About / Our vision and mandate
Our vision and mandateEvery voice understood. Every person included.
Language connects people, but it can also leave them out. We picture a world where more people can understand, take part and belong in their own language: in church on Sunday, at a conference, in a classroom, at work and in their town.
- Español · captions · row four
- Українська · AI voice
- Sign language · beside the captions
On stage
Welcome. Everyone here is at home.
Why we exist
Language connects people. It can also leave them out.
The person who does not understand is usually polite about it. They sit, nod, and leave at the end knowing less than everyone around them. Nobody meant to exclude them. That is exactly why it keeps happening.
Today, in many rooms. Everyone is in the room. Not everyone is in the conversation.
- English
- Kiswahili
- Español
- العربية
What we are building toward. The same room, the same speaker. Everyone follows, in their own language.
- Understand
- Take part
- Connect
- Belong
Our mandate
Remove language barriers so people can understand, take part, connect and belong, wherever meaningful communication happens.
Our vision
A world where the language you speak does not decide whether you can receive good teaching, join a gathering, build friendships or be heard.
How we hold ourselves to it
Live first: the sermon, the keynote, the lecture, the town hall, while it is happening. Honest about what AI gets wrong. People, including your own interpreters, wherever it matters most.
Where it comes from
Our inspiration is Christian. We say so openly.
InterScribe began in a church community, with a son interpreting a conference for his mother over a phone call. The conviction behind it is older: Scripture’s picture of people from every nation and language, and its repeated command to welcome the stranger.
That is why one person who cannot follow matters to us. You do not have to share our faith to use what we build, and nothing in the product asks you to. We simply want you to know why we care.
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb.
Many nations, many tongues, and still one gathering. It is a picture of God’s work, not a product goal. It shapes what we hope for.
Five principles
What we decide by.
When a product choice is hard, these settle it.
People before language statistics
One person who cannot follow is not a negligible use case.
Welcome beyond the front door
Getting into the building is not enough. Access to what is said matters as much.
The listener’s language matters
Belonging should not require learning our language first.
Truth and trust
Say plainly what AI gets wrong, and always leave a way to bring in a person.
Ready when needed
Simple enough that a volunteer can switch it on, without a specialist.
Where InterScribe serves
Wherever people gather to listen.
Faith inspired it. It serves everyone: churches, and just as much the conference, the classroom, the company and the town hall.
Churches
The whole sermon, for every family in the room.
Conferences & events
Every room, every language, online too.
Education
Lectures every student can follow and review.
Business & town halls
The all-hands every team actually understands.
Communities
Newcomer nights, public meetings, local gatherings.
Picture this
Tuesday, 19:00. A newcomers’ evening at the library.
For example
19:00
The city explains how school registration works. Amira arrived from Syria in the spring. Until tonight, evenings like this meant nodding along.
19:05
She scans the code on the door, chooses Arabic and reads every word as it is said. At the end she asks her question in Arabic, and the speaker answers it.
Next morning
The organiser sends the Arabic transcript to everyone who could not come. Nothing about the evening was special. That is the point.
- Every language, kept
- Send it the next day
Church section
The whole sermon, for every family in the room.
Pages for pastors and church leaders: how a Sunday works, being ready for the visitor you have not met, captions, taking part, the mission and what Scripture says.
Is someone in your room nodding along?
Hear what they would hear, then see what it costs for your gatherings.
Photos: Adrianna Geo, Windows, Danny Perez, Dom Fou, Sergio Martins and Benito Sanity on Unsplash