Project Live Captions on the Sanctuary Screen
Subtitle mode displays clean, readable captions the whole room can read while the pastor continues preaching.
Put the captions into OBS, and drag them under the video
Copy OBS URL gives you one web link. Add it to OBS as a Browser Source, set the size, and drag it wherever you want it, including underneath the video. Here it captions a Korean sermon into English while it moves.
Screen recording from the real app, with captions and a written description.
- Step 1. In OBS, add a new source and choose Browser.
- Step 2. Paste the link the app's Copy OBS URL button gave you into the URL field. The session code is blurred here.
- Step 3. Set the size of the source: 1500 by 260.
- Step 4. Press OK.
- The captions are now a source in the scene, waiting for the Subtitles page to start.
- Live in OBS: the captions translate a Korean sermon into English and are dragged down to sit underneath the video, still updating.
Designed for the back row
Large type, high contrast and minimal chrome make captions readable from a distance. Works for in-room projection and livestream overlays.
A subtitle bar that floats over any window
With the free desktop app for Windows and Mac, a borderless black subtitle bar stays on top of every window. Drag it under the live video of the sermon or anywhere on the screen. The app has a step-by-step guide inside, under How to use floating subtitles.
Projector and livestream
Put the Subtitles page on the projector screen. Copy OBS URL gives one web link to paste into OBS as a Browser Source, with a transparent background and no sign-in, and the same link works in a browser on another computer.
Which plans include subtitle mode
Subtitle mode is included in Standard and Pro. On Basic, add it for $10 a month from the Subtitles page. The add-on sits on top of a paid plan. Cancel anytime. On the free plan, subtitle mode works without the add-on and uses your 1 free hour of the month.
Setting up subtitles on the projector
Open the Subtitles screen on the computer that feeds the projector, choose the language being spoken and up to 5 caption languages, and drag the window onto the screen the congregation faces. Adjust the font, size, weight, colour, background, width and alignment until the back row can read it. Use Float or Pop out to keep the captions in their own window.
Adding translated captions to a livestream
Press Copy OBS URL and add that link to OBS or Streamlabs as a Browser Source. It draws the captions on a transparent background over your camera scene, with no sign in, so online viewers read the sermon in their language on YouTube, Facebook or any platform your stream goes to.
Can I show two languages on the church screen at once?
Yes. The Subtitles screen shows up to 5 caption lines, each in its own language, and can include the preacher's own words.
Does subtitle mode work with OBS?
Yes. Copy OBS URL gives one link to add as a Browser Source. The captions arrive on a transparent background.
How do churches translate sermons live with this app?
The speaker opens Sermon Translate on a phone, tablet or laptop, selects the spoken language and the translation language, and starts listening. Transcripts and translations appear on that device, and the whole room can read them as captions on a projector or livestream. No headsets, no interpreter booth, no extra hardware.
Which languages are supported?
Sermon Translate supports 123 languages. 61 of them can be spoken from the pulpit, including English, Traditional Chinese, Cantonese, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Vietnamese and 53 more, and all 123 can be read as captions. Every listener can pick their own reading language. The full list is on the languages page.
How is this different from Google Translate or generic AI translation apps?
Google Translate is a powerful general-purpose translator. Sermon Translate is designed around the workflow of a Christian service: church vocabulary, hymn titles, proper names, Bible book names, and verse-reference popups that appear when the speaker clearly references a passage.
Do we need to install anything?
No. It runs in a modern browser on iPhone, Android and desktop. The speaker opens it on one device, and the congregation reads the captions on the projector or livestream. Anyone who wants captions on their own phone opens Sermon Translate there and signs in; each listener needs their own account or trial after the free period.
Can it replace a human interpreter?
Sermon Translate works as a sermon interpreter app for live services and handles common preaching vocabulary well. A church can use it as the main translation for weekly services, or alongside a human interpreter for rare languages or high-stakes events. It is a tool, not a person.