How to Use the Scrolling Translation Marquee in OBS and on a Smart TV
February 2026
The scrolling translation marquee in Live Translate Live is a standalone web page that shows your live translations scrolling across the screen. It works in any browser — which means you can add it as a browser source in OBS so your stream viewers can read translations in real time, or pull it up on a smart TV for a big-screen translation display.
Getting Your Marquee URL
To get started, sign in to Live Translate Live and look for the "Open Standalone Marquee" button in the navigation bar. Click it, and two things happen:
- The marquee opens in a new tab — a full-screen scrolling translation display
- The URL is copied to your clipboard — ready to paste into OBS, a smart TV browser, or share with someone
Important: anyone with this URL can see your live translations. The URL contains a unique token tied to your account, so treat it like a password. If you ever need to invalidate an old URL, you can regenerate your marquee token from your account settings — this will break all previously shared links.
Marquee Settings Are Baked Into the URL
When you click "Open Standalone Marquee," all of your current marquee display settings — scroll speed, max speed, acceleration, font size, top/bottom row split, and vis-à-vis mode — are embedded directly in the URL as parameters. This means the marquee you open (or share) will look exactly the way you configured it.
This also means you can have multiple marquees with different settings running at the same time. For example, you might adjust the settings for a fast, compact OBS overlay, click the marquee button to grab that URL, then change the settings to a larger font with slower scrolling for a TV display and grab a second URL. Each URL remembers its own settings independently. The marquee display can look completely different from what you see on your phone or laptop in the main app.
Adding the Marquee to OBS
If you stream on Twitch, YouTube, or any other platform using OBS Studio, you can overlay the scrolling translation marquee directly onto your stream. This is perfect for streamers who interact with guests that speak a different language — your chat can read the translation in real time as the conversation happens.
Step-by-Step Setup
- Open OBS Studio and select the scene where you want translations to appear
- In the Sources panel, click the + button and choose Browser
- Give it a name (e.g., "Live Translation") and click OK
- In the URL field, paste your marquee URL from the clipboard
- Set the width and height to match your desired display area (e.g., 1920 x 200 for a strip across the bottom of a 1080p stream)
- Click OK, then position and resize the source in your scene — drag it to the bottom of the screen, stretch it across the full width, or place it wherever works for your layout
That's it. When you start translating, your viewers will see the translations scrolling across the stream in real time.
Use Push-to-Talk — This Is Important
Live Translate Live uses translation credits while your microphone is active. If you leave the mic on for your entire stream, you'll burn through credits for hours of audio — most of which is just you talking to chat in your own language, not something that needs translating.
The solution is push-to-talk. Only activate the microphone when you're actually interacting with someone who speaks a different language. When the guest arrives and you need translation, hold the push-to-talk key. When you go back to chatting with your audience in your language, release it. This way you only use credits for the minutes you actually need translation, not the full length of your stream.
For example, if you stream for 4 hours but only spend 20 minutes talking with a foreign-language guest, push-to-talk means you only use about 20 minutes of credits instead of 4 hours.
The Viewer Experience
Your chatters see the translated text scrolling smoothly across the stream. When your guest speaks in their language, the translation appears in your language (and vice versa) — so viewers who only speak your language can follow the entire conversation. It's like having a live interpreter built into your stream overlay.
Displaying the Marquee on a Smart TV
Want a big-screen translation display for a living room, conference room, or event? The marquee works on any smart TV with a web browser.
Option 1: Use the TV's Built-In Browser
Most smart TVs (Samsung, LG, Android TV, etc.) have a built-in web browser. Open it and paste the marquee URL into the address bar. The marquee will load full-screen and display your live translations.
The catch: the marquee URL is a very long string — it contains your authentication token and display settings, so it looks something like https://livetranslate.live/marquee.html?marqueeToken=abc123...&baseSpeed=2.5&maxSpeed=24.... Typing that with a TV remote is painful. Your best bet is to use the TV's phone-pairing feature (if it has one) to paste from your phone's clipboard, or use a URL shortener to create a shorter link you can type more easily.
Option 2: Cast Your Screen (Recommended)
The easiest way to get the marquee on a TV is to skip the TV browser entirely and cast your screen from a phone, tablet, or laptop. This works with:
- Chromecast — use the Google Home app or Chrome's built-in cast feature to mirror your screen or cast the browser tab
- Apple TV / AirPlay — screen mirror from an iPhone, iPad, or Mac
- Amazon Fire Stick — use the screen mirroring feature from your phone or laptop
- Miracast / built-in casting — many smart TVs support wireless display directly without extra hardware
With casting, you open the marquee URL on your phone or laptop (where it's just a click from the app), then mirror or cast that display to the big screen. No typing long URLs with a remote — just tap and cast.
Get Started
The scrolling translation marquee is included with every Live Translate Live session. Sign in, click "Open Standalone Marquee" in the nav bar, and you've got a URL ready to paste into OBS or cast to your TV. Translation credits start at just $1 for 15 minutes.
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