abb128/LiveCaptions
Linux Desktop application that provides live captioning observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
26/100
- Activity 8
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 98
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1372
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 552
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1783 stars · 61 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
LiveCaptions is a Linux desktop application that displays real-time captions for desktop or microphone audio using a local speech recognition model. All processing happens on-device with no proprietary services, built on the aprilasr library.
Use cases
- show live captions for videos and calls on linux
- caption microphone audio in real time offline
- accessibility tool for deaf and hard of hearing users
- transcribe desktop audio without sending it to the cloud
- get live subtitles on a steam deck or older laptop
When to choose
- you need free, fully local live captioning on linux
- privacy matters and audio must never leave the machine
- you have a reasonably modern CPU but no GPU
When to avoid
- you need languages other than english
- you need highly accurate or critical transcription
- you need GPU-accelerated or server-scale batch transcription
Facets
application · maturity active
speech-recognition audio-processing gui accessibility accessibility speech-processing desktop-applications live-captions closed-captions onnxruntime flatpak local-processing privacy english-only natural-language-processing linux desktop
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/abb128/LiveCaptions · fetched 2026-08-28 · 333fdb53f0a6
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| abb128/LiveCaptions | main | 26 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="abb128/LiveCaptions")
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