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Cuckoo for Events provides real-time translation for in-person events, from community meetups to multi-day conferences with several tracks. Attendees can open a public link or scan a QR code to follow translations on their phones. Organizers can also show one or more translated languages on a shared screen.

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Sign in

To use Cuckoo at an upcoming event, contact our team or schedule a call to enable Cuckoo for Events. After we enable access, sign in and select the correct organization. Cuckoo for Events is not available in personal workspaces.

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Create a session

1

Create a conference

Open Conferences and click New conference.New conference button
2

Set the title and languages

Complete the conference form.New conference form
  • Title: The conference name shown in Cuckoo and to attendees.
  • Link: An automatically generated, editable URL that attendees use to access translations.
  • Speaker languages: All languages that speakers will use during the event. Cuckoo detects when the language changes.
  • Audience languages: All languages you want Cuckoo to translate into.
  • Enable audio: Let attendees listen to spoken translations on their devices with headphones. This feature is currently in beta.
Click Create to open the host page.Conference host page
3

Start translation

Under Mic, select your microphone input. You can use a USB microphone or an audio interface connected to the venue’s audio system.Check the Volume indicator to confirm that Cuckoo is receiving audio.Microphone and volume controlsClick Start to begin translation. The first translated segments should appear within 1 to 3 seconds.Click Pause to pause translation. Once you end a session, you cannot restart it.
4

Clear the test transcript

After a microphone test or rehearsal, click ··· to the right of the event title and select Clear transcript.Clear transcript menu