THE FRONTIER · SPEAK
Every word, as it is said.
Put a phone near the speaker.
Their words appear on the screen as they talk, with the translation beneath.
LIVE CAPTIONS
WHAT IT DOES
For a talk, a teaching or a class. While someone speaks Tibetan, their words appear on the screen in Tibetan with English beneath, line by line. It works the other way too: an English talk, captioned in Tibetan.
HOW IT WORKS
- Choose the language that will be spoken: Tibetan or English.
- Put the phone near the speaker.
- As they speak, each line appears in their language, with the translation beneath.
- To show the whole room, open the captions on a big screen with a short code.
- Anyone with the code can follow along on their own phone too.
Tibetan and English today. More languages are being worked on.
WHO IT OPENS FOR
A teaching, followed by everyone in the room.
An elder's story, written as it is told.
A learner who hears better than she reads, and reads better than she hears.