Every seat hears the keynote, down to the back row
PocketStage gives every attendee a clear, personal feed of your main-stage talk, with live captions and translation on their phone. From the balcony to the overflow room, alongside the house PA you already run, with no receivers to hand out.
A big room shouldn't cost you the back rows
The keynote is the session everyone remembers, and it usually runs in the largest, most acoustically unforgiving room of the event. Sound gets thin at the back and in the balcony, the caption strip on the main screen is a squint away, and the flagship talk often draws the most international, most diverse audience of all, the one that most needs translation and accessibility.
PocketStage rides the board feed you already mix and gives every attendee a clean, personal version of it. Show one QR code on the holding slide and the keynote comes through their earbuds, with captions and translation, in every seat.
What PocketStage gives your main stage
Every seat hears it clearly
A personal feed of the speaker goes straight to each attendee's earbuds, so the back row and the balcony hear the keynote as clearly as the front, past PA echo and a cavernous room.
Works alongside your PA
This does not replace the house system. It runs from the same board feed as a clean, personal supplement, so anyone who wants clarity, captions, or translation just scans in.
Captions on a personal screen
Instead of one caption strip on the far-off main screen, every attendee reads live captions on their own phone, which helps deaf and hard-of-hearing guests follow the flagship session.
Translation for a global audience
Your keynote often has the most international audience of the event. Each attendee reads along in the language they choose, with no interpreter booths for the main stage.
Overflow and second rooms
Send the same session to an overflow room, a lobby, or a satellite space. Anyone with the QR code gets the live feed, so a full house never means a shut-out.
Scales to a packed hall
One QR code serves a few hundred or a few thousand attendees, each on their own phone, with no receiver pool to size for your biggest room.
Fewer add-ons for the big session
Beyond the PA, a keynote often piles on rented extras for accessibility, translation, and overflow. PocketStage folds those into one feed your attendees join on their own phones.
The traditional add-ons
- Assistive-listening receivers rented and handed out for the big room
- Interpreter booths and channels for the flagship session
- An on-site captioner and a caption display for the main screen
- A separate audio feed rig for overflow rooms
- Staff to distribute, collect, and charge receiver units
With PocketStage
- Attendees use the phones and earbuds already in their pockets
- Captions and translation are built in on every plan
- The same QR code covers the main hall and any overflow room
- Usage-based pricing, so you pay for the minutes the session uses
- Runs from the board feed you already mix, with nothing to hand out
Actual savings depend on your room, audience, and languages. Planning a big general session? Talk to us.
Runs from the mix you already have
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Your AV team starts a session on a laptop fed from the board through a USB audio interface, and picks the speaker's language.
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Put the QR code on the holding slide and the printed program. Attendees scan it and tap once to join.
- 3
Every attendee hears the keynote on their earbuds and reads captions in their language, in every seat and the overflow room.
Good for
Keynote & main-stage questions
Does this replace our house PA?+
No. Your PA still fills the room. This runs from the same board feed as a clean, personal supplement, so attendees who want extra clarity, captions, or translation get a direct feed to their earbuds without changing your main sound.
Will the back row and balcony really hear it clearly?+
Yes. Because each attendee gets a personal feed rather than relying on how the room carries sound, a seat in the last row or the upper balcony hears the keynote as clearly as the front.
How large an audience can it handle?+
The same QR code serves a few hundred or a few thousand attendees, each joining on their own phone, so there is no receiver pool to size for your biggest hall. For very large rooms, talk to us about your numbers.
Can international attendees follow in their language?+
Yes. Each attendee picks their language and reads live translated captions, so your most international session of the event reaches everyone without interpreter booths on the main stage.
Can we send the keynote to an overflow room?+
Yes. The same session reaches an overflow room, a lobby, or a satellite space through the same QR code, so a sold-out main hall never locks people out of the talk.
How does our AV team run it?+
Start a session on a laptop fed from the board through any USB audio interface, pick the speaker's language, and put the QR code on the holding slide. It rides the mix you already run.
Make the keynote land in every seat
Start free, no credit card, and add clear audio, captions, and translation to your main stage in minutes.