Lingopal: Lingopal is an AI platform for real-time speech-to-speech translation, transcription, and captioning across live streams, meetings, and phone calls. MacWhisper: Native macOS transcription app from Amsterdam-based Goodsnooze that records and transcribes meetings locally using Whisper, with no cloud upload. The right pick comes down to team size, budget, and the workflows you want to automate.
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Shortlist Lingopal when translating live sports, news, and event broadcasts into multiple languages in real time matters most, and MacWhisper when journalists and researchers transcribing recorded interviews matters most. Run both through a week of actual calls to see which suits your workflow.
Lingopal is an AI platform for real-time speech-to-speech translation, transcription, and captioning across live streams, meetings, and phone calls.
Native macOS transcription app from Amsterdam-based Goodsnooze that records and transcribes meetings locally using Whisper, with no cloud upload.
Lingopal is an AI translation platform that converts spoken audio into other languages in real time while transcribing and captioning it. Its core technology performs speech-to-speech translation with voice cloning that preserves the original speaker's tone and emotion, alongside live captions and editable transcripts. Beyond its main use in live broadcast and streaming (sports, news, events), Lingopal offers a "Rooms" product that turns meetings into multilingual conversations with live voice translation for one-on-one and group settings, and a separate Call product (call.lingopal.ai) that translates phone calls in real time with live transcript and audio. The platform supports a large set of languages (over 100 across its products, with a smaller subset on the call product) and ingests common broadcast formats such as RTMP, HLS, SRT, and MP4, plus API-based workflows. Typical glass-to-glass latency is roughly 2.5 to 4 seconds. It targets broadcast teams, networks, educational institutions engaging ESL students and parents, faith organizations, and enterprises needing cross-language voice communication.
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MacWhisper is a native macOS (and iOS) transcription app built by indie developer Jordi Bruin under his Amsterdam-based studio Goodsnooze. It uses OpenAI's Whisper models (and NVIDIA Parakeet) to turn audio and video into editable text directly on the user's device, so recordings never need to be sent to the cloud. Beyond transcribing existing files, MacWhisper can record and transcribe meetings from conferencing apps such as Zoom, Teams, Webex, Skype, Chime, and Discord, as well as system audio and microphone input, making it practical as a meeting transcription tool. It supports more than 100 languages and offers features like batch transcription, speaker grouping, search, and real-time dictation. Because all processing happens locally, it appeals to users with privacy and confidentiality requirements who prefer not to route sensitive conversations through third-party servers. The company is independently funded and has not been acquired. MacWhisper is distributed through its own website and the Mac App Store, with a free tier for basic offline transcription and paid options for advanced capabilities. It is best for Mac users who want a fast, private, on-device way to transcribe meetings and recordings. Pricing varies by plan. Check the official website for current pricing.
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Lingopal is a free tier with paid upgrades (paid); MacWhisper is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium). Always confirm current pricing on each vendor's site before buying.
| Feature | Lingopal | MacWhisper |
|---|---|---|
| Core capability | Real-time speech-to-speech translation across 100+ languages | On-device transcription using Whisper and NVIDIA Parakeet |
| Standout feature | Voice cloning that preserves speaker tone and emotion | Records system audio from Zoom, Teams, Webex, and other apps |
| Team usage | Live captions and editable transcripts | Supports 100+ languages |
| Integrations | Rooms product for multilingual meetings and group conversations | Batch transcription and speaker grouping |
| Languages & capture | Call product for real-time phone call translation | Real-time dictation |
| Best-fit workflow | Broadcast ingest support (RTMP, HLS, SRT, MP4) and API workflows | Available on macOS and iOS |
Lingopal
Choose Lingopal if you need translating live sports, news, and event broadcasts into multiple languages in real time — strengths include combines live translation, transcription, and captioning in one platform.
MacWhisper
Choose MacWhisper if you need mac users transcribing zoom or teams meetings privately on-device — strengths include all processing stays local, supporting privacy and confidentiality.
Lingopal
MacWhisper
It depends on your workflow. Lingopal is strong for translating live sports, news, and event broadcasts into multiple languages in real time, while MacWhisper is strong for mac users transcribing zoom or teams meetings privately on-device. Both transcribe and summarize meetings.
Lingopal is a free tier with paid upgrades and MacWhisper is a free tier with paid upgrades. Check each vendor's pricing page for the latest plans and free-tier limits.
You can — some teams pair them when each covers a different part of the meeting workflow.
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