For most individuals and organizations Captional uses the technology that you already own. There’s no other equipment to purchase!
If you are an organization that uses a computer for recording or streaming audio or video, you can simply select the audio input that’s already set up to transcribe your service.
Individuals can use a laptop with a connected Bluetooth microphone, or if you’re staying put behind a podium, the microphone built into the laptop.
Captional does an amazing job of removing background noise to isolate the speaker, but you will always have better results with a microphone that is close to whomever is presenting.
You can stream from your laptop in the browser, or from your phone with the Mobile Streamer in the Captional app. Either way, viewers join with a Room Code or by scanning your QR code, and the captions reach their phones in about a second, in more than 70 languages.
Your account also has a Resources tab with materials made for your room: full-screen QR codes, posters and PowerPoint slides you can use as they are. We walk through them in the slide and QR code generator article. If your event runs through a mixer, see how to connect your soundboard to Captional, and to see the viewer side, watch the viewer app in action.
A screen recording of the admin interface for streaming Captions to users of the Captional Viewer app. Once you are logged into Captional 1.) Select your audio input 2.) Click “Start Streaming”.
