Device for audio input/output

A method for carrying out an interpreter session using an interpreter desk device configured for a conference system in which content is translated from an original language to a target language, the method comprising:

• receiving in the interpreter desk, a plurality of audio-input channels, each corresponding to a different language,
• determining, in a hardware processing unit of said interpreter desk, one or more audio input channels and the corresponding languages from said plurality of audio-input channels,
• suggesting said one or more audio input channels and the corresponding languages to the interpreter as a source language for translation into said target language, based at least in part on at least one user preference and further based at least in part on an indication of how many translations of said content the different languages have undergone from the original language,
• selecting, from the suggested audio input channels, an audio input channel and its corresponding language out of which a translation is performed into said target language, and
• sending said translation to a conference participant via an audio output channel of said interpreter desk.

A conferencing system for translation from an original language to a target language, the conferencing system comprising at least one interpreter desk device,

• wherein the interpreter desk device includes
• a first interface configured to select an audio input channel from a plurality of audio input channels of the conferencing system, each of said plurality of audio input channels corresponding to a different language, from which a selected audio input channel is selected for which a translation into a target language is to be performed,
• a second interface configured to select an audio output channel to send out said translation to a conference participant within said system, and
• a hardware processing unit that suggests one or more audio input channels and corresponding language as a source language for translation into said target language,
• wherein
• the hardware processing unit suggests the one or more audio input channels and the corresponding language as the source language for translation into said target language based in part on at least one user preference, and
• the hardware processing unit suggests the one or more audio input channels and the corresponding language as the source language for translation into said target language further based at least in part on an indication of how many translations of said content said different languages have undergone from the original language.