A live-captions overlay for Windows with local GPU transcription of system audio.
A cross-app live-captions overlay for Windows. It captures your system audio and shows live
transcription in an always-on-top overlay, transcribed locally with faster-whisper on your GPU
(with automatic CPU fallback). It can also colour captions by speaker (live diarization) and save
and search every session. Installs per-user with no admin rights; model weights download on first
run.
| Publisher | haberwooki |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.3 |
| Release date | 2026-07-21 |
| License | MIT |
| Installer type | inno |
| Architecture | x64 |
| Package ID | haberwooki.LiveCaptions |
| Requirements | Windows 10 or later |
| Install scope | Current user |
winget install --id=haberwooki.LiveCaptions -ewinget upgrade --id=haberwooki.LiveCaptions -ewinget uninstall --id=haberwooki.LiveCaptions -e"LiveCaptions-Setup-0.4.3.exe" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-Yes. Live Captions is free and open-source software released under the MIT license.
The latest version is 0.4.3, released on Jul 21, 2026.
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with 09badbae29383d858b03f590db4422809e7dc05c728234437447cfeb1188d5d1.
Live Captions requires Windows 10 or later and is available for 64-bit (x64) systems.
Run the offline installer with "LiveCaptions-Setup-0.4.3.exe" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-, or install it with Windows Package Manager: winget install --id=haberwooki.LiveCaptions -e --silent.
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Live Captions and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=haberwooki.LiveCaptions -e.
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