CoolCaption
Live Captions & Translation
Only for Mac
$0.99
Mac
CoolCaption: Bilingual captions for every sound on your Mac
CoolCaption captures your Mac's system audio, transcribes and translates it on device, so you can watch, listen and understand with original and translation side by side.
- Four caption views: Standard, Sidebar, Bottom and floating Subtitle.
- Bilingual display: Original and translation in sync, in context.
- Audio replay: Drag the timeline back to any line and listen again.
- Highlights: Save words and sentences with the original line, translation and source.
- Multi-language recognition: Choose the recognition language that matches your audio.
- Light and dark appearance: Fits right into your Mac.
- Watch videos, listen to podcasts, practice listening. Let captions keep you company, and let words stay with you.
> Requires macOS 26 or later. First use requires Screen & System Audio Recording and Speech Recognition permissions plus language downloads. Transcription and translation may contain errors; verify important content.
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Start a fresh session from the top of the window, and CoolCaption opens a new one for you the next day when you are not recording.
New
• Create a session from the button at the top right.
• Export a session's saved audio as an MP3.
Improved
• Drag the top edge of Bottom mode to make the captions taller or shorter.
• Scrolling the transcript no longer jumps when you pull past the top.
The developer, 强 周, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- 强 周
- Size
- 796.5 KB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Mac
- Languages
- English and Simplified Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Qiang Zhou
