Real-Time Audio Translator for PC and Mac — hear any app in your language.

Only on some PCs, and only as text. Windows 11's live captions show what's said in the speaker's language; translating them needs a Copilot+ PC, and then only into English or Chinese (Simplified). DubTab runs on any Windows 11 PC: it dubs and captions any app's sound in 60+ languages.

Use the DubTab desktop app for Mac — macOS 14.2 or later, on Apple silicon or Intel. The Mac's own Live Captions writes down what's said without translating it, and Apple Intelligence's Live Translation covers only one-on-one FaceTime and Phone calls. DubTab translates any app's sound, says it in your language and shows captions. macOS asks once to allow recording system audio — that's how DubTab hears what plays. It never asks for screen recording or for your microphone.

No. The desktop app needs Windows 11. On Windows 10, use the DubTab Chrome extension: it translates anything that plays in a Chrome, Edge or Brave tab.

Anything that plays sound on your computer: the Zoom, Teams and Discord apps, VLC and other players, Spotify, games, and every browser, Safari and Firefox included. Choose Computer audio and DubTab hears all of it, notifications and music included; choose One specific app and it translates only that one.

It translates what a game says, not what it shows. Voiced dialogue, cutscenes, in-game voice chat and a streamer's commentary are dubbed and captioned; text on screen — menus, item names, untranslated subtitles — isn't read. The dub runs a few seconds behind, which is fine for story and banter but not for split-second callouts. If the captions don't show up over a full-screen game, switching the game to borderless or windowed mode usually fixes it.

Yes, for listening. Choose the meeting app with One specific app, and the speakers are dubbed in your language a few seconds behind. Only you hear the dub — nothing is added to the meeting. Wear headphones, though: on speakers, your microphone can pick up the dub and pass it on to everyone else.

No. DubTab translates what your computer plays, not what you say — the desktop app has no microphone access at all. In a call, you hear the others in your language and reply the way you always do.

Yes. Open an MP4, MKV, MOV or WebM file in the desktop app, or drop in a whole course folder. The dub is prepared a little ahead of where you are, so it keeps pace, and parts already prepared play again for free on the same computer. The file isn't uploaded and the picture is never sent.

A few seconds when the sound is live — DubTab has to hear a phrase before it can say it in your language, and it keeps the gap from growing over a long session. With a video file there's no wait after the first lines: the dub is prepared a little ahead, so it keeps pace with the picture.

No. The desktop app hears browser tabs too, so on Windows 11 or a Mac with macOS 14.2+ it covers everything on its own. The extension is the one to use on Windows 10, an older Mac, Linux or ChromeOS — or if you'd rather have the controls inside the web page. One account covers both: the same plan, the same hours, the same history.

No. It doesn't keep the sound it listens to. The text it transcribes goes to your private DubTab history, where only you can see it, and you can delete it any time.

You can start free — every account includes a one-time 15-minute trial, no credit card needed. After that, plans count time only while DubTab is translating, and it pauses itself when nobody has spoken for a few minutes. Paused time is free.

60+ languages for both dubbing and captions. Pick yours once — the audio can be in any of them. Auto Detect works out what's being spoken, or name the language for better recognition.

No. DubTab runs on computers: the desktop app for Windows and Mac, and a Chrome extension (it works in Edge too).