Obs Localvocal
royshil
“LocalVocal plugin allows you to transcribe & translate speech into text locally on your machine in real time”
Obs Localvocal is listed in AugmentArena's Memory index: the maker's own one-liner is “LocalVocal plugin allows you to transcribe & translate speech into text locally on your machine in real time”. The concrete jobs we can justify from the source are working in a language you do not speak and searchable transcripts of calls, lectures and interviews.
Provenance
What we can prove, and what we cannot
Each row is a separate claim with its own status and check date — not one blanket “verified” badge.
- Human capability
- Perfect recall of work and life. Our classification, not a vendor claim.
- verified30 Oct 2026
- One-line pitch
- Quoted above.
- provider claimobsproject.com30 Oct 2026
- Price
- Open source (GPL-2.0) — no paid tier required.
- verifiedgithub.com30 Oct 2026
- Platforms
- iOS · macOS · Linux · Web · API · GitHub
- provider claimobsproject.com30 Oct 2026
- Launch date
- 10 Aug 2023 — GitHub repository created_at (royshil/obs-localvocal)
- verified30 Oct 2026
What it does
Capabilities we can name
- Live translation
- Transcription
- Note-taking
- API access
- On-device processing
- Open source
Concrete jobs
- Working in a language you do not speak
- Searchable transcripts of calls, lectures and interviews
- A searchable place for everything you write down
- Building it into your own workflow
Where it stops
- No price is published in a form our checker could read, so the price cell says n/v rather than guessing.
Alternatives
What else does this job
Similarity is our editorial judgement: same capability, closest score. It is not a vendor claim and no one paid to appear here.
Head to head
AugmentArena is independent. We do not accept payment for placement, we do not use affiliate links, and a score is our own rubric rather than a vendor claim or a user average. Prices and capabilities change: the check date above is the honest cut-off. Found an error? Tell us — corrections get the same source-and-date treatment. Dataset pass: 185 products, last full re-check 30 Oct 2026.