MinbarLive listens to the imam and puts the khutba on the mosque's screens as he speaks — and when he recites the Qur'an, it is recognised, shown in its authentic script, and translated from the published translation.
Arabic transcribed live, translated into sixty languages as the imam speaks. Each language gets its own screen — a TV, a projector, or the congregation's phones.
Recitation is recognised inside ordinary speech and set apart in the authentic Uthmani script, under the surah's name, with every ayah numbered. In translation it appears as the published translation, so nobody mistakes scripture for a paraphrase.
Nothing on the screen is ever taken back or rewritten. Words appear once, in their final form, and rest gently on a dark screen. No flicker during prayer.
The imam's mic feeds a computer in the mosque — any Windows, Mac or Linux machine.
One link per language. Put them on the hall's screen and share them with the congregation.
The khutba appears about three seconds behind him, with every recitation recognised and translated.
Measured on a recorded six-minute sermon replayed through the system:
The screens are web pages — no app to install. A phone opened mid-khutba shows the sermon so far. A dropped connection reconnects and resumes from the last word.
📱 The congregation's own phones — no app
🔄 Heals itself after a dropped connection
💾 Every khutba kept as a transcript on the mosque's own computer
MinbarLive is open source and costs nothing. The only running cost is the speech service that listens, billed directly to the mosque: about $0.30 for a 45-minute khutba in two languages — around $1.20 a month for a weekly khutba. Each extra language adds about $0.15.
Install it on any computer in one command. It's free, it's open, and it takes a Friday to try.
Get MinbarLive on GitHub
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