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Live Captions & Speech Translation

Real-time on-screen captioning and spoken-language translation overlays for conversations, calls, and accessibility.

37 on-device alternatives, ranked
Our picks
Top pickFree

Live Transcribe with Subtitly

Tools Products FZ-LLC

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.

4.2 · 33on-device
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Overall mark
Capability4/5
Craft3/5
Privacy5/5
Value4/5
What's good
  • +Fully on-device, offline live transcription and translation
  • +20+ languages with transcript storage; free with solid 4.2 rating
Watch-outs
  • Modest rating count (33) limits confidence
  • Translation depth/accuracy unverified vs cloud rivals
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Runner-up

Be My Ears - Live Caption

Hangzhou Duoziwei Technology Co.,LtdFree

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.

4.8 · 12on-device
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Also great

TourTool - Interpreter & Guide

Jianfeng WuFree

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.

4.3 · 16on-device
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04

YPlayer: Live Translate Player

Free
Hangzhou Duoziwei Technology Co.,Ltd

Media player that generates live captions and realtime translation across 12 languages on-device, with no network requests so audio stays private.

4.1 · 9·on-device
05

Translate Live: AI Interpreter

Free
小明 宁

Real-time interpreter using Apple's on-device Speech and Translation engines for live, offline, subtitle-style transcription and read-aloud.

5.0 · 7·on-device+ cloud
06

Translate Speech Live

Free
Core Arc Studio LLC

Real-time two-way conversational speech translation across 28 languages built for offline travel; processing stays on device once languages are downloaded.

5.0 · 4·on-device
07

Lorqa - Local AI Translator

Free
笛 姜

Runs Qwen3/Gemma3 LLMs locally to transcribe and translate any app's video/audio in real time with draggable bilingual floating subtitles, fully offline.

new · unrated·on-deviceOllama
08

Transcrybe - Live Translation

Free
Serpenti Sei Japan LLC

Menu-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.

new · unrated·on-deviceWhisper
09

iCaption - real time caption

Free
Zhuowei Wang

Live captions over any playing video or audio on macOS using Apple's on-device speech recognition, with optional translation overlay.

new · unrated·on-device
10

Babeel

Free
Zhixiong Pan

Turns 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.

new · unrated·on-deviceApple Foundation Models
11

Subtify Studio

Free
ERTUGRUL GULERYUZ

Offline live caption studio: on-device speech-to-text plus a drag-over OCR 'Vizor' that reads and translates hardcoded text in videos and games.

new · unrated·on-deviceApple Neural Engine
12

PolterText · Live Translator

Free
Oleh Lohinov

Menu-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.

new · unrated·on-device+ cloudWhisper
13

Caption.IM

Free
INNAIO France

macOS captioning assistant that turns any app's system audio into real-time subtitles, translations and meeting summaries, processed locally on Apple Silicon.

new · unrated·on-device
14

SpeakBar: Live Subtitles

Free
Shenzhen Voidtech Co., Ltd.

Floats 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.

new · unrated·on-device
15

Echo mini

Free
Kai Luo

Captures another app's audio and shows floating translated subtitles using local speech recognition and Apple Translation; no cloud backend.

new · unrated·on-device
16

Subtify

Free
ERTUGRUL GULERYUZ

Real-time AI subtitle and speech translator for games, streams, and movies using offline OCR and STT on the Neural Engine.

new · unrated·on-deviceApple Neural Engine
17

Translate IRL: 50+ Languages

Free
Jonathon Wodnicki

Push-to-talk voice translator for in-person conversations across 50+ languages, working fully offline with nothing leaving the device.

new · unrated·on-device
18

Earwig Live Audio Translation

Free
Ian Stephenson

Live subtitle and translation overlay for any audio/video on your device, with multiple floating windows; on-device speech recognition keeps audio private.

5.0 · 1·on-device
19

SonaCap

Free
XUANBEI LU

Turns foreign-language audio and webpages into real-time subtitles and translated text using Apple's on-device speech recognition and Translation framework. No uploads.

