Every word
reaches everyone.
Your voice, captions, and translation on every phone in the room.
Your audience scans a QR code and listens or reads instantly.
No app to download, no account to create, no hardware to hand out.
Deaf & hard of hearing
Live captions on their own phone. A cost-effective path to ADA accessibility.
AccessibilityHear through the noise
Your voice goes straight to their earbuds. Crowd noise, echo, and bad acoustics fade away.
See how it worksLive language translation
Listeners read captions in the language they choose, translated within seconds.
Live language translationFree to try. No credit card. Your audience never signs up. See pricing
Scroll01 · JOIN
They scan. That's it.
Put your QR code on a slide, a badge, or a sign by the door. Any phone camera opens your live session in the browser. No sign-up, no download, no email address.
Point your camera
02 · LISTEN
One tap, and your voice is in their ears.
Your audio streams straight to their own earbuds, cutting through crowd noise, echo, and bad acoustics. No app, no account, no receiver to hand back.
Grace Hall · Main stage
Opening keynote
Tap to listen
No app. No account.
03 · READ
Every word, captioned live.
Real-time captions let anyone follow along, however loud the room gets. Built for deaf and hard-of-hearing attendees, loved by everyone in the back row.
Accessibility for deaf & hard of hearingDanaWelcome, everyone. Thanks for being here.
DanaIf you're in the back, you should hear me fine now.
MarcoToday we're sharing what we learned this year.
DanaQuestions are welcome at any point.
04 · TRANSLATE
In the language they choose.
Each listener picks a language and the captions follow within seconds. One talk, a whole multilingual room following along.
See live language translationDanaBienvenidos a todos. Gracias por estar aquí.
DanaSi están al fondo, ahora deberían oírme bien.
MarcoHoy compartimos lo que aprendimos este año.
DanaLas preguntas son bienvenidas en cualquier momento.
Point your camera
Two ways to go live
However your session runs, your audience joins the same way: scan, tap, listen. Only you need an account.
Start from your phone
Open PocketStage, tap start, and talk. Your phone is the source, so there's nothing to plug in and no hardware to rent. Slip in your earbuds and present hands-free.
Run it from your sound board
Your AV tech opens PocketStage in a laptop browser, then feeds it the board output through any USB audio interface. Nothing to install. Studio-clean audio, captions, and translation straight from the mix you already run.
A cost-effective path to ADA accessibility
The ADA expects many venues to provide effective communication for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Live captions and clear audio sent to each attendee's own phone help you meet that need, at a fraction of the cost of assistive-listening receivers, rented headsets, or on-site captioners.
Effective communication, built in
Real-time captions and clear audio give deaf and hard-of-hearing attendees an equal way to follow every keynote, lecture, and panel, one of the auxiliary aids and services the ADA expects venues to offer.
No receivers, no per-seat rental
Skip the assistive-listening hardware, the check-out desk, and the interpreter or captioning invoices. Attendees listen and read on the phones already in their pockets, so accessibility costs a fraction of the traditional setup.
PocketStage is a tool to help you meet accessibility requirements, not legal advice. Full ADA compliance depends on your venue's overall setup.
Built for your kind of event
See how PocketStage fits what you run.
Accessibility & ADA
Captions and clear audio on attendees' own phones, no receivers to rent.
Houses of worship
Help every member hear the sermon, with live captions and translation.
Live translation
Each attendee reads along in the language they choose, in real time.
Conferences & trade shows
Clear session and booth audio through a loud floor, at any scale.
Guided tours
The guide's voice in every visitor's earbuds, with translation, no headsets.
Keynotes
Every seat hears the main-stage talk, with captions and translation, back row included.
Also great for classrooms and lectures, and government or public meetings.
Simple, usage-based pricing
Free to try, then pay only for what you use as you grow. No hardware, no accounts for your audience, and never a per-seat fee for them.
Free
Try it free and see how it works. No credit card required.
- 500 participant-minutes / month
- Up to 5 listeners per session
- 30-minute session limit
- 1 live session at a time
- Translate 1 language per session
- 1 organization
Starter
For a single venue or a regular small event.
- 3,000 participant-minutes, then $0.04 each
- Up to 50 listeners per session
- Unlimited session length
- 1 live session at a time
- Translate up to 2 languages per session
- 1 persistent channel (permanent QR code)
- Up to 3 team members
- Email support
Pro
For conferences and teams running events often.
- 15,000 participant-minutes, then $0.03 each
- Up to 200 listeners per session
- Translate up to 3 languages per session
- 3 concurrent live sessions
- Up to 5 persistent channels (permanent QR codes)
- Up to 10 team members
- Events and co-presenters
- Priority support
Business
For large or multi-track events and organizations.
- 60,000 participant-minutes, then $0.02 each
- Up to 600 listeners per session
- Translate up to 5 languages per session
- Unlimited concurrent sessions
- Unlimited persistent channels
- Unlimited team members
- Priority support with SLA
Event Pass: $99 once
One event, no subscription. Weddings, one-off conferences, fundraisers. 12 hours of live time from when you go live, up to 150 listeners, 2 translation languages.
Enterprise
Volume pricing, procurement, and dedicated support. Custom volume, security review, and dedicated support.
Hours are examples: plans are measured in participant-minutes, one person (speaker or listener) connected for one minute, so 50 people for an hour is 3,000. Every plan includes live captions and translation. Start on Free, no credit card.
Frequently asked questions
How do listeners join? Do they need an app or an account?+
No. Listeners never create an account, give an email, or install anything. They scan a QR code or open a link and tap once to listen in their browser, on the phone already in their pocket. Only the person running the session has a PocketStage account.
Do I need any special hardware?+
For a booth or breakout, no. You talk into your phone and your audience listens on theirs. For a keynote run off a sound board, you just need a laptop and a basic USB audio interface to feed it the board output. Either way, there is nothing for your audience to install or carry.
How is pricing measured?+
By participant-minutes: one person, speaker or listener, connected for one minute. Every plan includes live captions and translation. Start free, no credit card.
Which languages are supported?+
Captions and translation cover English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, and Hindi today, with more on request.
Is my audio recorded?+
No. Audio is streamed live and never stored, and captions are generated in real time rather than saved as transcripts.
Can I use it for accessibility?+
Yes. Live captions help deaf and hard-of-hearing attendees follow along, and live translation opens talks to multilingual audiences, with no extra hardware.
Does this help with ADA compliance?+
It can be a big part of it. The ADA expects many venues to provide effective communication and assistive listening for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. PocketStage delivers live captions and clear audio to each attendee's own phone, covering those needs without renting receivers or hiring on-site captioners. Full compliance depends on your venue's overall setup, so treat it as a cost-effective tool toward it, not legal advice.
Ready to be heard?
Start a session from your phone or your sound board, and let your audience listen in seconds.
Get in touch
Questions, feedback, or a venue you'd like to use PocketStage at? Send us a note.