for sermons, services and livestreams
Verli is a church translation app that listens to the sermon on one computer, through a microphone or your sound board, and shows a live translation under each line. On a Standard or Premium plan, members read along on their own phones through a live share link, with no account and no headsets.
text on phones, not audio in headsets
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In the room, put the computer near the speaker. For a cleaner signal, connect the sound board output through a USB audio interface, then pick that device in the Microphone list under Audio source. Set a steady level at the board. To translate a livestream playing on the computer, turn on Desktop audio and turn off Microphone. The Mac app hears all sound on the Mac. On Windows, choose any screen when recording starts. In the web app, share the stream's tab and turn on Share audio. This works best in Chrome.
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Set Language 1 to the language of the sermon and Language 2 to your members' language, for example English and Spanish. Click Assistant and turn on Knowledge base. Under Words to recognize, add the pastor's name, place names and church terms. Choose Create new preset so it is ready next week.
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Start recording, click Share transcript, then Copy share link. Send the link to members in your group chat or by text. They open it on their phones. Share links need a Standard or Premium plan. Stop recording when the part you want translated ends.
Each line shows the original words with the translation under it. In View settings, members can set Show to Translated and press A+ to make the text bigger. Nobody needs an account to open the link.
If a service moves between English and Spanish, Verli detects which one is spoken and translates it into the other. Nobody has to press a button when the speaker switches.
The knowledge base holds names, uncommon words and preferred translations. It helps Verli spell the pastor's name and your ministry names the way you do. Presets are saved to your account, so they work on any computer you sign in on.
Use the web app in any modern browser. Desktop audio works best in Chrome. The Mac app needs macOS 14.2 or later and comes from the Mac App Store as "Verli Live Translation" or as a direct download. The Windows app is in the Microsoft Store for 64-bit Windows 10 version 2004 or later. Verli translates between 60+ languages.
Verli is translation software for churches. It is not a church translation system with transmitters and headsets, and it sends no audio to receivers or phones. Members read the translation on their own screens. If your members need to listen, a headset system with a human interpreter, or a church platform that plays translated audio, will serve them better.
Each session translates between two languages, and people on the link see only those two. A Spanish group and a Korean group cannot each pick their own language from one link. A prayer, reading or song in a third language may be left untranslated or come out wrong. Verli translates live speech only. For Spanish translation for church materials such as Bibles, hymnals and bulletins, use published Spanish editions.
Minutes count the whole time recording is on, including songs, announcements and silence. There is no pause button. A 90 minute service every Sunday uses 6 hours in a month with four Sundays, or 7.5 hours with five. That fits Standard at $7.99 per month, which includes 10 hours (prices as of October 2026). Two 90 minute services each Sunday go past 10 hours, so translate one of them or add a 5 or 10 hour minute pack. To save minutes, start recording when the sermon begins. Stopping ends the share link, so if you start again, send members the new link.
Machine translation makes mistakes. Treat it as a reading aid. Ask a bilingual member to check names, dates, quoted verses and announcements. Before the first Sunday, fill the knowledge base and run a weekday test with the same sound board output. For pastoral counseling or anything legal, use a human interpreter.
Tell people the service is being transcribed. Get consent where the law or your church requires it. A visitor can also run Verli alone on a laptop with the microphone, after asking the church if recording is allowed. Sit close to a loudspeaker, because sound picked up from across the room gives weaker results.
Verli keeps no recording of the service audio. Shared data is deleted 24 hours after the session is created, and the link stops being live when you stop recording. Transcripts save to your account's History by default, which helps when someone asks for the sermon text later.
Yes. Verli runs on one computer at the service and listens through a microphone or the sound board. It translates the sermon into one of 60+ languages and shows the translation under each line. On a Standard or Premium plan, members follow along on their phones through a live share link.
No. The share link, available on Standard and Premium, opens in a web browser and needs no account. Members do not need to install anything.
No. Verli shows text and does not send audio to phones, headsets or receivers. Read aloud is a paid feature in the Mac and Windows apps. It plays the translation only on the speakers or headphones of the computer running Verli. If members need to listen, an interpretation headset system is the better fit.
All the time recording is on counts, including songs and silence. A 60 minute service uses 4 to 5 hours a month and a 90 minute service uses 6 to 7.5 hours, so either fits Standard at $7.99 per month with 10 hours. Premium is $19.99 per month with the same 10 hours plus more natural voice translation. Standard and Premium subscribers can add 5 or 10 hour minute packs. Prices are in US dollars.
Verli gives you 60 minutes upon sign-up with no credit card. That covers a service of up to an hour, or the sermon from a longer one. Live share links are on paid plans only, so during the free minutes the translation shows only on the computer running Verli.
Not from one session. Each session translates between two languages, and viewers on the link see only those two. Pick the pair that most of your members need.
It depends on how members follow along. Headsets with a human interpreter work best when people need to listen, and dedicated church platforms can add translated audio. If reading the text is enough, AI translation for churches can run on one computer, which is what Verli does from $7.99 a month.
60 minutes free upon sign-up, no credit card needed. Test it on a real sermon before you pay for anything.
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