Some theatre text is created in the moment
Pockitle is designed for rehearsals, readings, devised work, improvisation, talkbacks, and other spoken formats where uploading and cueing a finished caption script is not practical.
Live theatre captions
Live Captioning for Theatre Without a Prepared Script
Pockitle listens to one spoken source language and sends machine-generated captions to audience phones and venue screens as the performance unfolds.
Coming soonCompare prepared and live captions
When live captioning fits theatre
- - Readings, rehearsals, devised theatre, improvisation, and unscripted performance.
- - Talkbacks, artist conversations, post-show discussions, and Q&As.
- - Events where every speaker uses the same spoken source language.
- - Rooms that need original captions, up to three translations, or both.
Where this may not fit
- - Scripted productions that need approved text, human-reviewed translations, and precise operator cueing.
- - Performances built around singing, music, or reliably captioning overlapping dialogue.
- - Events that switch between spoken source languages during the same run.
- - Services that require professional CART, certified accuracy, or an accessibility-compliance guarantee.
Prepared or live
Use the workflow that matches the words
Use prepared SurtitleLive captions when the production needs reviewed wording, deliberate line breaks, rehearsal edits, and operator-controlled timing. Use Pockitle when the words must be captioned from live speech. The two workflows solve different problems.
Pockitle workflow
- 1Choose the one language spoken during the event.
- 2Add up to three translated caption languages.
- 3Test a controlled stage or dialogue audio feed.
- 4Share one audience link and assign a language to each venue screen.
- 5Start, pause, resume, and monitor the live language lanes from the Pockitle console.
Keep the sound source clear
Pockitle works from one fixed spoken source language. Use a controlled dialogue feed where possible. Music, singing, heavy overlap, room noise, and frequent language switching can reduce the usefulness of machine-generated captions.
Make the audience promise explicit
Live captions and translations can be delayed or wrong. Pockitle does not replace professional captioning expertise or certify accessibility or legal compliance.
Explore Pockitle
Choose the live-caption path that fits
Related planning
Read before choosing a workflow
Prepared captions or live speech?
Choose the audience service and operating model before choosing the text workflow.
Plan theatre captioning responsibly
Define the audience promise, reading route, staffing, and recovery path.
Pockitle quick start
Configure one spoken language, selected translations, and the audience link.
Common questions
Can I use Pockitle without a script?
Yes. Pockitle creates captions from live speech, so there is no script to upload or caption cue list to prepare.
Does Pockitle replace prepared theatre captions?
Not in every production. Prepared captions are usually the better choice when wording, translation, line breaks, and timing must be reviewed before the performance. Pockitle is for speech that needs to be captioned as it happens.
Can several actors or speakers take part?
Yes, provided they use the same spoken source language and the dialogue feed is clear. Singing and heavily overlapping speech are not reliable use cases.
Where can the audience read the captions?
Audience members can open one link on their phones and choose an available caption language. The venue can also place a selected language on a shared screen.