Live Translation
A step-by-step guide for the media team. Everything you need for Sunday is on this one page — plus how your congregation listens on their phones.
If your streaming setup is already working, you're already done.
Just open our page on the same computer and pick the same audio input you already use. Nothing to install, no cables, no new setup.
Find yourself in one of these two boxes, then skip the other one.
Whichever option you're on, the rest of this guide is identical. Follow steps 1 to 5 below.
On the computer that has the service audio, open Google Chrome and go to:
Broadcast page — media team onlyfoursquare.innovaflow.app/broadcastDon't add anything after /broadcast. That address already connects to the correct room for the Atlantic District. If you add extra words to the address, you'll create a different room and no one will hear you.
This is normal. The page needs that permission to see your audio inputs. If you accidentally tapped "Block," click the small icon on the left side of the address bar, switch the microphone to Allow, and reload the page.
The whole screen. Everything you touch is in the left column: 1 spoken language, 2 audio input, 3 level bar, 4 the Start button. The big area on the right fills in with the live transcription once you begin.
This is the language being preached — not the language people want to hear.
Click the box under SPOKEN LANGUAGE and choose the language the pastor is speaking. You can type in the search box to find it fast.
Important: if the sermon is in Portuguese, set this to Português. If it's in English, leave it on English. Getting this wrong is the one setting that breaks the translation for everybody.
This is the only step that really matters. Take your time here.
Click the dropdown under Audio input (microphone). A list of every audio device on that computer drops down.
Your list will show your own device names — your USB interface, your sound board, your mixer. The names in this picture are just placeholders from our test computer.
Have someone talk into a microphone and watch the bar.
Right under the input list there's a row called Audio monitor with a row of small blocks. When somebody speaks into a live microphone, those blocks light up and bounce with the voice.
Blocks bouncing = you picked the right input. Blocks flat and dark = wrong input, or that channel isn't live on the board. Go back to step 2 and pick a different device.
During normal preaching, the blocks should reach about halfway across and stay blue. If they slam all the way into the red end constantly, turn the level down a bit on your board — or slide Input gain below 100%. If they barely move, raise Input gain above 100%.
Do this right before the service begins.
The button says Connecting… for a few seconds, then turns red and reads Stop broadcast. That's how you know you're live.
Four things on screen tell you it's working.
Keep the tab open and the computer awake for the whole service. When the service ends, click Stop broadcast.
Closing the tab or letting the laptop go to sleep ends the broadcast for everyone. You can use other tabs — just don't close this one.
Run through this every Sunday. It takes two minutes and catches almost everything.
| What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
| The level bar never moves | Wrong input. Go back to the Audio input list and try the next device down. Also check that the channel is actually up and unmuted on the sound board. |
| Chrome never asked about the microphone, and the list is empty | Click the small icon at the left end of the address bar, set Microphone to Allow, then reload the page. |
| The bar moves but listeners hear nothing | Check that the button is red (you actually clicked Start), and that the address is exactly /broadcast with nothing added. |
| Translation is in the wrong language | Stop the broadcast, fix SPOKEN LANGUAGE to the language being preached, and start again. |
| You closed the tab by accident | Open the page again, re-select the input, and click Start broadcast. Listeners reconnect on their own — they don't have to do anything. |
| The internet dropped for a moment | The page reconnects by itself. If the top-right corner still says Offline after a minute, click Stop, then Start again. |
| The sound is distorted or crackly | The input is too hot. Lower it on the board, or drag Input gain down until the blocks stop hitting the red end. |
| People say the translation is very quiet | Tell them to raise the volume slider at the bottom of their own listening screen, and to use headphones. |
Nothing to download and no account to create. Two ways in — a QR code or a link.
Point your phone camera here
foursquare.innovaflow.app/listen/foursquare-atlantic-district
This is the same QR code the broadcast page shows on screen while you're live, so you can also project it or print it on a handout. Both ways lead to the same place.
1. Scan the QR code, or open the link. The page opens right up — no app, no sign-in.
2. Tap the language button at the top and pick the language they want to hear.
3. Tap Listen. The translation starts as soon as the service is on the air.
Ask people to use earbuds or headphones. Without them, the translated voice plays out loud and everyone around them hears it during the service.
If someone taps Listen before the media team clicks Start, they'll see this message. Nothing is broken. The translation begins on its own the moment the broadcast starts, so they can just leave the screen open.