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royshil/obs-localvocal

An OBS plugin for local speech recognition and captioning

GraphCanon updated Sep 20, 2026 · GitHub synced Sep 20, 2026

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1.6k stars121 forksLast push Sep 9, 2026 C++ GPL-2.0

Decision brief

Obs-localvocal is an OBS plugin enabling real-time speech-to-text transcription and translation using AI models that run locally.

Good fit when

  • When you require privacy-first solutions where all processing of audio and data occurs on the local machine without any cloud-based services.
  • For those working in environments with limited or unreliable internet connections, as it works entirely offline.

Avoid when

  • If your workflow demands GPU acceleration for better performance, given obs-localvocal focuses primarily on CPU but offers limited GPU support.
  • In scenarios where you need to integrate directly with cloud-hosted services or APIs, since this plugin processes everything locally without internet dependency.
Requirements:
The software operates on Windows, Linux (Ubuntu 22.04), and MacOS environments.; Support for translation is included using CTranslate2.

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Maintenance and security

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Maintenance
Active (10d since push)
As of Sep 20, 2026
Provenance
Not a fork · Personal account
As of Sep 20, 2026
Security (OSV)
No lockfile
As of Jul 11, 2026

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Install

git clone https://github.com/royshil/obs-localvocal

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Overview

OBS plugin that supports real-time transcription and translation using AI.

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Source: github.language · Sep 20, 2026

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README

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