Share live translation
Choose how participants receive live captions or translated voice, then open the guide for that method.
Share Translation sends a live meeting or event to browsers, other JotMe Desktop users, or a video feed. Choose a method below to open its setup guide.
Choose how to share#
| Method | Who it is for | What they need |
|---|---|---|
| With URL | Participants at meetings and events | A browser; open the link. It runs on your minutes. |
| With QR code | In-person audiences and rooms | A phone or tablet; scan the QR code. It runs on your minutes. |
| With Code | Meeting or event participants who use JotMe Desktop | The code, entered in their app. |
| Subtitle Camera | Meetings, events, and streams where subtitles belong on the video | OBS on your machine; nothing for participants to open. |
Captions or voice#
Choose Caption or Voice at the top of Share Translation before opening one of the method guides. Both participant views keep the translated text on screen.
Caption: read the live translation#
Participants see the spoken language, their reading language, the original speech, and its live translation.
JotMe
They're Speaking
English
Japanese
Host
Good morning. Thank you for joining us.
おはようございます。ご参加ありがとうございます。
Participant
I'm looking forward to today's presentation.
今日のプレゼンテーションを楽しみにしています。
Just received
Voice: hear and read the live translation#
Participants still read the transcript, while translated speech plays on their device. Each participant controls their own speaker button without affecting anyone else.
Provide an earpiece
For voice-to-voice translation, provide each participant or audience member with an earpiece or headphones. This prevents translated audio from playing back into the meeting or event microphone.
JotMe
Japanese
Host
Good morning. Thank you for joining us.
おはようございます。ご参加ありがとうございます。
Participant
I'm looking forward to today's presentation.
今日のプレゼンテーションを楽しみにしています。
Just received
Heads up
Voice for participants consumes 5× translation minutes per participant. Check the expected number of listeners and session length before enabling it. Use Event pricing for the estimate and Usage limits for all multipliers.
Host-side voice translation is a different workflow. To hear the other side yourself or send your translated voice into a meeting, use Speech to speech.
Limit participant languages to reduce lag#
By default, guests can pick from every language JotMe supports. Every distinct language your audience selects adds live work for the session, so an unrestricted join page is the most common cause of lag at scale. Limit shared translation languages, under Settings → General, decides which languages the join page offers.
Choose the Model to share first — Basic, Premium, or Fast (Audio) — because limits are stored separately for each model. Then switch on the list you want to restrict and add up to 5 languages per list:
| Limit | Applies to | Effect on lag |
|---|---|---|
| Spoken languages | Basic and Premium | Largest. Each additional spoken language may require another live transcription, so restrict this list first. |
| Target translation languages | Basic and Premium | Smaller than spoken, still worth trimming for big audiences. |
| Target translation languages | Fast (Audio) | Largest for this model. Fast detects spoken languages automatically, and each allowed target language creates its own live audio-translation channel. |
Guests only see the languages you allowed. The limits travel with the share link and apply when the host starts the session.
Size the lists for the actual audience
A webinar spoken in English and Japanese for a Spanish-and-French-reading audience needs two spoken languages and two targets, not the full catalogue.
Note
Language limits require Premium or above and affect participant choices only. They do not change the host's own languages.
Stopping the meeting or event ends participant access. Use the relevant method guide above when you need to share again.