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March 17, 2026
Wordly AI’s Lakshman Rathnam offers this commentary on the vital role AI plays in empowering transcription for multilingual families.
Wordly sells conference AI interpretation with captions and AI audio across 3,000+ language pairs.
Now Wordly has launched a product, Silent Theater, which allows presenters to speak normally while attendees listen through their own phones, with booth screens displaying large captions.
The new capability streams booth audio directly to attendees' phones with conference-grade clarity and lower latency.
BizBash takes a deep dive into the newest tech solutions for events of all types, plus the latest must-know industry news.
Wordly, a pioneer in AI translation and captions used across conferences, governments, schools, and enterprises, has announced the launch of Sponsor Logos, a new enhancement that allows event organizers to sell sponsor placement within the live translation and captioning experience for the first time.
New meeting enhancements included the use of Bold Reuse reusable cups to promote sustainability at the ACS Connect Reception and Sci-Mix; expanded ACS Member Lounge activities featuring Member Lounge Theater, the Committee on Chemists with Disabilities (CWD) Brand Hub, and booths for future meetings and their local section hosts; and the introduction of live transcription services by Wordly to increase accessibility for meeting sessions and events.
The studio has also worked on new ways to support communication in classes. It shared plans to use the translation platform Wordly. It also has an instructor certified in ASL interpretation.
AI translation and captions company Wordly has launched a new enhancement that allows event organisers to sell sponsor placement within the live translation and captioning experience.
Sponsor Logos places a partner's branding directly on the attendee screens, whether they are following captions on their phones or reading translated subtitles on the screen of the main stage.
Wordly, a provider of artificial intelligence translation and captioning solutions, today launched Sponsor Logos, which enables event organizers to sell sponsor placement within their live translation and captioning experiences.
Pulse 2.0 interviewed Wordly Founder and CEO Lakshman Rathnam to learn more about AI translation, accessibility, and the company’s growth.
"It's fascinating to me when you have people come up to the dais or come up to the public comment desk, and they're reading their anti-data center screed off their phone, while their words are being transcribed by Wordly, and being transmitted across the world on YouTube," he said.
A Spanish-language performance will not be a Spanish-only experience, since audiences can follow along live in their own language through Wordly, a simultaneous translation platform offering access in more than 25 languages.
She also announced that a new pilot program, Wordly, is being tested. It is a live translation service with which residents can scan a QR code on their phones to choose the language in which they can follow the meeting.
Automatic subtitles: UK businesses can boost reach, SEO, inclusion and cut costs. Ten data-backed benefits, legal changes and a practical checklist.
I recently went one-on-one with Lakshman Rathnam, founder and CEO of Wordly.
Adding to the exposure, statutory changes under SB 707 expanded the window for the public to file a formal cure-and-correct demand over alleged Brown Act violations from nine months to twelve, according to compliance guidance from Wordly AI, giving challengers more time to petition a Superior Court to invalidate council actions.
The city announced Tuesday that it has begun using Wordly during meetings held in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. The program provides live translated captions and audio during City Council, Environmental Planning Commission and Rental Housing Committee meetings.
Wordly has deployed its real-time translation and captioning platform across all Learning Labs at the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition, held August 15–18, 2026 in Indianapolis.
Technology can help overcome the language barrier. Wordly is an AI-powered live translation and captioning platform. The platform can provide live translation and captions in over 50 languages. It is easy to deploy and scale and can be set up for a large event, or individuals can access their preferred language on their own device through a QR code.
The 2026 Inc. 5000 ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the US went live in mid-August. Slator identified 11 language solutions integrators (LSIs) and language technology platforms (LTPs) on the national list.
Among the challenges is cost savings. Technology can streamline operations and eliminate unnecessary expenditures. Wordly, an AI-powered translation service, estimates event organizers have saved more than $100 million since 2019 by using AI translation because they don’t need to pay human translators in order to expand their events’ reach to international audiences.
