Description: Welcome to Episode 91 of the Localization Fireside Chat! 🚀 In this episode, I sit down with David and Hugh Plappert, the father-son duo behind PhoneLive, a groundbreaking broadcasting company that connects 11,000 churches to their congregations – using traditional phone lines! 📞 Forget AI, apps, and Wi-Fi. PhoneLive is thriving by solving real-world challenges with a legacy-tech solution that offers multilingual broadcasting, scalability, and accessibility like never before. Discover: ✅ How PhoneLive started as a basement project and grew to connect 22,000 worshippers weekly. ✅ Why churches are ditching expensive systems for this simple, phone-based tech. ✅ The surprising opportunities for multilingual communities and the language industry. ✅ Insights into scalability, analytics, and why old tech is still solving modern problems. If you’re in localization, translation, or broadcasting, or just love tech innovation, this conversation will surprise and inspire you. 📢 Share your thoughts in the comments below! Could PhoneLive’s tech revolutionize other industries? 🔗 Watch, subscribe, and support the Localization Fireside Chat Channel! Chapters: 00:00 – Introduction to the Localization Fireside Chat 00:46 – Meet David and Hugh Plappert, Founders of PhoneLive 02:26 – What Is PhoneLive and How Does It Work? 03:56 – Multilingual Broadcasting Explained 05:25 – Customer-Driven Innovation: From Church Tech to Translation 09:02 – The COVID Pivot: A Basement Project That Took Off 11:03 – Scaling PhoneLive: 11,000 Churches and 65 Million Minutes Broadcasted 17:19 – Why Churches Are Choosing PhoneLive Over Modern Systems 19:51 – The Untapped Potential of Multilingual Broadcasting 21:52 – AI, Translation, and Future Opportunities for PhoneLive 23:48 – How PhoneLive Enhances Church Engagement and Analytics 28:16 – PhoneLive vs. Streaming Platforms: Who’s the Audience? 32:25 – Accessibility and Hearing-Impaired Communities 35:53 – The Unique Scalability of PhoneLive’s Phone-Based Solution 38:39 – Final Thoughts and How to Connect with PhoneLive Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more inspiring tech and language industry stories!

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