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Language Accessibility for Online Events: Live Theater With Spf.io
As online gatherings become more popular due to the challenges of COVID-19, event coordinators are finding unique solutions to replace in-person experiences.
Better Captioning Resiliency with Latest Release
With the latest release of our new feature spf.io Overlays, now you can open caption your video feed into any video conferencing software, like Zoom, GoToMeeting, WebEx, or Blue Jeans. This means spf.io now offers more resiliency and ability to provide captioning for...
How to add captions or subtitles to your livestream with OBS and spf.io
If you stream to Twitch, Facebook, YouTube or other streaming platforms, you can use spf.io to add captions or subtitles to your livestream with OBS. OBS is free and open-source software that enables you to record or livestream with multiple inputs. In this tutorial,...
Caption and translate your Zoom video calls, webinars and remote conferences with spf.io
As event organizers, pastors and companies cancel in-person gatherings and go online in response to COVID-19, we realized there was a need to ensure these online experiences are accessible to the Deaf, hard of hearing and people who speak many languages. So we built...
How spf.io can help your church go virtual
As many church services go virtual in response to COVID-19, we discovered two simple but important problems. 1) How do we show slides in addition to our livestream? Most churches do not know how to use advanced software to add slides to a video stream. 2) How do we...
4 Tips for using Zoom and video conference call software to stream your event
In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak many churches (and events!) in America and around the world are turning to online video streaming as a safety measure. Here are four tips for using video conferencing software like Zoom to stream your event on a...
How can I make my church accessible for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing?
In the United States, roughly one in five people has hearing loss. Is your church effectively ministering to the Deaf and hard of hearing? What more could be done to welcome everyone? Let’s begin by outlining how to discuss these issues respectfully, using vocabulary...
Don’t Leave the Hard of Hearing Behind! Try this instead.
Who are the most overlooked people with disabilities in the church today? According to one Pastor to the Deaf, it's the hard of hearing.As faithful churchgoers age, many experience hearing loss that disconnects them from their community. And as one hard-of-hearing...
Translate presentation slides on demand
Now attendees of lectures, sermons, and other presentations can easily read slides in their native language from the convenience of their mobile device. Spf.io, a real-time translation software for live events, announced a new feature that lets presenters upload slides and automatically translate them into more than 60 languages on demand. Audience members can seamlessly follow along with the presentation and see the slides in the language of their choice.
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