Live Captions & Speech Translation
Real-time on-screen captioning and spoken-language translation overlays for conversations, calls, and accessibility.
Live Transcribe with Subtitly
A purpose-built live transcription-and-translation app that runs fully on-device and offline across 20+ languages, making it a clean fit for Live Captions & Speech Translation. It stands out by working without Wi-Fi while keeping conversations private and saving transcripts.
- +Fully on-device, offline live transcription and translation
- +20+ languages with transcript storage; free with solid 4.2 rating
- −Modest rating count (33) limits confidence
- −Translation depth/accuracy unverified vs cloud rivals
Be My Ears - Live Caption
BeMyEars delivers on-device real-time captions and translation for any app's audio (Zoom, Teams, Safari streams) with broad multilingual support, built explicitly for accessibility. Its ability to capture system/app audio locally and translate offline makes it a strong, private pick in Live Captions & Speech Translation.
TourTool - Interpreter & Guide
TourTool acts as an offline chat interpreter and live speech transcriber across 35+ languages, plus an offline dictionary and landmark guide for travelers. Its broad-language, network-free interpretation makes it a useful Live Captions & Speech Translation pick for travel.
YPlayer: Live Translate Player
FreeMedia player that generates live captions and realtime translation across 12 languages on-device, with no network requests so audio stays private.
Translate Live: AI Interpreter
FreeReal-time interpreter using Apple's on-device Speech and Translation engines for live, offline, subtitle-style transcription and read-aloud.
Translate Speech Live
FreeReal-time two-way conversational speech translation across 28 languages built for offline travel; processing stays on device once languages are downloaded.
Lorqa - Local AI Translator
FreeRuns Qwen3/Gemma3 LLMs locally to transcribe and translate any app's video/audio in real time with draggable bilingual floating subtitles, fully offline.
Transcrybe - Live Translation
FreeMenu-bar real-time translator that captions mic or any app's audio on screen in 19 languages via Whisper, Parakeet, and Apple's Translation framework.
iCaption - real time caption
FreeLive captions over any playing video or audio on macOS using Apple's on-device speech recognition, with optional translation overlay.
Babeel
FreeTurns any Mac audio into real-time live captions plus bilingual EN/JA/ZH translation, with AI summaries and keywords, all running on-device via Apple Intelligence.
Subtify Studio
FreeOffline live caption studio: on-device speech-to-text plus a drag-over OCR 'Vizor' that reads and translates hardcoded text in videos and games.
PolterText · Live Translator
FreeMenu-bar live translator and transcriber for any app's audio with double-Cmd+C text translation; WhisperKit and Apple Translation run on-device, Google optional.
Caption.IM
FreemacOS captioning assistant that turns any app's system audio into real-time subtitles, translations and meeting summaries, processed locally on Apple Silicon.
SpeakBar: Live Subtitles
FreeFloats real-time English subtitles over slides and apps for in-person talks and meetings, transcribing mic or system audio; runs 100% offline on your Mac.
Echo mini
FreeCaptures another app's audio and shows floating translated subtitles using local speech recognition and Apple Translation; no cloud backend.
Subtify
FreeReal-time AI subtitle and speech translator for games, streams, and movies using offline OCR and STT on the Neural Engine.
Translate IRL: 50+ Languages
FreePush-to-talk voice translator for in-person conversations across 50+ languages, working fully offline with nothing leaving the device.
Earwig Live Audio Translation
FreeLive subtitle and translation overlay for any audio/video on your device, with multiple floating windows; on-device speech recognition keeps audio private.
SonaCap
FreeTurns foreign-language audio and webpages into real-time subtitles and translated text using Apple's on-device speech recognition and Translation framework. No uploads.
Livcap
FreeLightweight open-source live captioning for macOS that runs a local model with one-click on/off. No cloud, no analytics, no internet connection needed.
LiveSubtitle
FreeReal-time captions for any Mac audio with live translation into 19+ languages and language-tuned fonts; all processing stays on-device.
Open Spoken
FreeOpen-source live mic-to-text captioner for accessibility, using Apple's on-device speech recognition across 29 languages.
Transcrybe (Volume Purchase)
$29.99Menu-bar real-time captioning and translation for any app audio, running entirely on-device via Whisper and Apple's Translation framework across 20 languages.
MeetMind
$4.99Live multilingual meeting captions and translation into 100+ languages, with offline WhisperKit transcription that keeps audio on-device.
FluentMate AI
$5.99Real-time speech translation plus an offline AI companion that remembers context; auto-detects language and works with no internet, one-time purchase.
CaptionWave
FreeSystem-wide real-time speech-to-caption overlay for macOS with floating, restyleable captions over any app; all transcription runs on-device.
Babel Pop - Voice Translator
FreeWalkie-talkie two-way voice translator; online it uses Whisper + GPT-4o, and falls back to Apple's on-device speech and translation when offline.
Caption: Live Translate
FreeTurns mic or Mac audio into live on-screen captions with speech recognition and translation via Apple frameworks in a floating overlay.
LiveSubX
FreeCaptures system, app or mic audio into real-time subtitles, with a fast local mode for speed and an optional cloud mode for higher accuracy.
Transcribe Live.
FreeLive captioning app for the deaf and hard of hearing across 60+ languages, with offline speech recognition for more than 10 of them. Subscription-gated.
Translucid: Speak & Translate
FreeFloating glass overlay delivers real-time meeting captions and speech translation; offers an offline mode for fully private use.
FlowTalk-AI
FreeReal-time interpretation and recording-translation across 104 languages with floating bilingual subtitles, call and photo translation; offline mode supported.
iTourBuds
FreeTurns ordinary Bluetooth earbuds into an AI interpreter for 100+ languages with live meeting/call translation; offline voice packs work without internet.
Visual Hear — Helper for Deaf
FreeAccessibility helper for Deaf and hard-of-hearing users that turns nearby speech into readable text in real time with a face-to-face conversation mode.
譯秒聽
FreeReal-time call, video, and face-to-face translation plus meeting transcription, with an offline translation mode; pairs with Acer AI TransBuds hardware.
iTourTranslator-Lite
FreeMulti-mode travel translator (call, camera, file, cross-app subtitles) across 104 languages with offline translation for trips without service.
AI TransGo
FreeCompanion app for Acer AI TransBuds doing real-time call and video translation plus meeting transcription, with an offline translation mode.