Akkadu

Akkadu

Akkadu is a company founded in 2018 in Beijing and now headquartered in Singapore that turns live speech into translated captions and audio in real time. A desktop app for Windows and macOS listens to computer audio from any meeting, event or stream and shows live captions in 90+ languages, or plays a translated audio track. Users can pick the AI engine behind the translation (such as Google or Microsoft). The company says 50,000+ professionals use it.

Key Features

• Live translated captions: Real-time captions in 90+ languages on any screen, from any audio source.
• Live translated audio: A spoken translation track for listeners who prefer to hear rather than read.
• AI engine choice: Users select the translation engine they trust for each language pair.
• Accent and glossary settings: Speaker origin hints and custom glossaries for names and technical terms.
• Safety filter and styling: Real-time filtering of sensitive words and branded caption fonts and colors.

Use Cases

• Virtual meetings and webinars: Works alongside any video conference platform.
• Events and conferences: Multilingual captions on stage screens for international audiences.
• Live streams: Translated captions on any streaming platform.

Getting Started

New users get 10 free minutes of live captions, then pay as they go or subscribe: https://www.akkadu.ai/