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BabelStreamer feature list

the full feature list — what's live, what's coming, and where the edges are

Live now

Current features

Everything below is shipped and working today, across the OBS plugin, the translation backend, account management, and viewer-side captioning.

Plugin

  • OBS plugin for Windows and macOS
  • Speech recognition in the OBS plugin, currently 4 languages (more coming)
  • Tune recognition to your own speech patterns
  • Select a game for game-specific vocabulary recognition
  • Add your own personal vocabulary for preferred recognition
  • Multiple audio feeds with each speaker identified to viewers
  • Choose from a selection of translation models, or use the standard one

Translation & distribution

  • Realtime translation
  • Distribution to up to 5,000 viewers, according to your plan
  • Architecture scalable to any number of viewers on request, including for events
  • Gaming terms are retained independent of the translation model
  • 13 languages available today, with more coming
  • Translated captions can be downloaded as .srt files after streams

Account management

  • Simple login based on email
  • Choose from a number of plans, with flexibility to add individual extra languages
  • Plan upgrades always possible
  • Connect your Twitch/YouTube channel (optional), for mobile streamers
  • Disconnect (revoke) your license for security
  • Completely remove your account if required

Captioning for viewers

  • Effectively zero-latency captioning for viewers
  • Viewers choose their own language from those available in the streamer's plan
  • Captions work with a desktop browser extension for Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Firefox
  • Desktop captions appearance highly configurable for the viewer
  • Desktop extension works with any streaming platform, in the browser
  • Mobile viewer for YouTube and Twitch also available
In development

Coming soon

In active development — not available yet, but on the roadmap.

Known limits

Restrictions

A couple of current edge cases worth knowing about.