9 comments

  • ndgold 2 days ago
    I encourage you to offer a “translation” option that involves simplification (e.g. Simple German) where the speech language X is translated in a simplified version of the language X. There’s value there.
    • christiansafka 2 days ago
      Fun idea, are you thinking about a language learning use case?
      • tomaskafka 4 hours ago
        That's also just a plain accesibility - levelling the situation where someone is less fluent in a given language. You could even translate from english to simple english!
        • mooreds 1 hour ago
          Interesting. It's the oral version of "rewrite this paragraph to be understandable by someone with a 5th grade education".

          Wild to think about.

      • reactordev 4 hours ago
        There are some complicated words in German. When simplified have a translation. But in German it’s just, German. Streichholzschächtelchen. When one could just easily say Streichholzer.
  • guilhermecgs 1 hour ago
    Just need to polish the solution... I experienced some crashes with zoom.

    I am the IDEAL user, willing to pay a lot if this works. Count on me feedbacks.

    So far:

    good: - initial config as good, easy and very simple to feel secure

    bad: - high cpu usage - zoom asked me to restart mic - could not make sure if the software works... Google meet has not voice testing loop... Zoom has it, but it did not work for me.

    • guilhermecgs 1 hour ago
      also, voice matching is veryyy important
      • apt-apt-apt-apt 1 hour ago
        If you forget to pay your bill, you can still use it but your voice turns into that of a pathetic loser
  • rpazpri1 2 days ago
    Tried the beta - really cool! Would love to see more language options, awesome work!
    • christiansafka 2 days ago
      Thanks! We're planning to add support for a lot more languages over the next two weeks.
  • LeoPanthera 4 hours ago
    Does this work with less-than-perfect audio, for example, watching foreign TV with background music?
    • christiansafka 4 hours ago
      Yes, if you're watching TV on your computer the app should translate all the speech. We haven't done any source separation work (musical singing vs actual speech) so if there's music it may pick up some of the lyrics.
  • saadn92 2 hours ago
    This is really cool, nice job!
  • danilosapad 3 hours ago
    Just tried it, it works great! Any plans for offering it on mobile?
    • christiansafka 2 hours ago
      Our first focus is desktop, but we'd love to get a mobile app out (or let someone else build one with our API)
  • lostmsu 2 hours ago
    Hey, this is very cool! I just tried to make something alike for Windows yesterday for talking in French (Bonjour le Québec). After a few hours fidgeting with Whisper, I ended up finding https://github.com/SakiRinn/LiveCaptions-Translator , but it does not have the virtual microphone feature. Do you plan to support Windows any time soon?
  • woadwarrior01 4 hours ago
    Non-sandboxed macOS app, every single time! :D
    • lostmsu 2 hours ago
      I imagine virtual microphones are not covered by standard permissions under sandboxing.
  • skyzouwdev 1 hour ago
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