Baian Live
Live event translation. No interpreter booths.
Baian translates your stage audio as the speaker talks. Attendees scan a QR code and follow in their language on their phones.
Live interpretation, with a simpler setup.
Baian translates one stage audio feed into several languages. Your AV team runs the session, and attendees follow on their phones without interpreter booths or dedicated receivers.
Built first for Friday sermons, Baian translates in context and matches recognised Qur’an passages to stored verse translations where available. It brings that approach to conference talks and specialist terms.
Compare AI and human interpretation“It’s replacing the whole booth and headsets with just a sound card.”
Connect the sound desk to a laptop by supported USB audio or a USB audio interface (sound card). Baian and listeners need internet. Attendees use their own phones and headphones.
See live translation at Qatar Foundation’s QIYADA. Your AV team runs the translation.
A laptop takes the stage audio feed and sends translations to attendees’ phones.
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Connect the speaker’s audio
Connect your microphone or sound desk to a laptop running Baian.
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Choose the languages
Select spoken and audience languages. Rehearse before attendees arrive.
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Share your QR code
Attendees join in their browser. They need internet and headphones for audio.
Common questions
Live translation questions
Can we use AI instead of hiring interpreters?
Yes. QIYADA replaced its interpreters with Baian. An AV operator runs multilingual translation from a laptop; attendees use phones. Test your material and languages before booking.
Can a speaker switch languages during the same talk?
Yes. Enable “Multiple spoken languages” before starting. Speakers can switch between supported languages, such as Arabic and English, without restarting; listeners keep their chosen translation language. Rehearse the switches.
Do we need translation headsets, receivers or booths?
No dedicated headsets, receivers or booths are needed for phone access. Attendees read captions without headphones, or bring their own headphones for translated audio. Baian and audience phones need internet. Optional headset-system output is also available for compatible AV setups.
How does Baian connect to our sound system?
Connect a compatible sound desk by USB, or use a suitable output and USB audio interface (sound card). Translation reaches phones over the internet. Keep translated playback out of Baian’s input; no return cable is needed for phone listening.
Can captions appear over our stage video or OBS stream?
Yes. Add Baian’s Camera Overlay link as a Browser Source in OBS, then position the captions over your camera scene. For venue screens, use the separate Projector link. Confirm overlay access for your booking; translated audio needs its own route.
Does Baian need internet?
Yes, for Baian’s computer and listeners’ phones. Camera and local video systems can stay separate. Test the venue connection before the event.
Which languages can we include?
Live translated text is available in Albanian, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Sorani Kurdish, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu and Uzbek. Malayalam and Sorani Kurdish are output-only. Sorani is text-only; audio is not available for every language. Availability and simultaneous-language limits depend on your account and plan. Check your language settings before the event.
Can Baian support thousands of listeners at once?
Planning for up to 10,000 listeners across multiple languages? Contact our event team before booking. We’ll confirm capacity, language options and the support your event needs. This scale requires advance arrangements; it is not a standard allowance on every plan.
What should we arrange before an event?
Confirm timetable, rooms, languages, audience, audio and support. Rehearse with the actual microphone and internet. Delay varies with language and audio, so check text and sound on a listener’s phone.
What will our event booking cover?
Confirm times, simultaneous rooms, spoken and target languages, audience, text or audio, rehearsal and support. Your AV team supplies the laptop, audio connection and venue internet unless agreed otherwise.
Can we see Baian working before we book?
Yes. See the organiser’s screen and join a demo in your languages by phone QR code. Check text or available audio, then rehearse at your venue.
Planning a multilingual event?
Tell us the languages, venue and audience. We’ll help you choose the simplest setup.