A public meeting nobody can follow isn't public.
Council sessions, planning hearings, and community consultations, translated live to every resident's own phone — in the room or at home — with a translated transcript afterwards for the record.
Taking this to a meeting? Download the two-page one-pager (PDF)
The meetings residents are entitled to understand.
Regular sessions and votes
Open the languages your community actually speaks and leave them running.
Planning, housing, and licensing
Translation removes the reason people stay home, and the transcript shows who was told what.
Where a human interpreter is still required
Proceedings with a legal requirement for a certified interpreter — court hearings, sworn testimony, formal legal advice — should keep using one.
The conversation at reception, in both directions.
A Koine Station is a tablet paired to one room — reception, or a caseworker's office. Nobody signs in on it, and it is ready when a resident arrives without a shared language.
It is for being understood at the counter; a conversation with legal consequences still needs a qualified interpreter.
Evidence, not just intent.
Every session leaves a translated transcript per language, so what was communicated — and in which languages — is documented rather than remembered.
Koine is a tool for providing language access, not a legal opinion on your obligations.
Per language-hour, not per resident.
You never pay per listener and nobody is cut off. Each plan is sized for a typical audience (75, 150 or 500 listeners; unlimited on Campus and one-off events).
Start with one free event of up to 3 hours on your own audio. Full plan detail on pricing.
What would it cost your chamber?
Estimate only. Final price is confirmed before you pay, and unused hours do not roll over.
Public-sector questions.
Is machine translation good enough for a public meeting?
For understanding what is being said and decided, it is generally far better than the realistic alternative, which is usually nothing at all. For proceedings where a certified interpreter is legally required, it isn't a substitute — see the note above.
Where is the audio processed and stored?
Live audio is relayed through Amsterdam and accounts are stored in Stockholm; speech recognition and translation are done by OpenAI and Google, which may process them outside the EU. Recordings are stored privately for your organization. If you have specific data-residency or retention requirements, raise them with us before a pilot — get in touch.
Can we run it without publishing anything?
Yes. Publishing is per session and off until you choose it. You can use Koine purely for live access in the chamber.
Do you support procurement processes?
Yes — invoicing, documentation, and pilot scoping for public bodies. Contact us and tell us what your process needs.