CAMB.AI has two tools for translating speech live:
Live Speech Translation: speak into your microphone and see and hear a translation in real time. Great for conversations, meetings, presentations and quick tests. Available on all plans.
Broadcast: dub your live streams into other languages in real time. Available on the Expert plan and Enterprise.
Live Speech Translation, step by step
Step 1. Open the tool. In the left sidebar, under Speech Tools, click Live Speech Translation. You can also click Talk across every language on the Home page.
Step 2. Choose your languages.
I Speak: the language you'll speak. Choose Auto to let CAMB.AI detect it.
They Hear: the language your listener should hear.
Click the swap arrows between the two to switch them, for example when the other person replies.
Step 3. Check the Settings panel on the right:
Microphone: pick the microphone you'll speak into.
Speakers: pick where the translated audio plays.
Audio Output (on by default): plays the translated speech out loud. Turn it off if you only want to read the translated text.
Higher Quality: more accurate translation and more languages, but takes around 30 seconds to start. Some languages are only available with this turned on, so switch it on if you can't find your language.
Voice: choose the voice that speaks the translation.
Step 4. Start the session. Click Start Session. If your browser asks for permission to use your microphone, click Allow.
Step 5. Speak. What you say appears on the left, and the translation appears on the right in real time (and is spoken aloud if Audio Output is on). Stop the session when you're finished.
💡 Tips for the best results: use a headset or a good external microphone, speak clearly in full sentences, and keep background noise low. If you use speakers instead of headphones, keep them away from your microphone so the translated audio isn't picked up again.
👩💻 Developers: click Try as API (top right) to build live translation into your own app.
Broadcast: dub live streams
Broadcast dubs your live streams in real time, in any language. It's in the left sidebar under Projects. On plans that don't include it, it shows a lock 🔒, and clicking it shows Unlock Broadcast with a link to See plans.
Expert plan: includes live stream dubbing (about 24 minutes a month, 1 stream at a time).
Enterprise: custom minutes and streams for broadcasters, sports and events. Contact our team to set it up.
Can my audience join with a QR code or link?
Not on standard plans. Live Speech Translation is designed for the person using CAMB.AI Studio; it doesn't create a link or QR code for an audience to listen on their own phones.
Audience sharing by QR code has only been set up for specific live events (for example, translated live streams for a venue's audience) as part of a custom Enterprise setup. If you need your audience to listen in their own language on their own devices, contact us to discuss Broadcast or an Enterprise setup.
Troubleshooting
Start Session is greyed out: choose both an I Speak and a They Hear language, and check a microphone is selected.
Nothing appears when I speak: make sure your browser has permission to use the microphone (click the lock or camera icon in the address bar) and that the right microphone is selected in Settings.
I can read the translation but can't hear it: turn on Audio Output and check the Speakers setting and your volume.
My language isn't in the list: turn on Higher Quality; some languages only appear with it on.
The session takes a while to start: that's normal with Higher Quality on (around 30 seconds).
Still stuck? Contact us.