LiveVoice: LiveVoice is a live-audio platform for events that delivers simultaneous interpretation, AI voice and text translation, and real-time AI captions to attendees on their own phones and browsers. MacParakeet: Free, open-source local voice app for Apple Silicon Macs offering on-device meeting recording, live transcripts, dictation, and file transcription powered by NVIDIA Parakeet. This comparison weighs them on pricing, features, and everyday workflow fit.
How Hosiqo compares and tests toolsFinal recommendation
Shortlist LiveVoice when providing multilingual interpretation and captions at conferences, churches, and guided tours matters most, and MacParakeet when system-wide dictation across applications for privacy-conscious users matters most. Test each on your own meetings; the right choice tends to become obvious quickly.
LiveVoice is a live-audio platform for events that delivers simultaneous interpretation, AI voice and text translation, and real-time AI captions to attendees on their own phones and browsers.
Free, open-source local voice app for Apple Silicon Macs offering on-device meeting recording, live transcripts, dictation, and file transcription powered by NVIDIA Parakeet.
LiveVoice is a live-audio platform built for events, conferences, meetings, guided tours, and church services. It turns attendees' own smartphones and browsers into receivers, so audiences listen to interpreted audio or read live captions in their own language without dedicated hardware, headsets, or IT setup. The platform supports remote simultaneous interpretation (RSI) by professional human interpreters working from anywhere through a multi-channel interpreter app, AI voice and text translation, or a combination of both. Its AI Live Captions feature transcribes a chosen audio channel in real time and can be configured in over 65 languages, displaying on the mobile app, web browsers, on-site screens, or as lower thirds in video streams. After an event, transcripts can be downloaded as text, CSV, SRT, or VTT files for sharing or repurposing. It works on iOS, Android, and Huawei devices and supports on-site, online, and hybrid events, integrating with video conferencing and livestreaming tools. It targets event organizers, conference planners, and accessibility teams.
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MacParakeet is a free, open-source voice application for Apple Silicon Macs that runs speech recognition entirely on-device using NVIDIA's Parakeet TDT model via FluidAudio CoreML. Beyond system-wide dictation and file or URL transcription, it includes a meeting recording mode with live transcript preview, in-app note-taking, and export, plus meeting calendar integration through macOS EventKit that can show reminders and optionally auto-start recording. Because all speech recognition runs locally, the project states that audio remains on the device, with no cloud speech-to-text, no required accounts, and opt-out telemetry. It supports around 25 European languages with automatic detection and includes a text cleanup pipeline for filler removal, custom word replacements, and snippet expansion. Optional AI features such as summaries, chat, and text formatting can be enabled through cloud or local providers when the user chooses. Built with Swift and SwiftUI and distributed under the GPL-3.0 license, MacParakeet is actively maintained on GitHub and can be installed via a notarized DMG, a Homebrew cask, or built from source. It is positioned as a privacy-respecting, bot-free option for capturing meetings directly from the Mac. Pricing varies by plan. Check the official website for current pricing.
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LiveVoice is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium); MacParakeet is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium). Always confirm current pricing on each vendor's site before buying.
| Feature | LiveVoice | MacParakeet |
|---|---|---|
| Core capability | Simultaneous interpretation via human interpreters (including remote RSI) | On-device meeting recording with live transcript preview and note-taking |
| Standout feature | AI voice and text translation in real time | Meeting calendar integration via macOS EventKit with optional auto-start |
| Team usage | AI Live Captions configurable in over 65 languages | System-wide dictation with hotkey and push-to-talk modes |
| Integrations | Listen on attendees' own phones or browsers, no special hardware | File and URL transcription on the device |
| Languages & capture | Downloadable transcripts in text, CSV, SRT, and VTT formats | Local NVIDIA Parakeet TDT speech recognition with no cloud STT |
| Best-fit workflow | Caption delivery to app, browser, on-site screens, and video lower thirds | Text cleanup pipeline including filler removal and custom replacements |
LiveVoice
Choose LiveVoice if you need providing multilingual interpretation and captions at conferences, churches, and guided tours — strengths include no dedicated receiver hardware or headsets needed; runs on attendees' own devices.
MacParakeet
Choose MacParakeet if you need capturing and transcribing meetings locally on a mac without a bot — strengths include free and open source with on-device speech recognition.
LiveVoice
MacParakeet
It depends on your workflow. LiveVoice is strong for providing multilingual interpretation and captions at conferences, churches, and guided tours, while MacParakeet is strong for capturing and transcribing meetings locally on a mac without a bot. Both transcribe and summarize meetings.
LiveVoice is a free tier with paid upgrades and MacParakeet 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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