On-site interpreters, smartphone listening: a new VoxVent workflow

Start with the equipment already in the room

The scenario is practical: the stage alternates between Italian and English, interpreters work on site and the existing system provides both translations. The new Mac production workflow under testing captures these signals separately and publishes them to the languages configured in the VoxVent room.

This is not automatic translation: the translations come from the interpreters and their system. Attendees open the player, select a language and listen on their own device. The aim is to add web listening to an established event production setup.

Three inputs: original, Italian and English

The original remains a separate audio source; Italian and English are the event’s two languages. The system outputs must be available separately on the audio interface. A single mix containing the original and every translation does not allow the audience to select a language correctly.

For this audio-only workflow, video can stay off and the production app’s physical returns can remain on NO OUT. Active web interpreter booths are not required to distribute translations already produced on site.

Autofloor: understand the incoming signal

Before connecting, establish what each system output contains. It may be a translation-only feed, or a signal that already includes the original when no translation is present. Applying a second autofloor without checking the first can produce unexpected results.

The Mac test package distinguishes system-managed feeds, translation without autofloor and VoxVent-managed autofloor. For the latter, Threshold and Hold can be adjusted during transmission. These settings need real speech tests: low levels, noise and interpreter pauses must be checked before the event.

This external-signal control is separate from presence and microphone handling in the web booth. The audio returns guide explains the remote booth workflow.

Which version is needed, and what remains to be tested?

External-input distribution is implemented in the Mac 0.21.1 test package, including web connection statistics and with transcription removed. It is not yet the standard public download: request a technical trial to identify the package suitable for your system.

Windows alignment and a hybrid setup combining on-site and remote interpreters are later steps. Multichannel interfaces, phones, venue networks and extended sessions still need testing. We do not present this configuration as certified for every event.

Configure the event and arrange a trial

For an Italian/English room, each production room includes two languages of your choice. Web listeners are configured for the expected concurrent audience. Outputs used only to feed a mixing console do not consume web listener places; attendees listening on their phones require that capacity.

Use the configurator to explore rooms, languages, listeners and duration. For a trial, tell us your audio interface model, available interpretation-system outputs, date and expected audience. Availability and capacity are agreed before the event; interpreters, hardware and connectivity are excluded.