From the Console you can put a message on every listener's screen, in their own language: a card that shows once, or a notice pinned until you unpin it. Use a pinned notice for something that stays true for a while, like a break.
Steps
- STEP 1Open the dialog
Before the session goes live, select Pin a notice in the bar at the bottom. While you are live, select Announcement.
- STEP 2Choose once or pinned
Tick Pin it on listeners' screens until you unpin it to pin it. Leave it unticked for a card that shows once.
- STEP 3Write the message
Pick one of the ready notices, or write your own in Message. Keep it short: it has to fit on a phone, and the limit is 140 characters.
- STEP 4Choose the channelsSend it to Every channel, or pick one language. The dialog shows how many listeners it reaches.
- STEP 5Send it
Select the button at the bottom. It names what happens: Send it or Pin it for every channel, Send to or Pin to and the language for one channel.
What listeners see
- A card that shows once appears on every listener's screen in the channels you chose.
- A pinned notice shows as a large panel over the captions, in each listener's language, until you unpin it. Listeners can shrink it but not close it.
- While you are live, a pinned notice is read out once, then stays on screen.
- Before the session goes live, nothing is read out and a notice can only be pinned. Listeners waiting for the session see it until you unpin it.
A ready notice is shown to each listener in their own language. If you edit it, listeners see your wording, translated.
Take a notice down
The pinned notices show in a strip in the Console. Select Unpin on one, or Unpin all. Unpinning does not ask first: taking a notice down is always safe.