Sorani Kurdish
Iraq’s constitution names Kurdish, so a Sorani request needs more detail. Baian’s live Sorani Kurdish interpretation is audience-only, written right to left. It is text only.
How far behind the speaker?About 2.4 seconds with Baian. Lower is better.
On their own phones
Attendees tap کوردیی سۆرانی
Planning your event
Iraq’s constitution names Arabic and Kurdish as official languages. Ask delegates whether they read Sorani when recording a Kurdish translation requirement.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s language information distinguishes Sorani’s Arabic script from Kurmanji’s Latin script. Baian’s Sorani Kurdish output uses an Arabic-based script and runs from right to left. Check which variety and script your attendees read.
The کوردیی سۆرانی selection opens live text directly. Attendees read the right-to-left translation because Sorani Kurdish is text only. The remaining interface is in English; instructions should identify the script and button as well as the language name.
Baian cannot translate from Sorani Kurdish speech. The presenter needs another supported spoken language, even when attendees want Sorani output. Resolve both the Kurdish variety and the speaker’s language when you draw up the programme.
Customer story · QIYADA, Doha
At Qatar Foundation’s QIYADA conference, attendees scanned the code and followed Arabic and English on their own phones. The interpreter booths were taken down.
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Discuss your event ↗WhatsApp Explore audience languages →Median 2.1 seconds across 53 recordings in 15 languages (1.3 to 2.7 seconds per recording).
How long after a sentence ends its finished translation appears.
Baian, on its production Live service.
Measured on Baian’s production Live service from 13 to 15 October 2026, from the end of each spoken sentence to the finished English line in our captured listener feed. Earlier words in a long sentence wait longer than this. Spoken audio arrives a little after the text and was not measured.
Estimated medians: the speaker’s words appear in their own language about 1.0 seconds after they are spoken, and the first translation covering a word about 2.4 seconds after it.
Estimated from our captured listener feed for the same 53 recordings. The capture is incomplete, so some early previews are missing, and previews can still change before the sentence is finished. Times are measured to the feed, not to a phone screen.
Median 2.69 seconds behind the speaker, across 180 speeches.