FrazeVerified tool

Fraze is a desktop app for displaying live captions and translated subtitles from system audio or a microphone on Mac and Windows PCs. It is designed to process transcription and translation locally, including when offline after language models have been downloaded.

What it does

Captions audio playing on your computer in real time, including meetings, videos, streams, lectures, and other system audio.

• Shows translated subtitles beneath live captions.
• Works with microphone audio as well as system audio.
• Can be used with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and other meeting tools without a bot joining the call.

Key features

• A small caption window that can float over a call or video.
• Speech recognition in 25 languages and translation in about 50 languages.
• Offline live transcription and translation once required models are downloaded.
• Support for macOS and Windows 11; the Windows version is available through the Microsoft Store.
• No account is required to start using the free minutes on each computer.

What makes it different

Speech recognition and translation run on the computer rather than sending audio to a cloud transcription service.

• Audio and transcripts do not leave the device while captioning or translating, according to the site.
• It can caption meeting and video audio without requiring the host to enable anything or a meeting bot to participate.