Wordly provided real-time translation and captions at the ASAE Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, where the service was used across keynotes and Learning Labs for more than 5,500 attendees.
Event translation company Wordly has seen explosive growth as demand grows for AI-powered multilingual communication across conferences, meetings and other live experiences.
Live AI translation and captions for events specialist Wordly has been ranked No. 521 on the 2026 Inc. 5000, an annual ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing private, independent companies in the United States.
Demand for live AI translation has spread beyond international conferences into routine use across education, government, business and community settings. Wordly described multilingual communication as an operational need for organisations serving increasingly diverse audiences.
Wordly's achievement on the Inc. 5000 is a significant moment for the education technology sector, marking the growing importance and impact of AI translation.
Today, Wordly is used by more than 1,000 multi-day conferences around the world, spanning nonprofits, professional associations, industry groups, and corporate events.
Wordly said adoption of its live AI translation and captioning services has helped it surpass 1 billion minutes of translated content and 6 million users.
AI-powered translation is entering American ministry. Congregations use it to offer live translations of worship services in multiple languages, without teams of interpreters. Companies like Wordly are behind much of this.
In a similar vein, the county has deployed an AI tool, Wordly.ai, to provide real-time translation and captioning during Board of Supervisors meetings. Since going live, the platform has translated more than 18 meetings and more than 4,600 minutes of content.
Interivew with Kirk Hendrickson, Wordly COO, explaining how organizations can use live AI translation to make meetings and events more inclusive and engaging for all attendees.
The idea for Wordly did not begin in a lab or through market research. It started with a personal experience that highlighted a global problem.
Much of the public conversation around AI still focuses on risk, uncertainty, and what the technology cannot do," said Lakshman Rathnam, Founder and CEO, Wordly. "But organizations using AI translation are making decisions based on results, not assumptions. They are seeing meaningful improvements in quality, accessibility, and scalability, and that is changing expectations for how multilingual communication should work.
The 2026 State of AI Translation and Captioning survey was commissioned by Wordly and conducted by Dimensional Research. The study surveyed 205 qualified meeting and event stakeholders from the United States and United Kingdom between May 11 and May 21, 2026. Participants were responsible for external events and/or internal meetings involving multilingual audiences at organizations with more than 1,000 employees.
The report, commissioned by software company Wordly and conducted by Dimensional Research, also found that 66% prefer AI-powered translations and only 25% said they still prefer human interpreters.
Jeanne Sheehy and Sarah Timm demonstrated how AI can personalize the entire meeting lifecycle—from recommendations and matchmaking to real-time translation using tools like Wordly.
At conferences, speakers are often delivering their keynote or panel discussions in languages that many attendees might not know. That leads to users scrambling for their phones and opening translation apps to capture audio from a distance, which is not always effective.
In-person translators are no longer appearing at the Fresno City Council. Non-English speakers now speak at the lectern, automatically translated using the Wordly service.
This call will include real-time interpretation through Wordly, allowing participants to follow the presentation in the language of their choice.
Wordly, a provider of live AI translation and captioning, announced this week that its platform saw accelerating adoption across U.S. higher education commencement ceremonies during the 2026 graduation season.
This year’s commencement season highlighted the use of AI translation and real-time captioning as one of the fastest-growing trends in higher education event technology. While educators continue to debate how AI should be used in classrooms, Wordly, the pioneer in live AI translation and captioning, has seen rapid adoption of its platform during commencement ceremonies.
Related products already include Zoom translated captions, Wordly AI Translation, and HeyGen’s video localization product which works with more than 175 languages.
To ensure small business owners from across San Jose’s diverse communities can fully participate, translation services through Wordly will be available in multiple languages.
Advances in AI are changing that equation. Real-time translation and captioning now make it possible to provide multilingual access across classrooms, assemblies, and family events simultaneously.
What if simultaneous translation were no longer reserved for large international conferences? With solutions like Wordly, AI promises to make events more accessible , more multilingual, and more profitable.
