--- title: "Translate System Audio on Windows in Real Time — Any App" description: "VoxisLive captures the whole Windows audio mix and speaks a live translation — browsers, players, games, calls. Driverless WASAPI loopback, 79 languages." url: https://voxislive.com/translate-system-audio-windows language: "en" source_html: https://voxislive.com/translate-system-audio-windows site: "Voxis — real-time voice translation" og_image: https://voxislive.com/assets/og.png generated_by: voxislive-markdown-pipeline --- [Home](https://voxislive.com/) · / · Translate system audio SYSTEM AUDIO # Translate whatever Windows is playing. All of it. VoxisLive translates sound from your Windows PC — from any application — into your language in real time and speaks it back aloud. No file uploads, no pasted links: it captures the entire system audio mix as it plays. On Linux, Voxis does the same thing without a driver: it creates its own PipeWire virtual sink on demand and routes the app you are translating into it. Install it from the Snap Store with `sudo snap install voxis`. ## Any app's audio — not just one file Most translation tools make you commit to a source up front: a file, a link, a tab. VoxisLive listens to the Windows system audio reaching your speakers, which means it works with any application — browsers playing foreign news, desktop video players, games with foreign voice acting, conferencing windows, podcast apps. No per-source configuration: start VoxisLive, select your target language from 79, and play whatever you want. The translation follows you seamlessly across apps because everything is captured at the system level. ## Driverless capture, explained VoxisLive uses **WASAPI process-loopback** — built-in Windows functionality — to capture already-playing audio. No virtual audio driver, no VB-CABLE, no routing utility: on Windows 10 and 11 it works immediately after installation. Capture excludes VoxisLive's own output, preventing re-translation loops. Speech streams to a simultaneous interpreter model that recognizes, translates and re-speaks in one low-latency pass, staying just a few seconds behind the original talker. ## One-way or two-way For listening, **Video / Game mode** ducks the original audio so the translation sits clearly on top. For conversations, **Meeting mode** also translates your own speech into the other side's language through a virtual microphone — crucially, without adding any bot participant to the call. ## Spoken output, with a transcript when you need it The result is a natural voice speaking your language — not screen captions. A live bilingual transcript is still maintained and can be exported as TXT, SRT or VTT, with searchable history. VoxisLive ships primarily through the [Microsoft Store](https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/9P5Z0KVS58RS?cid=DevShareMCLPCB), with a paid Bring Your Own Key unlock inside the app for using your own Gemini or Qwen key — see [GitHub](https://github.com/VoxisLive/voxislive) for how it works. See [pricing](https://voxislive.com/pricing) to compare. FAQ ## Common questions ### Can VoxisLive translate audio from any app on Windows? Yes. It captures the whole Windows system audio mix — browsers, desktop players, games, conferencing apps, media players. You don't select a file or a single app; it translates whatever is currently playing. ### Do I need a virtual audio cable to translate system sound? No — not to capture your PC audio. VoxisLive uses driverless WASAPI process-loopback built into Windows 10 and 11 — no VB-CABLE, no virtual driver, no meeting bot. It also excludes its own output from capture. Two-way Meeting mode is the exception: on Windows it sends your translated voice through a virtual audio cable such as VB-CABLE and will not start without one; on Linux the app creates its own virtual microphone. ### Does it show subtitles or speak the translation? It speaks the translation aloud in a natural voice — speech-to-speech, not subtitles. A live transcript is available and exportable as TXT, SRT or VTT. ### How many languages can it translate into? 79 target languages, using a native simultaneous interpreter model that translates while the speaker talks, staying only a few seconds behind. ## Keep reading [WASAPI Loopback · Translate any Windows system audio in real time without a virtual audio cable.](https://voxislive.com/wasapi-loopback-translation) · [How it works · VoxisLive captures system audio directly through WASAPI loopback, detects speech on-device, translates it with a…](https://voxislive.com/how-it-works) · [Video · VoxisLive speaks a live translation of any video playing on Windows — Netflix, YouTube, VLC, local files.](https://voxislive.com/use-cases/video) Free to start · 10 free minutes every day ## Hear every language, in real time. Runs on Windows 10 and 11 and on Linux — driverless capture, no setup ritual, no bot in your call. [Get it on Microsoft Store](https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/9P5Z0KVS58RS?cid=DevShareMCLPCB) [Linux · Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/voxis) [View on GitHub](https://github.com/VoxisLive/voxislive) ## Structured data (JSON-LD) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://voxislive.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Translate system audio", "item": "https://voxislive.com/translate-system-audio-windows" } ] }, { "@type": "WebPage", "name": "Translate System Audio on Windows in Real Time — Any App", "url": "https://voxislive.com/translate-system-audio-windows", "description": "VoxisLive captures the whole Windows audio mix and speaks a live translation — browsers, players, games, calls. 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