Multilingual Translation Services for Live Enterprise Communication
Sorenson Forum delivers AI-powered multilingual translation services for live meetings, events, and large audiences.
Organizations use real‑time speech translation, captions, and transcripts to communicate clearly across languages without scheduling, per‑language costs, or operational complexity.
Why enterprises choose Sorenson
Sorenson brings AI-powered multilingual communication to enterprises that need reliability at scale.
Backed by decades of experience delivering accessible communication and supporting billions of real-world interactions, Sorenson helps organizations communicate clearly across languages.
1 billion +
accessible interactions supported across Sorenson services
20+
years delivering accessible communication solutions
25+
languages and 45 dialects supported with Sorenson Forum
What Sorenson Forum enables
Participants follow spoken content in their preferred language with live captions or translated audio, delivered instantly to their own device.
When enterprises use Sorenson Forum
Company-wide meetings
Support clear understanding across multilingual teams during all-hands and organizational updates.
Training and onboarding
Deliver inclusive learning experiences with real-time translation and captions that scale to large audiences.
Events, conferences, and town halls
Create accessible, multilingual experiences for live, spoken-language events, without added operational complexity.
A consistent, high-quality experience for every participant
Every participant follows along in their preferred language with live captions or translated audio—on their own device, in real time.
25+ languages and 45 dialects
Deliver multilingual access across global audiences without adding complexity.
Participant-level access
Participants join instantly by clicking a link or scanning a QR code. No downloads, extensive setup, or shared screens required.
Predictable, scalable costs
A more scalable, cost-efficient approach than traditional CART and live interpretation—especially for large, multilingual audiences.
Two-way functionality
Enable real interaction—not just captions—so participants can engage, ask questions, and collaborate.
Sorenson Forum
How Sorenson Forum works
No need to schedule, nothing for participants to download — just a few simple steps to access real-time translation and captioning for effective communication.
1
Create a Sorenson Forum session.
2
Share the unique session QR code and PIN with participants.
3
Each participants joins on their device, selects their language, and can follow along with captions and AI text-to-speech.
Capabilities
Everything you need to support multilingual audiences
Real-time translation for large audiences
Deliver real-time translation services across many languages at once, without interpreter limits.
QR code and PIN access
Participants join instantly from a browser or mobile device, with no app required.
Works with your existing setup
Use Forum alongside your current AV, video conferencing, or event platforms without disrupting workflows.
Custom glossaries for industry-specific accuracy
Define industry terminology, names, and specialized vocabulary so translations reflect the language your teams and audiences actually use.
Make sure every audience understands
Explore live multilingual translation, captions, and audio designed to scale across meetings and events.
Complete the form and our team will contact you to answer questions and discuss how Sorenson Forum captioning and speech translation fits your needs.
Or reach us at [email protected]
Plan communication accessibility at scale
Planning multilingual communication across meetings, events, or global teams? Our guide outlines how enterprises reduce miscommunication, scale language access, and support inclusion goals.
Communication accessibility in action
See how Grayslake School District expanded communication access for students, families, and staff using realtime translation and captions—without adding operational complexity.
See the impact of real-time speech translation and captioning
It’s not subtle. You’ll see the value of Sorenson Forum on your audience’s faces the first time you use it.
Conventional CART and translation require scheduling and specialized equipment.
Provide captioning and speech translation without scheduling, direct to users’ own devices.
Linguistically diverse, deaf, and hard-of-hearing participants feel excluded, limiting participation.
Everyone gets the message and can fully understand for a better experience all around.
You schedule separate services for CART captioning and speech translation and still can’t do simultaneous multilingual translation.
Get real-time captioning and speech translation with one app, providing Japanese to English and English to Spanish (+23 more) in the same session.
Try Sorenson Forum
Experience AI‑powered multilingual translation services for your next meeting or event.
Need ASL interpreting for live sessions?
Use Scheduled VRI for meetings, training, or events that require ASL interpreting.
FAQs
Find answers to the most common questions about Sorenson Forum, then learn hands on how it works. Get a trial to decide it’s the best speech translation and captioning app for your needs.
What languages and dialects can I translate with Sorenson Forum?
Sorenson Forum can provide AI speech translation and captioning in the following languages:
Arabic (Israel, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Tunisia, Oman, State of Palestine, Qatar, Lebanon, Egypt), Bengali, Cantonese, Cantonese, Dutch, English (United States, Australia, Canada, Great Britain, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa), Farsi, Finnish, French (Canada, France), German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.
Does Sorenson Forum work for remote audiences?
Yes, Sorenson Forum works remotely, in-person, and for hybrid sessions. Anyone can use the session code via browser or mobile device to access real-time captions and speech translation.
Can I use Sorenson Forum as an alternative to traditional Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services for events?
Yes, Sorenson Forum can replace traditional CART services with the same real-time captioning functionality, plus simultaneous multilingual translation in text and audio. You give participants the control to access the service directly on their laptop or mobile device, whether onsite or remote. Sorenson Forum is also bi-directional, allowing your audience to interact with presenters.
In what settings can I use Sorenson Forum?
Sorenson Forum is perfect for situations where you’re sharing a message with a varied audience — multilingual, Deaf, hard-of-hearing, neurodiverse — including conferences and conventions, speeches, classes, assemblies, town halls, corporate meetings, and public forums.
What type of microphone can I use?
We recommend using professional grade microphones for the highest quality speech recognition and better accuracy of the translation. However, any headset or earpiece with an integrated microphone will work.
Does Sorenson Forum save transcripts from my session for participants in their preferred language?
Sorenson Forum makes transcripts available to the host in all languages participants used during the session, and the host can share those transcripts.
What devices are compatible with Sorenson Forum?
Participants can access Sorenson Forum with iOS and Android devices or via a web browser, offering flexibility across different platforms.
