- Works today · Beta
- Reads FreeShow directly
Translate your FreeShow slides for every viewer
Lyrics and scripture on your screens appear in each viewer’s captions, in their language, as easy-to-read cards. The person running the slides changes nothing.
What flows where
Two paths: the words people say, and the words on screen.
- SlidesFreeShowIts network setting is on, so the current slide’s text can be read.
- Operator ConsoleThe Slides tab of your sessionOpen on the computer that runs FreeShow, in Chrome or Edge.
- TranslateInterScribeWaits until a slide has stayed on screen for the settle time, 2 s by default, then translates it once.
- ViewersEvery phoneThe slide appears in the captions in each viewer’s language. Viewers can always see the original.
The sermon audio takes its own path, from your sound desk. Getting good audio
- Software
- WebSocket/REST API turned on, port 5505 unless you changed it
- Browser
- Chrome or Edge, on the computer that sends the slides
- Where
- The Operator Console on the presentation computer, or a Slides station on its network
- Plan
- Translated slides are in Beta and not part of any plan yet
Set it up
3 steps, once. Then slides go out by themselves whenever you are live.
Open Settings › Connections in FreeShow and turn on WebSocket/REST API. The WebSocket port is 5505 unless you changed it.
Open your session, then the Slides tab, press Choose source › Use this computer, pick FreeShow and enter localhost with port 5505. Do this on the presentation computer itself: another computer's address works today, but Chrome may stop allowing it in a future version, and screen capture is the way then.
Press Connect and send slides, and allow access to devices on the local network when Chrome or Edge asks. The slide on screen goes to your audience; from then on, slides go out by themselves whenever you are live.
While you are live
- Wait before sending
2 s by default. Raise it if the person running slides clicks through verses quickly.
- Send slide pictures
Also send the slide picture, for announcements with graphics.
- Pause this computer
Stop sending during a video or a private moment, without leaving the live session.
- Clear slide
Remove the last card from viewers’ phones, for example after the final song.
Troubleshooting
If something says this, do that.
| What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
| Can't reach FreeShow. Check the address and port, that WebSocket/REST API is on in FreeShow (Settings › Connections), and that you are using Chrome or Edge. If asked, allow access to devices on the local network | Open FreeShow, turn its network setting on as in step 1, and check the address and port you typed. Use Chrome or Edge. |
| Connecting to FreeShow… | If this stays on screen, the two computers may be on different networks, such as guest Wi-Fi and the AV network. Put both on the same one. |
| Viewers see a slide a moment late | That is the wait time at work. Lower Wait before sending if your slides stay up long enough. |
Still stuck? Read the Slides guide or talk to a person
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