LiveVoice Marks Ten Years of Hardware-Free Simultaneous Interpretation for International Events, Supporting 70+ Languages Worldwide

Cloud-Based Platform Combines Human Interpretation, AI Voice Translation and Live Captions as LiveVoice Reaches Five-Year Milestone

Salzburg, Austria, Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LiveVoice, a cloud-based audio streaming platform headquartered in Salzburg, Austria, today announces a milestone marking 10 years of providing hardware-free simultaneous interpretation for international events. The platform delivers multilingual audio directly to attendees through their own smartphones, tablets, or laptops, supporting human interpreters working remotely or on-site, AI voice translation across more than 70 languages, and AI-generated live captions through a single cloud-based account.

Audience members using LiveVoice to stream live event audio through their smartphones.

LiveVoice serves customers across more than 100 countries and is used at international conferences, corporate annual general meetings, multilingual press conferences, guided tours, and worship services. Compared with traditional rented interpretation hardware, the platform reduces typical event interpretation costs by up to 80 percent.

How the LiveVoice Hardware-Free Interpretation Platform Works

The LiveVoice platform replaces traditional interpretation receivers, transmitters, and booth hardware with cloud-based audio streaming. Original audio is sent via a phone or laptop. Interpreters access a browser-based console to monitor source audio and deliver translation in real time. Audience members scan a QR code or open a smart link, select their preferred language, and listen through their own earbuds.

The platform supports configurations ranging from two-language town halls to large multilingual events with 20 or more language channels running in parallel. Event setup is done in a few minutes.

Why LiveVoice Is a Top Choice for International Event Interpretation

The LiveVoice hardware-free simultaneous interpretation platform was designed around four principles that align with how international multilingual events are produced and delivered.

• Bring Your Own Device. Audience members use their own smartphones rather than rented receivers, eliminating equipment distribution, hygiene concerns, and deposit collection.
• Remote-first interpreter workflows. Interpreters can work from anywhere with a stable internet connection, expanding the available interpreter pool and removing travel costs from event budgets.
• Unified human and AI interpretation. The same event can carry human interpreters on one channel and AI voice translation on another, switchable per language without rebuilding the setup.
• Predictable, pay-per-event pricing. Costs scale with attendance and language count rather than physical equipment inventory, with no long-term contracts or hardware purchases required.

Platform Capabilities and Technical Specifications

The LiveVoice hardware-free simultaneous interpretation platform includes the following capabilities:

• Browser-based interpreter console with relay channel support and booth-partner handover
• Remote, on-site, and hybrid interpreter workflows within a single event
• AI voice translation across 70+ languages
• AI generated live captions and translated subtitles for accessibility
• Audio description channels for visually impaired attendees
• Audio ingestion through venue mixers or direct microphone input
• Channel scaling to thousands of concurrent listeners on shared WiFi or mobile networks

Event Categories Supported by the LiveVoice Platform

The platform is used across multiple event categories, including international conferences and trade shows, corporate annual general meetings, cross-border training sessions, multilingual press conferences for sports leagues and government bodies, diplomatic and nonprofit gatherings, guided tours, silent conferences, and houses of worship serving multilingual congregations.

A Word from LiveVoice Founder Johannes Wigand

"Simultaneous interpretation has been tied to expensive hardware for decades, which has limited language access at many events that needed it most," said Johannes Wigand, founder of LiveVoice. "By moving the entire workflow to the cloud and to attendees' own devices, LiveVoice removes that barrier. Producers can offer the same level of professional interpretation at a small community event that was previously only available at major international summits."

What This Means for the Future of Live Translation Software

The live translation software category is consolidating around platforms that can do four things well:

• Stream audio reliably to thousands of devices at once, including over mobile networks
• Run AI voice translation and human interpretation on the same event without switching tools
• Add translated subtitles and live captions for accessibility, in real time
• Scale up or down without requiring hardware purchases or long-term contracts

LiveVoice meets all four criteria, which is why event organizers increasingly cite it as the top choice for AI live translation at international events.

About LiveVoice

LiveVoice is a cloud-based audio streaming platform headquartered in Salzburg, Austria. The company provides live translation, simultaneous interpretation, guided tour audio, silent conferencing, and audio description services for events of every size. LiveVoice supports 70+ languages and serves customers across more than 100 countries. 

Event attendees tuning into real-time translation using the LiveVoice app on their phones.

Press Inquiries

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