Choosing the right setup for your church

Glossa just needs to hear clean audio of your speaker. There are a few ways to get that audio in, and the best one depends on the gear you already use. Start with the simplest option that applies to you.

Option 1: A direct line from your soundboard (simplest and cleanest)

If you can run a line from your soundboard or mixer into a computer (through a USB audio interface, for example), this is the best choice. It gives Glossa the cleanest possible audio and the lowest delay. You select that input inside your service and you’re done. This is covered in the Getting started section under Setting up your audio input.

Option 2: A virtual audio cable (for audio playing on your computer)

If the audio you want to translate is already playing through your computer, for example through OBS or your streaming software, a virtual audio cable routes that audio into Glossa without any extra hardware. Use BlackHole on Mac or VB-Audio Cable on Windows. See the dedicated articles in this category for each.

Option 3: An RTMP stream (when your audio lives in an encoder)

If your audio already lives in a streaming encoder or hardware that can send an RTMP stream, Glossa can receive it directly. This adds a little more delay than a local input, so reach for it only when a direct line or virtual cable isn’t practical. See Using an RTMP input.

Showing the translation on a screen

Separate from getting audio in, you can display the live translated text on your church website or inside presentation software like ProPresenter using Glossa’s embed view. See Displaying translations in ProPresenter and Embedding live captions on your church website.

A helpful rule of thumb: if you can feed Glossa a direct line from the soundboard, do that. Use a virtual cable when the audio is on your computer, and RTMP only when neither of those works.