Make every word count: How Verbit’s Venue Live enhances graduation ceremonies

Graduations are milestone events — a time for students to begin the next chapters of their lives and for families and friends to celebrate years of hard work and achievement.

However, for many attendees, accessibility barriers can limit their ability to fully participate in the experience. Whether due to hearing loss, language differences or simply being unfortunate enough to sit near others who decide to chit-chat through the entire ceremony, ensuring that every graduate and guest can engage with the ceremony is essential.

Verbit’s Venue Live offers real-time captions and transcripts — powered by powered by Captivate™, our proprietary automatic speech recognition technology — designed to make commencements and graduation ceremonies more inclusive. By providing accurate live captions and multi-language support, schools and universities can broaden audience engagement, become more inclusive and comply with legal accessibility requirements. Whether in person, online or hybrid, Venue Live delivers on the needs of live, fast paced and challenging event and streaming environments.

How Verbit helps schools enhance graduations

Adding captions to commencement ceremonies ensures that every speech, every name and every remark receives its due.

Real-time captions for in-person and virtual audiences: Venue Live provides instant captions displayed on large screens, mobile devices or live streams. Whether the event is held indoors, outdoors or in a hybrid format, live captions ensure that everyone can follow along with commencement speeches, name callouts and special announcements.

Multi-language support for diverse audiences: Graduations often include families from various linguistic backgrounds. With Venue Live, schools can offer live translated captions in more than 30 languages, allowing non-English-speaking guests to understand and celebrate the ceremony in real time.

Mobile accessibility for flexible viewing: Not every attendee has a clear line of sight to the stage or screens. With Venue Live, captions can be shared on main screens, side screens, mobile devices via QR codes or virtual streaming platforms, giving guests access no matter where they are seated.

Compliance with accessibility regulations: Ensuring accessibility at graduation is not just about inclusivity — it’s also about compliance. Verbit helps schools and universities meet access requirements, reducing legal risks and demonstrating a commitment to all student backgrounds.

Make your next graduation more inclusive

Ready to join the ranks of schools, colleges and universities that use Venue Live to create accessible and inclusive graduation experiences? Reach out to our expert team to learn more.