Wakaru

Wakaru is a privacy-first live caption and translation app for macOS. It transcribes spoken audio and translates captions in real time, helping users follow multilingual meetings, videos, streams, and everyday conversations more easily. Unlike cloud-based transcription tools, Wakaru processes audio directly on the user's Mac. Audio and transcription data do not need to be sent to external servers, making it especially useful for users who value privacy or work with sensitive conversations. Wakaru is designed for non-native speakers, multilingual meetings, accessibility use cases, video and stream viewers, and anyone who wants real-time translated captions without relying on cloud processing.