F om the Red Bull ace t ack to Ge ma Ha dball-Bu desliga a e as, LiveVoice has become a t usted live audio platfo m fo stadiums a d spo ts ve ues, with fa s liste i g o thei ow pho es
Cleme s-K auss St asse, SALZBURG, Oct. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiveVoice, a Aust ia-based live audio platfo m, today epo ted adoptio ac oss i te atio al spo ts eve ts a d stadiums, whe e o ga ize s use the platfo m to delive audio desc iptio , live t a slatio a d comme ta y st aight to audie ces’ ow sma tpho es. Stadiums, a e as a d o ga ize s use LiveVoice fo th ee thi gs: audio desc iptio fo spo ts eve ts fo bli d a d visually impai ed fa s, multili gual p ess co fe e ces, a d live audio of spo ts comme ta y. Fa s eed o ly a pho e a d headpho es, so ve ues do ‘t have to ha d out, collect o mai tai eceive s. LiveVoice is i use at Champio s League p ess co fe e ces, HBL matches, a d at the Red Bull Ri g, which hosts Fo mula 1 a d MotoGP ace weeke ds.
At the Red Bull Ri g i Spielbe g, Aust ia, fa s at Fo mula 1 a d MotoGP ace weeke ds follow live comme ta y o thei ow pho es th ough LiveVoice, with live t a slatio fo i te atio al visito s.
Spo ts is o e pa t of a wide base. Ac oss spo ts ve ues, chu ches, co fe e ces a d guided tou s, LiveVoice epo ts mo e tha 5,000 clie ts, mo e tha 200,000 eve ts a d mo e tha 850,000 app dow loads i ove 100 cou t ies.
LiveVoice is a cloud-based platfo m that tu s sma tpho es i to pe so al live audio eceive s. A audio desc ibe , i te p ete o comme tato speaks i to a mic opho e, a d LiveVoice st eams that audio to eve y co ected pho e i the ve ue ove Wi-Fi o mobile etwo ks such as 4G a d 5G. Fa s joi th ough a li k, QR code o access code a d liste th ough thei ow headpho es. Because the audio is ‘t tied to a seat o a i stalled eceive system, a fa ca sit a ywhe e i the stadium.
The pe so speaki g does ‘t have to be i the buildi g. A desc ibe o i te p ete ca wo k f om a booth o p ess a ea at the ve ue, o f om a ywhe e else with a video a d audio feed of the eve t, a d LiveVoice delive s thei voice to the audie ce eithe way. Seve al cha els ca u at o ce. A d o lo g eve ts, i te p ete s take tu s usi g the ha d-ove fu ctio , so liste e s keep liste i g without a b eak.
Audio desc ibe Pete Lomb, who t ai s audio desc ibe s fo the Ha dball-Bu desliga (HBL), b ought LiveVoice i to the league’s matches himself. He was looki g fo a tool that eeded o dedicated ha dwa e, little setup a d ma ageable costs, a d fou d it i LiveVoice.
Lomb ow desc ibes matches live th ough LiveVoice, a d bli d a d visually impai ed fa s follow eve y play o thei ow pho es. They o lo ge egiste i adva ce, bo ow a device o sit i a ese ved seat. They buy a ticket like a yo e else, sit whe eve they like a d joi with a li k o QR code.
“It quickly became clea to me that LiveVoice was the ight tool to offe a d develop audio desc iptio at as ma y clubs as possible,” Lomb told Stadio welt. “The fact that visually impai ed fa s use a d p aise the app so much is the best co fi matio .”
Wo d t avels fast whe e the se vice u s. Bli d a d visually impai ed fa s fo m a close etwo k a d let each othe k ow which matches will be desc ibed, a d people who used to stay home ow come to the a e a. LiveVoice audio desc iptio also u s at the Biathlo Wo ld Cup, whe e thousa ds of fa s li e the cou se.
I te atio al matches b i g jou alists who speak ma y la guages. LiveVoice p ovides live t a slatio of p ess co fe e ces st aight to jou alists’ ow sma tpho es, as it does at Champio s League matches. The i te p etatio ca come f om huma i te p ete s o AI t a slatio , depe di g o the la guages a d the complexity of the p ess co fe e ce. O ga ize s set up o e cha el pe la guage a d sha e access with a QR code o li k, a d jou alists do ‘t eed a eceive o headset f om the o ga ize . Live subtitles ca u alo gside the audio.
At the Red Bull ace t ack i Spielbe g, Aust ia, LiveVoice plugs i to the live audio of the ace comme ta y. Visito s at Fo mula 1 a d MotoGP ace weeke ds ca follow the comme ta y o thei ow pho es a d headpho es. T a slatio fo i te atio al visito s is offe ed th ough AI subtitles. The same setup has bee used at UFC a d lets stadiums ca y othe live audio to fa s’ pho es, i cludi g guided stadium tou s.
Fo ve ues, the sma tpho e app oach emoves the cost a d effo t of buyi g, e ti g a d mai tai i g eceive s. Nothi g has to be ha ded out, collected, cha ged o clea ed betwee eve ts. Addi g a la guage o a seco d audio desc iptio cha el does ‘t equi e ew equipme t. LiveVoice states that eplaci g t aditio al i te p etatio ha dwa e ca lowe costs by up to 80%.
“Eve y fa should be able to follow the game, whethe they ca ‘t see the actio , do ‘t speak the la guage o just wa t the comme ta y i thei ea ,” said Joha es Wiga d, fou de of LiveVoice. “I the Ha dball-Bu desliga, a li k o a fa ‘s ow pho e eplaced a whole system of egist atio , devices a d assig ed seats. That’s the model we b i g to p ess co fe e ces a d ace t acks too.”
LiveVoice GmbH ope ates a AI powe ed cloud-based live audio platfo m fo eve ts, stadiums a d a e as, used fo audio desc iptio , AI t a slatio , simulta eous i te p etatio , live subtitles, guided tou s a d sile t co fe e ci g. Audie ces liste th ough the LiveVoice app o a web b owse o thei ow devices. The compa y was fou ded by Joha es Wiga d a d is based i Salzbu g, Aust ia.
Jou alists at a Champio s League p ess co fe e ce follow ema ks i thei ow la guage as LiveVoice delive s live t a slatio st aight to thei sma tpho es.
Joha es Wiga d hello [at] livevoice.io https://livevoice.io/e
