Words

Scripture, lyrics and slides without a second computer

The text tools that normally live in separate presentation software, running inside the switcher — so the words and the pictures are driven by the same person, from the same desk.

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How it goes

Five steps, and you can stop after any of them

SearchReference or phrase
QueueBuild the running order
ArmReady on the desk
TakeOn air
AdvanceClicker or key

Everything here works with no internet connection. The translations and the slides are on the machine.

The detail

What each part is actually there to fix

A list of feature names tells you nothing. Here is the problem each one solves, and what the show looks like without it.

1

Three translations, offline

King James, World English Bible and American Standard, on the machine. Type a reference or a phrase and it is found, formatted and ready to put on screen.

Without it: scripture comes from a browser window on a second computer, captured off a second screen, at whatever resolution that screen was.

2

Voice callout

Say the reference out loud and it finds it. Built for the moment the speaker goes somewhere the running order did not.

Without it: the operator is typing a reference while the room waits, and everybody can tell.

3

Song lyrics

Line by line, in a designed frame, including CCLI-formatted text with the licence details in the right place.

Without it: lyrics are images exported ahead of time, which means the set list is fixed before the band arrives.

4

Slides from PowerPoint or Keynote

Import the deck you already have and drive it from the switcher, as just another source that can be taken to air.

Without it: the slides live on a laptop behind the stage and somebody has to coordinate two operators by hand signal.

5

A text-only second screen

A separate output carrying just the words, for the screens in the room — so the congregation or audience sees the text while the stream sees the full picture.

Without it: the room and the stream have to show the same thing, and one of them is always compromised.

6

Live captions

Generated on this machine, with no cloud key and no per-minute charge. Burned into the picture, or written out as VTT and SRT alongside the recording.

Without it: captions are a paid service, a post-production job, or absent.

Text

Words on screen, driven from the same desk as the cameras

No second operator, no second machine, no hand signals across a dark room. The person cutting cameras is the person putting the verse up, and both are one key away.

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Also in here

The parts that only matter on the night

Reference search

By book, chapter and verse, or by a phrase you half-remember.

Verse ranges

Put several verses up together, formatted to fit.

Presenter clickers

Advance from the stage with the clicker you already own.

Designed text frames

Not a text box — a graphic, with the same brand as everything else.

Queue ahead

Build the whole running order of text before the show starts.

Burned-in or sidecar captions

On the picture for platforms that want it, or as files for platforms that prefer them.

The numbers

What it will actually carry

3Bible translations
0internet required
2caption formats out
1operator needed

Scripture text used here is from translations in the public domain, which is why it can ship on the machine and work offline.

Per year

Everything above, for $99 a year

Or $19 a month. Affordable, and everything is in it — every update in the year included, nothing renews on its own. Max, with the heavy GPU features, is $599 a year or $79 a month.

Windows 10 & 11 macOS — Apple Silicon macOS — Intel, back to 2013