we built.
For MP Church in San Francisco, live AI dubbing into Spanish carries the pastor's message to a Hispanic audience in real time, with the emotion of the original intact.
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For Victory Church in the Bronx, live AI captions run by the church's own staff make every live-streamed service accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing members.
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Captions and translations, wherever people worship
Let each person follow in the format and language they need, on-site or online.
On the livestream
Deliver same-language captions and translated subtitles with the service people already watch online.
On personal devices
A QR code opens a web page where each worshipper can follow captions in the language they need.
On in-room screens
Show captions or translated subtitles on sanctuary displays for people attending in person.
As translated audio
Offer live spoken translation for worshippers who prefer to listen in their language.
With your branding
Match caption colors, styling and the QR experience to your ministry’s identity.
Ready every week
Save recurring service settings and schedules so volunteers do not rebuild the workflow each Sunday.
Compatibility
Works with your workflow
Nothing to replace in the booth. We sit on the feed you already send out on a Sunday.
- Encoders and sources
- Resi and BoxCast, plus any HLS, RTMP(S) or SRT workflow.
- Embedded captions
- EIA-608 captions travel in the stream via RTMP(S) to YouTube, Facebook and Vimeo.
- In-player delivery
- Works with JW Player, THEOplayer, HLS.js and Video.js.
Houses of Worship FAQ
Do we need special equipment?
No. SyncWords runs in the cloud; captions reach your stream, in-room screens or attendees’ phones via a web page.
Can we run accessibility captions and translated subtitles together?
Yes. Same-language accessibility captions and translated subtitles can run at the same time from one live feed, so worshippers can follow the service in the source language or select a translated language.
Does it work online and in-person?
Yes. Same-language captions and translated subtitles can appear on the livestream, on sanctuary screens and on worshippers’ devices through a QR-code web page.
Will captions lag the speaker?
No. A configurable buffer absorbs the caption processing time, so captions can land with no perceptible delay.
Does it integrate with Resi or BoxCast?
Yes. SyncWords works with Resi and BoxCast, plus any HLS, RTMP(S), or SRT stream. Embedded EIA-608 captions deliver natively to YouTube, Facebook, and Vimeo, in-player captions work with JW Player, THEOplayer, HLS.js, and Video.js, and AWS Elemental workflows (MediaLive, MediaPackage, MediaConnect) with CloudFront are supported for broadcast-scale ministries.
Can a volunteer team run it?
Yes. After the initial configuration, a service can start with a click or run on a recurring schedule. Saved dictionaries, glossaries and delivery settings reduce the work volunteers repeat each week.
Can translations follow the tone of our tradition?
For LLM-powered translation, custom instructions can guide style, formality and how religious language should be handled. Translation glossaries remain the control for preferred terms that need to stay consistent in each language pair.
Can we reuse our accuracy settings every week?
Yes. ASR dictionaries, translation glossaries and other service settings can remain attached to a recurring service, so the same terminology and workflow are ready for the next scheduled broadcast.
Will it get scripture names and religious terms right?
Custom ASR dictionaries protect scripture names, speakers, places and liturgical terminology. Translation glossaries then set the preferred wording for each language pair.
Make every service easier to follow.
Talk to us about live accessibility captions and multilingual translation for your worship services, livestreams and broadcasts.