To ensure full participation from small business owners in San Jose’s diverse community, the organizers will provide multilingual translation services through Wordly and offer a free lunch.
Higher-education institutions like SUNY Oswego and the University of Southern California are using AI-powered captioning and translation tools to increase language access at large campus events.
Additionally, select education sessions will feature real-time translation via Wordly, allowing attendees to participate in their preferred language. No special equipment is needed—participants simply bring their device and headphones to access live AI-powered captions and translations.
Your attendees expect to be able to interact with content on their terms: in their native languages and on their own devices. Wordly’s AI-powered translation and captioning platform makes that lofty expectation a reality — often for a significant discount versus traditional interpretation services.
Wordly AI will soon be available during Union City meetings for residents who need language translations during city meetings. A QR code would be available for residents to scan in order to receive live translations from the app.
The examples of AI services reported by the government include consumer products like AI captioning and the transcription tool Wordly. Others were large contracts with big AI companies, such as a $12.1 million agreement the Bank of Canada signed with Microsoft to implement its M365 Copilot.
Wordly has processed one billion minutes of live AI translation across 300,000 sessions in 120 countries since 2019. The company claims $200M in savings, though figures come from its own calculator, not independent audits.
Company providing AI translation service claims US$200 million in savings for customers since 2019.
ordly says its AI translation platform has generated more than USD $200 million in customer savings since launch and has introduced an ROI calculator for organisations assessing the cost impact of AI translation in meetings.
Live events are going multilingual. AI translation has cut industry costs by over $100m since 2019.
In San José, California, translation costs have dropped by nearly 80% and resident participation at public meetings has increased since the city began using the service, a city clerk said.
Houston is rolling out live, AI-powered translation for City Council meetings through the city's iSpeak Houston program, officials announced Wednesday.
A conversation with Dave Deasy, CMO of Wordly, on language barriers, the caption habit nobody saw coming, and what happens to a congregation when “at some point” keeps getting pushed down the calendar.
Platforms like Wordly, for instance, are supported by ISO 27001 certification and SOC 2 Type II compliance, ensuring attendee data, session content and communications meet top security standards. Compliance with Europe’s GDPR is also critical.
Three recent enhancements—AI summaries, improved caption display modes, and enterprise Workspaces—that help teams share insights faster, support accessibility, and scale multilingual delivery.
Essentially, they were asking for multilingual tools to offer engagement, empowerment, active participation, real belonging, and recognition: in other words, genuine inclusion.
Wordly has agreed a sponsorship deal with the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) to provide its AI translation service across all ANOC events in 2026.
Los Altos-based Wordly has partnered with the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) as a Bronze sponsor and provider of real-time AI translation for all 2026 ANOC events worldwide.
Wordly provides real-time, AI-driven translation that lets participants access live spoken content in their preferred languages on their personal devices without traditional interpretation equipment.
From mining video evidence to enabling real-time translation of public meetings to speeding up prescription renewals, state and local agencies are finding ways to put artificial intelligence to work.
As part of the agreement, Wordly’s technology will support ANOC meetings, assemblies, and activities throughout 2026, including the ANOC General Assembly in Hong Kong. The partnership will enhance accessibility and engagement for National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and stakeholders worldwide and align with ANOC’s broader digital transformation strategy.
Dave Deasy, CMO of Wordly, which develops AI-powered translation and captioning tools for meetings, says this communication gap often goes unnoticed by leadership. “It’s often that silent loss of communication that’s the real big issue.”
The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) has announced a sponsorship agreement with Wordly, naming the AI translation platform a Bronze Sponsor for 2026 and provider of real-time AI translation for ANOC events worldwide.
An estimated 85% of viewers worldwide use captions or subtitles at some point while watching content. Whether it’s a TV show, livestream, or a presentation on the main stage at a conference, audiences increasingly expect to be able to follow along visually.
Attendees can access live AI-translated audio and captions alongside Teams video, helping teams collaborate faster, make decisions more efficiently, and ensure every participant is fully engaged.
