English
English is ASEAN’s working language and one of the UN’s official languages. Live English interpretation lets delegates follow non-English presentations, with a simple Listen or Read choice.
How far behind the speaker?About 2.4 seconds with Baian. Lower is better.
On their own phones
Attendees tap English
Planning your event
English is an official UN language and ASEAN’s working language. It is paired with French as an official language in NATO, the Council of Europe and Canada. Singapore includes English among its four official languages.
UEG Week 2026 names English as its official congress language. Where speakers present in other languages, this audience channel lets delegates follow their contributions without asking each presenter to change their delivery language.
After choosing English, the attendee sees “Listen or read?”, with Listen and Read buttons. Those listening hear the selected translation through their headphones; readers follow the text. Those controls remain in the language they selected.
A presenter can also be translated into other supported audience languages. If the programme moves between Arabic and English, switch on Multiple spoken languages before starting; attendees keep their chosen translation as the speakers change language.
Customer story · QIYADA, Doha
At Qatar Foundation’s QIYADA conference, attendees scanned the code and followed Arabic and English on their own phones. The interpreter booths were taken down.
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Discuss your event ↗WhatsApp Explore audience languages →Median 2.1 seconds across 53 recordings in 15 languages (1.3 to 2.7 seconds per recording).
How long after a sentence ends its finished translation appears.
Baian, on its production Live service.
Measured on Baian’s production Live service from 13 to 15 October 2026, from the end of each spoken sentence to the finished English line in our captured listener feed. Earlier words in a long sentence wait longer than this. Spoken audio arrives a little after the text and was not measured.
Estimated medians: the speaker’s words appear in their own language about 1.0 seconds after they are spoken, and the first translation covering a word about 2.4 seconds after it.
Estimated from our captured listener feed for the same 53 recordings. The capture is incomplete, so some early previews are missing, and previews can still change before the sentence is finished. Times are measured to the feed, not to a phone screen.
Median 2.69 seconds behind the speaker, across 180 speeches.