Speech AI

Live Captions & AI Translation

Real-time captions for live streams and online meetings, translated into 100+ languages. Show them on screen in your stream on any platform, or let every viewer and participant read live subtitles in their own language.

At a glance
  • On-screen captions on every platform
  • AI translation into 100+ languages
  • Original and translation together
  • Native YouTube captions (beta)
Works with
Live streams
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • TikTok
  • WeChat
  • and any RTMP platform
Online meetings
  • Zoom
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Google Meet
  • Webex
  • VooV Meeting
  • LINE
Streaming tools
  • OBS
  • vMix
  • StreamYard

What are live captions with AI translation?

Live captions with AI translation turn the speech in a live stream or online meeting into captions in real time and translate them into other languages. With Klassifier, the captions appear on screen in your stream through a transparent caption overlay you add in OBS, vMix, StreamYard or a similar tool, so they work on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, WeChat and any RTMP platform. Viewers can also open a caption link to read along in their own language, and meeting participants get subtitles in their language.

Languages
AI translation into 100+ languages
Live streams
YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, WeChat and any RTMP platform
How captions appear
On screen through a caption overlay; native YouTube captions (beta)
Meetings
Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Webex, VooV Meeting and LINE
Viewers
A caption link to read along in their own language
Setup
No special hardware: OBS, vMix, StreamYard or your meeting app
The challenge

Live content, one language, often no captions

Viewers and meeting participants come from everywhere, but most live streams and meetings run in a single language. Many streaming platforms offer no closed captions for live video at all, so people who don't speak the language, or watch without sound, miss what is said.

Our solution

Live captions in every language, on every platform

Klassifier recognizes the speech in your stream or meeting as it is spoken, translates it with AI and shows it as live captions: on screen in your stream through a caption overlay, as native YouTube captions, on a caption link viewers open on their own device, or as subtitles in each meeting participant's language.

Features

On-screen captions on every platform

Add the caption overlay as a browser source in OBS, vMix, StreamYard or a similar tool. The captions become part of your video, so they show up on every platform, including those without caption support.

AI translation into 100+ languages

Speech is recognized as it is spoken and translated into the language you choose, with a short delay behind the speaker.

Original and translation together

Show only the translated captions, or the original words and the translation on screen at the same time.

Native YouTube captions (beta)

On YouTube, Klassifier can also send captions to YouTube's own closed-caption track through its caption ingestion URL, one caption language per stream.

A caption link for every viewer

Share a link and viewers read live subtitles in their own language on their phone or computer, next to the stream.

Subtitles in every meeting participant's language

In Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Webex, VooV Meeting and LINE, each participant follows live subtitles translated into their own language.

How it works

How live captions work

  1. Start a session in Klassifier

    Sign in to the Klassifier web app, start a live captions session and choose the spoken language and the caption languages.

  2. Send the audio

    Send your stream or meeting audio by RTMP, with the Klassifier Chrome extension, or by capturing your computer's audio in the web app.

  3. Add the overlay or share the link

    Add the transparent caption overlay to OBS, vMix or StreamYard, and share the caption link with your viewers or participants.

  4. Captions appear live, translated

    As people speak, captions appear on screen and on the caption link, translated into the languages you chose.

Live streams

Live captions for live streams

YouTube

On-screen captions through the caption overlay, plus native YouTube closed captions (beta) through YouTube's caption ingestion URL, one caption language per stream.

Facebook and Instagram

On-screen captions in your Facebook and Instagram live video through the caption overlay, in the language you choose.

LinkedIn

On-screen translated captions for LinkedIn Live broadcasts, events and webinars streamed from your streaming tool.

TikTok

On-screen captions in your TikTok LIVE stream when you go live from a streaming tool such as OBS.

WeChat

On-screen captions in WeChat live streams, so Chinese and international audiences can follow in their language.

Any RTMP platform

Because the captions are part of the picture, they work on any platform you stream to over RTMP, including those without caption support.

Online meetings

Live subtitles for online meetings

Microsoft Teams

Send the meeting audio to Klassifier with Teams' RTMP live-streaming option. Participants read subtitles in their own language on the caption link.

Google Meet

The Klassifier Chrome extension picks up the meeting audio in your browser, also for other web-based meetings.

Webex

Use Webex's RTMP live-streaming option. It requires a paid Webex plan with live streaming enabled by your administrator.

VooV Meeting

Use the RTMP live-streaming option available in VooV Meeting Business and Enterprise.

LINE and other desktop apps

Capture the host computer's audio in the Klassifier web app. This works for LINE calls and any desktop meeting app.

Zoom

The Klassifier Live Translation app for Zoom shows translated captions in Zoom's own caption bar. See the Zoom app documentation.

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Deployment

Three ways to send the audio

RTMP live stream

Point the RTMP output of your streaming tool or meeting app (Teams, Webex, VooV Meeting) to the address shown in your Klassifier session.

Chrome extension

The Klassifier Chrome extension sends the audio of a meeting running in your browser, such as Google Meet.

Computer audio

Capture your computer's audio in the Klassifier web app. Works for LINE and any desktop app, with no extra software.

Use cases

Creators and streamers

Reach viewers who speak other languages, or watch without sound, on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and more.

Brands and events

Add translated captions to launches, live shopping, keynotes and event streams.

Webinars

Let international attendees follow presenters and Q&A in their own language.

Churches and community broadcasts

Help congregations and online communities follow services and gatherings in their own language.

Education

Caption online classes and lectures so students can read along and follow in their language.

International teams

Run all-hands, team meetings and customer calls where everyone reads subtitles in their own language.

Live captions and translation: frequently asked questions

Does it work on Instagram and TikTok?
Yes, as on-screen captions in your stream. You add the Klassifier caption overlay in your streaming tool, so the captions are part of the video. The same applies to Facebook, LinkedIn and WeChat. These platforms do not receive a separate closed-caption track.
Can I get native YouTube closed captions?
Yes, in beta. Klassifier can send captions to YouTube's caption ingestion URL, so they appear as YouTube's own closed captions that viewers can turn on and off. YouTube accepts one caption language per stream, and you can use the on-screen overlay alongside it.
How many languages are supported?
Captions can be translated into 100+ languages. You choose the caption language, or show the original and the translation together.
Do I need special hardware?
No. You use the tools you already have: OBS, vMix, StreamYard or a similar streaming tool for live streams, or your meeting app for meetings. Klassifier runs in your browser.
Can viewers read captions in their own language?
Yes. Share the caption link and viewers open it on their phone or computer to read live subtitles in the language they choose.
Which meeting platforms are supported?
Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Webex, VooV Meeting and LINE, in addition to Zoom. Teams, Webex and VooV Meeting send audio by RTMP live streaming (Webex needs a paid plan with live streaming enabled by an administrator; VooV Meeting needs Business or Enterprise). Google Meet works with the Klassifier Chrome extension, and LINE or any desktop app works by capturing the host computer's audio.
Can I show the original and the translation at the same time?
Yes. The overlay can show the translated captions only, or the original words together with the translation.
How is this different from Live Broadcast Translation?
Live captions focus on text: translated captions in your stream, on a caption link and in meetings, set up by yourself in the web app. Live Broadcast Translation also offers translated AI voice for live broadcasts.

See it with your own content

Start a free trial in the Klassifier web app, or book a demo and we'll walk you through it with your own data.