Subtitles on Screens: Full Screen & Lower Thirds
To be booked separately from your Participant Plan.
With this feature you are able to show original or translated subtitles Full Screen or Lower Thirds at your venue or in a video stream.
You can book Screens in addition to a Participant Plans or just Screen Packages only. Find out more here.
Option 1: Full Screen
Simply open the full screen URL on a laptop, connect it to a screen and you are ready to go.
Option 2: Lower Thirds (Overlay)
Using a green screen page that you can configure according to your needs and a video mixing software like vmix you have all you need to get this done.
Three types, from simple to fully branded
| Type | Branding on screen |
|---|---|
| STARTER | Shows the LiveVoice logo |
| ADVANCED | No LiveVoice branding |
| COMPLETE | Add your own logo |
Setup
1: Add screen.
You find the option "add new screen" in your event under the "Screens" tab. Add a new screen.
2: Create screen.
Give the screen a name, choose a preset (Full Screen or Lower Thirds) and the source channel from which you want to show the subtitles, as well as the desired language. Depending on how you set up your channels you will find language options for:
- Translation: To show one translated language.
- Original Subtitles: To show closed captions.
- Cross Translation: If you have two languages spoken on stage and always want to show the opposite translated language on screen.
3: Choose or create a preset.
You can either choose an existing preset from our prepared templates or create a new one. First choose between the two options "Full Screen" and "Lower Thirds". Then you can set various parameters like color, font size, spacing, etc.
For Full Screen you will usually use black on white or vice versa.
For Lower Thirds you usually use a green background that can be later keyed out with your video mix program.
💡 Good to know:
- If you have also booked a Participant Plan, so your audience can listen as well on their smartphones, you can choose to display the QR code of your event on the screen. Simply turn on the toggle in the preset.
- If you book STARTER, the LiveVoice logo will be shown in a bar, with light grey background.
- If you book ADVANCED, the LiveVoice logo will not be shown. In case you show the QR Code, you can adjust the color of the bar.
- If you book COMPLETE, the LiveVoice logo will not be shown and you can add your own logo. You can also adjust the color of the bar.
4: Share URL.
Once you are done you can copy the URL and open it in the browser of the computer that should show the subtitles. Anytime you change the preset, the settings will change on the screen once you refresh it.
👉🏼 When you open the screen page in your web browser, make sure your taskbar is set to hide in full screen mode, so it doesn't show on top of the subtitles.
👉🏼 If you let the web browser with the overlay page run e.g. over night during your event and want to use it the next day, we recommend to refresh it once. As some browsers energy saving settings could prevent subtitles to be played out or send old subtitles that are still in the cue after "waking up", this will make sure you get a clean start.