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christiansafka commented on Show HN: Pinch – macOS voice translation for real-time conversations   startpinch.com/... · Posted by u/christiansafka
guilhermecgs · 4 days ago
Just need to polish the solution... I experienced some crashes with zoom.

I am the IDEAL user, willing to pay a lot if this works. Count on me feedbacks.

So far:

good: - initial config as good, easy and very simple to feel secure

bad: - high cpu usage - zoom asked me to restart mic - could not make sure if the software works... Google meet has not voice testing loop... Zoom has it, but it did not work for me.

christiansafka · 3 days ago
Thanks for this feedback! We're rolling out an update soon that will allow you to hear your translated voice without joining a call. CPU usage is on the radar, hope to make some progress there soon as well.
christiansafka commented on Show HN: Pinch – macOS voice translation for real-time conversations   startpinch.com/... · Posted by u/christiansafka
lostmsu · 4 days ago
Hey, this is very cool! I just tried to make something alike for Windows yesterday for talking in French (Bonjour le Québec). After a few hours fidgeting with Whisper, I ended up finding https://github.com/SakiRinn/LiveCaptions-Translator , but it does not have the virtual microphone feature. Do you plan to support Windows any time soon?
christiansafka · 3 days ago
Yes, we're planning a Windows launch as well! If you need something today, we also have our own video conferencing platform with AI interpretation built in that works in-browser. It's at https://startpinch.com/meeting
christiansafka commented on Show HN: Pinch – macOS voice translation for real-time conversations   startpinch.com/... · Posted by u/christiansafka
danilosapad · 4 days ago
Just tried it, it works great! Any plans for offering it on mobile?
christiansafka · 4 days ago
Our first focus is desktop, but we'd love to get a mobile app out (or let someone else build one with our API)
christiansafka commented on Show HN: Pinch – macOS voice translation for real-time conversations   startpinch.com/... · Posted by u/christiansafka
LeoPanthera · 4 days ago
Does this work with less-than-perfect audio, for example, watching foreign TV with background music?
christiansafka · 4 days ago
Yes, if you're watching TV on your computer the app should translate all the speech. We haven't done any source separation work (musical singing vs actual speech) so if there's music it may pick up some of the lyrics.
christiansafka commented on Show HN: Pinch – macOS voice translation for real-time conversations   startpinch.com/... · Posted by u/christiansafka
rpazpri1 · 6 days ago
Tried the beta - really cool! Would love to see more language options, awesome work!
christiansafka · 6 days ago
Thanks! We're planning to add support for a lot more languages over the next two weeks.
christiansafka commented on Show HN: Pinch – macOS voice translation for real-time conversations   startpinch.com/... · Posted by u/christiansafka
ndgold · 6 days ago
I encourage you to offer a “translation” option that involves simplification (e.g. Simple German) where the speech language X is translated in a simplified version of the language X. There’s value there.
christiansafka · 6 days ago
Fun idea, are you thinking about a language learning use case?
christiansafka commented on Launch HN: Pinch (YC W25) – Video conferencing with immersive translation    · Posted by u/christiansafka
aloukissas · 7 months ago
What does real-time mean here? Would it work e.g. in a live stream?
christiansafka · 7 months ago
Yes, right now we're ranging from 0.75-3 seconds for the translation to start, and we're hoping to move the average time lower with our next updates. There will always be some limitation to how fast we can translate (different languages have different sentence structures and phrasing), but for livestreaming usually you'd have even a bit more wiggle room for the latency.

Also in case you're interested in the logistics of using us for livestreaming: If our current platform won't work for your use-case and you need to use OBS + a virtual camera, it's on our roadmap.

christiansafka commented on Launch HN: Pinch (YC W25) – Video conferencing with immersive translation    · Posted by u/christiansafka
AznHisoka · 7 months ago
Would companies switch their video conferencing solution to yours, or do you envision them using both side by side?
christiansafka · 7 months ago
We're hoping companies with international teams will switch over fully (we have internally), but our initial goal is to attract a subset of the market that has cross-lingual needs and unblock them as much as possible from using it more.

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