5.0 · 1·on-device
20

Livcap

Free
Rongwei Ji

Lightweight open-source live captioning for macOS that runs a local model with one-click on/off. No cloud, no analytics, no internet connection needed.

new · unrated·on-device
21

LiveSubtitle

Free
WizOps LLC

Real-time captions for any Mac audio with live translation into 19+ languages and language-tuned fonts; all processing stays on-device.

new · unrated·on-device
22

Open Spoken

Free
Tal Aviram

Open-source live mic-to-text captioner for accessibility, using Apple's on-device speech recognition across 29 languages.

new · unrated·on-device
23

Transcrybe (Volume Purchase)

$29.99
Serpenti Sei Japan LLC

Menu-bar real-time captioning and translation for any app audio, running entirely on-device via Whisper and Apple's Translation framework across 20 languages.

new · unrated·on-deviceWhisper
24

MeetMind

$4.99
Paolo Rossignoli

Live multilingual meeting captions and translation into 100+ languages, with offline WhisperKit transcription that keeps audio on-device.

new · unrated·on-deviceCore ML
25

FluentMate AI

$5.99
Taliyo Ltd

Real-time speech translation plus an offline AI companion that remembers context; auto-detects language and works with no internet, one-time purchase.

new · unrated·on-device
26

CaptionWave

Free
Vivavertex Techwork LLC

System-wide real-time speech-to-caption overlay for macOS with floating, restyleable captions over any app; all transcription runs on-device.

new · unrated·on-device
27

Babel Pop - Voice Translator

Free
Arkitecna Hong Kong Limited

Walkie-talkie two-way voice translator; online it uses Whisper + GPT-4o, and falls back to Apple's on-device speech and translation when offline.

new · unrated·on-device+ cloudWhisper
28

Caption: Live Translate

Free
BongGyun KIM

Turns mic or Mac audio into live on-screen captions with speech recognition and translation via Apple frameworks in a floating overlay.

new · unrated·on-device
29

LiveSubX

Free
伟华 黄

Captures system, app or mic audio into real-time subtitles, with a fast local mode for speed and an optional cloud mode for higher accuracy.

new · unrated·on-device+ cloud
30

Transcribe Live.

Free
Evgeniy Labunchak

Live captioning app for the deaf and hard of hearing across 60+ languages, with offline speech recognition for more than 10 of them. Subscription-gated.

3.0 · 2·on-device+ cloud
31

Translucid: Speak & Translate

Free
Sergei Kulnev

Floating glass overlay delivers real-time meeting captions and speech translation; offers an offline mode for fully private use.

new · unrated·on-device+ cloud
32

FlowTalk-AI

Free
彩儒 张

Real-time interpretation and recording-translation across 104 languages with floating bilingual subtitles, call and photo translation; offline mode supported.

new · unrated·on-device+ cloud
33

iTourBuds

Free
iTourtranslator Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Turns ordinary Bluetooth earbuds into an AI interpreter for 100+ languages with live meeting/call translation; offline voice packs work without internet.

5.0 · 1·on-device+ cloudDeepSeek
34

Visual Hear — Helper for Deaf

Free
Sergii Koval

Accessibility 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.

new · unrated·on-device+ cloud
35

譯秒聽

Free
Acer gadget Inc.

Real-time call, video, and face-to-face translation plus meeting transcription, with an offline translation mode; pairs with Acer AI TransBuds hardware.

new · unrated·on-device+ cloud
36

iTourTranslator-Lite

Free
iTourtranslator Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Multi-mode travel translator (call, camera, file, cross-app subtitles) across 104 languages with offline translation for trips without service.

new · unrated·on-device+ cloud
37

AI TransGo

Free
Acer gadget Inc.

Companion app for Acer AI TransBuds doing real-time call and video translation plus meeting transcription, with an offline translation mode.

new · unrated·on-device+ cloud