TSNN takes a deep dive into the newest tech solutions for events of all types, plus the latest must-know industry news.
With a single browser link, employees can view Teams meetings alongside live AI-translated captions, select their preferred language from dozens of options, and follow conversations in real time, without workflow disruption.
Wordly announced mobile-first enhancements to its AI-powered translation and captioning app, introducing background audio, screen-lock battery optimization, instant language search, push-to-talk functionality, and automatic language detection.
To extend real-time translation and captions beyond events into everyday work Wordly has launched Workspaces, a new expansion of its AI translation platform that lets organizations deliver live translation and captions consistently across conferences, keynotes, workshops, and day-to-day business operations.
It's not a question of if or when: State and local governments are already putting artificial intelligence to work.
As events become more global and multilingual, organizers are under increasing pressure to deliver seamless, inclusive experiences without adding operational complexity. Wordly, a pioneer and leader in live AI translation and captioning, announced new mobile-first enhancements to the Wordly Translation App designed specifically for conferences, tradeshows, and events.
Wordly AI offers live AI-powered translation for meetings, parent conferences, and classroom instruction without requiring human interpreters. A practical solution for schools with many language groups and limited translation staff.
Workspaces go macro to support enterprise-wide needs.
Wordly provides real-time AI translation and captions accessible on participants’ own devices, without the need to schedule interpreters or deploy specialized equipment.
Wordly announced the launch of Workspaces, extending its real-time AI translation and captioning platform beyond conferences into everyday enterprise meetings and operations.
One account brings Wordly to every department, providing secure, scalable language access and expanding inclusion company-wide. The launch is backed by ISO 27001 certification and a refreshed brand identity, centered on the tagline: “Never miss a word.”
That’s the purpose of the SB 707 Compliance Checklist, a short, cross-functional tool designed to be used by clerks, IT, communications, and accessibility teams together.
Wordly Workspaces is designed to help local governments and their agencies embed real-time multilingual communication from meetings into everyday operations.
Wordly also announced ISO 27001 certification and a brand refresh built around the tagline "Never miss a word."
Wordly has launched a Workspaces feature as part of a broader expansion of its AI-based live translation and captioning platform, aiming to support both day-to-day corporate use and large events.
Wordly launched an AI platform designed to expand real-time captioning and translations for local government operations.
Wordly Workspaces allow organizations to move beyond one-off events and implement Wordly across every department, everywhere.
Wordly, a provider of live artificial intelligence translation and captioning, today launched Wordly Workspaces to help local governments and their agencies extend real-time multilingual communication from council meetings to everyday operations.
Wordly, provider of AI-powered live translation and captioning mobile apps, has released new features for the Wordly Translation App available now at no additional cost to existing customers.
Wordly, which sells an AI-based translation and captions product, said agencies are adopting AI translation as they prepare for SB 707.
Wordly has also published a concise SB 707 Compliance Guide, now widely used by city clerks, CIOs, public information officers, and accessibility leads.
Wordly has set out three areas it expects to shape conferences and trade shows in 2026, as organisers deal with higher costs and tougher demands for measurable attendee engagement.
On Wednesday, BUSD announced it would be using Wordly, an AI-powered translation software, to add live interpretation and closed captioning during school board meetings.
We are excited to announce that Wordly, a live captioning and translation service, is now available for all Board of Education meetings.
Wordly looks back at the cost pressures of 2025 and predicts that engagement and accessibility are poised to reshaping events in 2026…
Alongside the City website chatbot, Hawthorne has leveraged other technology to improve resources, including Wordly for language translation at City service windows and council meetings.
Eligible legislative bodies must fully implement hybrid access, real-time captioning, and language translation. Accessibility is redefined as comprehension and participation, moving beyond mere physical presence.
Alongside the City website chatbot, Hawthorne has leveraged other technology to improve resources, including Wordly for language translation at City service windows and council meetings.
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