Conference over Zoom with interpreters

[ErikH1]

Im helping with a small conference that will have translators/interpreter and it will be over Zoom, but have some quirks I cant figure out.

At the conference it will be a local translator, and the mixer connected to a computor that will stream it over Zoom. Speaker and translator have separate mic inputs into computor and they both be heard in the conference speakers, but the local translator should also be an alternative in Zoom as one of the interpreters. How to do that?

The speaker will pause for translators/interpreters to translate and wait until they are finished. How to show the speaker that the translators/interpreters have finished? Do Zoom have a feature that interpreters can indicate they are finished, for example clear color indicators on a second screen from the computer for speaker to see? (Computor will not be near speaker but we have solution for external monitor with long cable)

If a person on over Zoom have a question, how to pass that person over Zoom to speakers and how to make that "zoom translator" speak over the local speakers at the conference? Is there an option the translator can choose that?

Also noted that according to Zoom the speakers volume will be at 20% and translator at 80%. Is it possible to change these so both are high but if a interpreter i speaking it lowers the speakers volume but then comes back when interpreter is not speaking?

[storyhub]

First, the interpreter needs to be connected to a different Zoom device than the speaker. The interpreter needs to join the meeting and the host will then configure that participant as an interpreter for the Zoom meeting. The interpreter will hear the original sound (the speaker). When they speak the original sound will be ducked and the interpreter will be heard on the language channel selected by the participants. When the interpreter is not speaking participants will hear the original sound unless it is turned off in Zoom. For the live audio make sure that the speakers mic does not hear the interpreter over speakers. Also make sure that the speakers voice over speakers is not picked up by the speakers mic. If the speaker does not hear the interpreter then you will need to provide the speaker with interpreter audio via IFB (intercom feed back) - i.e. an earpiece in the speakers ear that receives sound from the interpreter. This can be as simple as a mobile device connected to the Zoom session via a Zoom app and switched to the language channel. As long as the conference is shorter than the mobile devices battery time this will work fine, if not then an additional battery may need to be connected.