Captions in Any Language, Instantly!

CollaborateVideo brings Wordly’s AI-powered simultaneous interpretation to your next event.

Communication should never stop because of a language barrier. That’s why CollaborateVideo is excited to launch support for Wordly — a fully integrated AI translation and caption platform now available in our MAXPlayer for all your virtual and hybrid event needs.

With Wordly, we’re giving organizations the power to make their meetings, conferences, and events multilingual without the same cost and complexity constraints. Event organizers have a new tool in their toolkit for multilingual accessibility and scalable communication. It’s powerful, only going to improve, and very useful for streamlining operations!

So… What is AI Simultaneous Interpretation?

AI simultaneous interpretation is precisely what it sounds like: live, real-time language translation powered by artificial intelligence. Instead of relying on teams of human interpreters in booths, AI listens to a speaker, translates what they’re saying, and delivers it instantly in another language, spoken or as captions.

Here’s how it works under the hood:

1. Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR): First, the system listens to the speaker and converts their voice into text. This step necessitates accuracy and minimal delay, contending with things like speaker accent, speaking speed, or even background noise.
2. Neural Machine Translation (NMT): Next, the text is analyzed and translated into the target language using AI models trained to understand grammar, context, and sentence structure.
3. Text-to-Speech (TTS): Finally, the translated text is converted into spoken language using natural-sounding synthetic voices or delivered as real-time captions (i.e. CART).

This process, from recognition to translation to delivery, happens in milliseconds, ensuring participants can follow the speaker in near-perfect sync. Wordly supports more than 30 languages and over 2,000 language pairs, with no special equipment needed!

How Does AI Compare to Traditional Interpretation?

Let’s be clear: human interpreters are highly skilled professionals essential to event settings (think diplomatic events, large-scale events with a global audience, etc.). With that acknowledgement, for lots of virtual and hybrid events, AI interpretation offers lots of advantages:

The trade-off? AI excels in reach, speed, and affordability. We still recommend having people in the loop, especially for high-stakes or more technical settings with specific jargon BUT you will be hosting more multilingual and accessible events, which we think should be the norm. 

Wordly is already being adopted by departments within the federal government and other high-accountability environments, strongly endorsing its reliability, scalability, and day-to-day effectiveness. This kind of institutional trust signals more than an emerging tech trend, it’s a practical and proven solution.

How to Make the Most of AI Interpretation at Your Events

Adding AI interpretation to your event strategy is easier than you might think, especially with CollaborateVideo! Here are five actionable steps to get started:

1. Know Your Audience: Understand your attendees and the languages they’re most comfortable with. Wordly supports more than 30 spoken and written languages with the ability to add a glossary of names and terms in advance for the AI to hone in on and know to account for.
2. Build Interpretation into Your Event: If you’re streaming a keynote or a panel discussion, plan for your translation needs. Do you want audio channels, captions, or both?
3. Prep Your Speakers: Encourage speakers to speak clearly and at a reasonable pace. While Wordly can handle fast talkers and accents, clarity will always help improve accuracy — for human and AI listeners alike.
4. Provide Language Access Options: Let your audience know how to access translations. CollaborateVideo’s event platforms integrate directly with Wordly, so users can select their language with a click — no extra software needed.
5. Test & Monitor: As always, test the tech ahead of time. Our team can help you during any event rehearsals or run-throughs and provide live support during your event.

Where AI Interpretation Delivers Results

CollaborateVideo supports a wide range of events where multilingual access is no longer a nice-to-have — it’s essential. For organizations with multilingual workforces, internal communications must be clear and inclusive. Your town hall and annual general meetings can be interpreted in real-time, ensuring every employee, stakeholder, or shareholder understands key messages.

AI interpretation helps you instantly reach a broader audience, particularly in government or public sector settings where transparency and language access are mandated. It also allows conference organizers to offer simultaneous interpretation in dozens of languages without all the booths and headsets. Whether it’s a keynote or a breakout session, every attendee can participate!

Imagine you’re onboarding new employees or hosting an online training workshop. These events aren’t just about content, they’re about connection and comprehension. With AI interpretation, trainers can present in one language while participants listen in another. This makes sessions more effective and reduces the need for duplicate trainings. Deliver more live or on-demand sessions, expand access, and improve engagement, all while saving time!

Let’s Make Multilingual Events the Norm

The world speaks more than one language and your events should too. With CollaborateVideo’s integration of Wordly’s AI translation and captioning abilities, you now have a powerful tool to expand your reach, increase accessibility, and at an affordable cost. Whether you’re hosting a town hall, running a virtual conference with keynote speakers, or a series of training programs, AI-powered translation means webcasting for all!

Ready to experience it in action? We’d love to show you how it works! Contact us today to book a live demo and bring the power of real-time multilingual and captioned communication to your next event.