For the Lord God giveth light unto the understanding; for he speaketh unto men according to their language, unto their understanding.
2 Nephi 31:3
Chapel Interpret was built by Keefe Lai, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Singapore, so that the life and light of the Lord Jesus Christ might reach His children in the language of their own understanding.
In a ward where members come from many countries, someone is always sitting through a meeting catching only fragments. This is an attempt to close that gap: one person speaks, and everyone else reads and hears it in the language they think and pray in.
What it does
A speaker's words are transcribed, translated, and returned as captions and spoken interpretation, on each listener's own phone, in many languages at once. A Meeting carries one speaker to an audience. A Class lets a small group talk with each other — a lesson, a discussion, an interview — each person speaking and reading their own language.
There is no video. A class can be people sitting around one table with a phone each, or people in different places; either way what travels is captions and interpreted speech, not pictures.
What it is not
This is an independent tool for local use. It is not published, endorsed, reviewed, or approved by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and it uses the Church's name only to describe what it is for.
Machine interpretation is an aid, not a replacement for a called interpreter. It will sometimes be wrong, and it should not be relied on for ordinances, interviews, councils, or anything else where exact meaning carries authority. Where something matters, check it with a person.
Terminology
Church vocabulary is where general-purpose translation fails hardest — stake becomes a wooden post, ward becomes a hospital ward. The app keeps an approved terminology list that overrides the model wherever those words appear. Entries confirmed by a member who reads Church material in that language carry the most weight, and nothing overwrites their judgement.
Privacy
Nothing is recorded. Audio is processed and discarded, and transcripts are not kept. The only thing stored from a meeting is who attended and in which language, so leaders can see who was there.
Scripture quoted from the Book of Mormon. Speech recognition, translation, and synthesised voice are provided by OpenAI.
© 2026 Keefe Lai · Chapel Interpret. All rights reserved. Interface translations and terminology are derived from wording published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which remains the property of the Church; this application is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by the Church.