Koine
English

Live translation
for churches

Natural voice and captions, in real time.

Live events, in three steps.

More about events →
  1. Download the Koine app and connect your audio.

    Plug in a microphone or the soundboard, choose your languages and press Start.

  2. Hang up your QR code.

    Print the code or show it on a screen at the door.

  3. People scan your QR code and hear it in their own language.

    On their own phones, by voice or captions. Nothing to install, nothing to hand out.

Keep the talk. Keep asking questions.

Follow in your own language. Ask questions during the event and keep learning afterwards.

Chat about the transcript in Koine AI, ChatGPT or Claude.

ChatGPT and Claude connections are in limited preview.

Example conversation
  1. You

    Can you check the speaker's claim?

  2. Koine AI

    The example shows how asking one more question helped the team. It supports the point, but doesn't prove it works every time.

  3. You

    How could I put that into practice?

  4. Koine AI

    In your next meeting, ask “What are we missing?” before offering advice. Then check that you've understood the answer.

Chat with
Koine AI
ChatGPT
Claude

Uses the live transcript, your notes and highlights.

Event reviews

Placeholder reviews

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Add a customer quote about bringing the whole team together.
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Conversations with Koine

Simultaneous translation for natural, accurate conversations.

See Koine Station →

Speak in your own language. Hear the other person in yours.

Use your own phones, a shared tablet or headsets.

More about conversations →

Live events, on any device.

The speaker uses whatever is at hand. Listeners bring their own. Nothing to hand out.

In the room. Online. Or both.

All anyone needs is mobile data or Wi-Fi.

Windows laptop model: “Modern Slim Laptop” by Blaž Mraz, CC BY 4.0, simplified. AirPods Pro model by JY_JY_, CC BY 4.0, reframed.

In Volda, fifteen people from Ukraine followed along in their own language.

Pinsekyrkja i Volda · Norway

Also in use at KF Vesterålen.

Keep what you heard.

After the event, go back to it in your own language. The organizer decides what each event keeps.

  • Highlights and notesMark a line while you listen and add a note to it.
  • Slides and photosIn the Koine app, the slides and your own photos stay with the session.
  • History and replayRead it again later, or listen back when it was recorded.

Ask what was said, or get a short recap, with Koine Plus.

More about the mobile app →

Every room already copes somehow. Each way of coping costs something.

What happens Nothing in place A member translates Hired interpreters Koine
What it costs Nothing in money — the cost is the people who quietly stop coming Free, and it costs that member their own day off, every week $1,000+ per language per day, plus receiver rental $10 per language, per hour — you never pay per listener, and nobody is cut off
Nuance, humor and idiom — Warm and familiar, but uneven The best in the room. This is the thing you are paying for. Close, and getting closer — but a great interpreter is still better

Interpreter day rates vary by country and language. See the full comparison →

Where it works

Churches

Translate services for the whole congregation, with optional BibleSense for approved Scripture.

See church setup →

Education

Lectures, assemblies, and parent evenings that newcomer families can follow in real time.

See education setup →

Conferences & events

Keynotes, breakout tracks, and company all-hands for audiences that work across languages.

See event setup →

Government & civic

Council meetings, public hearings, and resident information that every household can follow.

See civic setup →

Live event pricing.

One free event: up to 3 hours, 25 listeners and 5 languages.

No subscription

Pay as you go

$10/language-hour

Buy as many hours as you need. They stack up and never expire.

Start free →

Light monthly use

Lite

$96/mo

One live session, up to 3 languages, 75 listeners, and 12 language-hours a month.

See plan →

Regular weekly use

Standard

$169/mo

Two live sessions at once, 150 listeners, 24 language-hours, overlays and recordings.

Compare all plans →

Run your next service, class, or session in more than one language.

Mathias Haughom
Mathias HaughomFounder