Multilingual churches often have one solution for language barriers: a family member or volunteer whisper-translating the sermon in real time while trying to worship themselves. Voco was built for churches serving diaspora communities, international students, refugees, and deaf or hard-of-hearing attendees who need to follow along without that quiet, exhausting handoff.^1
Voco streams a service's audio into live speech-to-text translation across 157+ languages. Attendees scan a QR code, pick their language, and read along on their own phone, no app, no account, no hardware handed out at the door. Churches can also pipe the same live captions into OBS or ProPresenter for on-screen display.^2
Founder Josh Stannard built Voco after watching his Mexican in-laws sit through English-language services with no way to follow along, then watching the same problem in reverse on visits to Mexico and Spain.^1 The product is built for how churches actually run on a Sunday: volunteers, patchy Wi-Fi, and audio setups ranging from a phone on the lectern to a full sound desk.
Why Christians Love It"It's been very reliable with multiple languages as input and 100+ languages concurrent output. Both audio and transcript available."^3
Notable- Founded by Josh Stannard, a UK-based designer and developer, operating as a sole trader under UK GDPR with a published Data Processing Agreement.^4
- Featured in the Launch Llama newsletter, a startup-discovery publication.^5
- Pricing is transparent and per-church rather than per-seat, with unlimited attendees on every plan and a published policy against cutting a service off mid-sermon.^6
