An interpreting system? The wall is enough.
If you look for an interpreting system for your mosque, you mostly find radio headsets: buying devices, handing them out, collecting them - and someone who interprets simultaneously every Friday. Miskio is the other way: the khutbah is translated automatically and appears as live text on your mosque’s screen.
- No devices
- No interpreter needed
- Free trial access
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Both approaches, honestly side by side.
A radio system with an interpreter versus live text on the wall - what really makes the difference in everyday mosque life.
| Radio system + interpreter | Miskio | |
|---|---|---|
| Purchase | Transmitter + one receiver per listener - quickly four figures, depending on the number | None. A screen or projector with a browser is enough |
| Needed every Friday | Simultaneous interpreter + handing out and collecting devices | One person starts the translation in the browser |
| Who can listen? | As many people as there are receivers | Everyone - on the wall and on their own phones |
| Maintenance | Charging, cleaning, keeping spare devices | None - there are no devices |
| Reading later | Not possible - once spoken, it is gone | An archive with a summary to read again and share |
| Running costs | Interpreter, batteries, spare parts | From €29 a month for every Friday - free trial for four weeks |
To be fair: if your congregation has a practised simultaneous interpreter every week, headphones work well - especially for listeners who would rather listen with their eyes closed than read along. For every other congregation, live text is the approach that works without that one person.
What does an interpreting system for a mosque cost?
A classic radio system (a tour guide system) consists of a transmitter and one receiver per listener - with 30, 50 or 100 worshippers the purchase quickly adds up to four figures. On top of that comes what no price list shows: someone has to interpret simultaneously every Friday and hand out, collect and charge the devices.
Miskio turns the calculation around: no devices, no purchase, no interpreter. The Basis plan puts every Friday sermon on the wall for €29 a month, Pro for €49 also on the congregation’s phones - cancellable monthly, paid by card or SEPA direct debit. Before that, you try it free for four weeks.
Is Miskio simultaneous interpreting?
Yes - simultaneous, but as text instead of sound. While the imam speaks, the translation appears sentence by sentence on the screen. The difference from classic simultaneous interpreting: nobody sits in an interpreting booth, and the congregation needs no headphones.
For the congregation that means reading along instead of listening along. Anyone who is hard of hearing or sits further back benefits as well - text gets through where sound is lost.
Does the congregation need devices or an app?
No. The translation is shown as live text on the mosque’s screen or projector - anyone who prefers to read along at their seat opens the phone view via a QR code in the browser. No account, no app, nothing to hand out or collect.
How good is the automatic translation compared with an interpreter?
Honestly: a good human simultaneous interpreter understands nuances that no machine catches. Miskio’s translation is very readable, but not perfect - and that is exactly how we label it on the wall. Qur’an verses are the exception: they are recognised and shown in the established Bubenheim translation instead of being machine-translated (with German output).
The difference in practice: you need the interpreter again every Friday - Miskio is started by one person with a click. Test the two against each other: the initial setup with a real khutbah is free and without obligation.
Does it work with our existing microphone system?
In most mosques: yes. Miskio only needs a microphone signal on the laptop or phone - through the built-in microphone or by cable from your mixing desk. During setup we test this together with your system and real sermon audio.
Every generation.One Friday.
Bring the khutbah onto your wall - so that the second and third generation understand what it is about.
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