Transcrybe is a lightning-fast menu bar app that turns your Mac into a real-time translator. Whether you’re in a Zoom call, watching a YouTube video, or giving a presentation, Transcrybe listens, translates, and instantly shows subtitles—right on your screen.
No servers. No delay. Works with any app that plays audio.
▸ Translate audio from your mic or any app
▸ Subtitles appear instantly on screen
▸ Works entirely on-device for speed and privacy
▸ Supports 19 languages: Arabic, Cantonese, Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.
▸ Powered by Whisper*, Parakeet*, and Apple’s Translation framework
▸ Customizable subtitle size, color, font, and positioning
Whether you’re learning a new language, following a foreign podcast, or joining a global meeting, Transcrybe is your always-on interpreter. Perfect for language learners, international teams, and creators.
Lightning-fast. Private. On-device.
Requires macOS 15+. Improved transcription and translation on macOS 26.
*Whisper and Parakeet require an M1+ Mac.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://transcrybe.app/privacy
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Great translation, hard time using it over other apps
G1983.
This does great translation. But I struggle to find ways to get the translation to work with full screen apps. If I make a .pdf take the full screen, Transcribe disappears, or is only on the main desktop. With keynote, you can’t move the translation box once it’s in fullscreen, so you need to put it in place before you start the presentation. Very much limits the use cases.
Developer Response
Thanks, this is really useful feedback. I'll work on improving this, and let you know when I have an update!
Great Tool & Request
okayjeeez
Hello! This is a nifty little tool, thank you for making it!I am a teacher with several different languages spoken in one of my classes. I am curious if would be possible for you to add Persian as well?Also, another request or idea: Would it be possible to have multiple languages to be displayed right next to each other? Maybe each can have its own color, too? That would be a super helpful tool to my English Learning students; and to all of the teachers in this department at my school site (potentially district).Thank you again for making this tool!
Developer Response
Right now I'm only able to support the languages supported by Apple's built-in translation framework, and unfortunately Persian isn't one of those. I may try to expand support using online translation at some point, I'll let you know if I do!As for your other request, I'd love to hear more about what you're imagining and how you think you'd use it with your students! Do you mind reaching out to me via email at chris@transcrybe.app and tell me more about how you'd use this? I'd love to help you out!
Icon not visible
Husey.in
When running on MacBook Pro, the icon can stay under the black area in the screen and not be able to use it. There should be some shortcuts to start it without clicking on the icon.
Developer Response
Thanks, yeah that's a good idea. I use the app Bartender so I don't lose icons behind the notch, so I hadn't noticed this. Thanks for letting me know!
Works Great. Just want one feature
PhotoBoothDude
Can you make the update to allow for multiple lines to show at once.
Developer Response
Not sure if you saw, but I added this a few months back as my "Rolling Captions" feature!
* Simultaneous translation into multiple languages: show live subtitles in multiple target languages at the same time.
* Improved live subtitle windows: smoother dragging, and remembered window positions during a session.
* You can now ask Transcrybe to launch at login.
* Better trial and upgrade experience: fixed trial timer startup and made it easier to open upgrade options from the timer.
* Updated Japanese localization and additional stability improvements.
* You can now select the "All Application" audio source to listen to audio from all applications on your Mac.
* A warning will now be displayed when you open the app and the Transcrybe menu bar item is not visible because there are too many other items in the menu bar.
* Fixed an issue on recent macOS versions where tapping Done in the translation language download sheet could leave the sheet blank instead of dismissing.
* An alert will now appear if the menu bar item is not visible on screen but the app is running.
Version 2.9.2
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