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Pixelion Captions adds live transcription and translation to OBS Studio. It reads the audio from your OBS program mix and shows captions in a source you can place and style in your scene.

Pixelion Captions is a third-party plugin designed and developed by Pixel Solutions, Milan, Italy. It is not part of OBS Studio and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the OBS Project.

Installation

Pick your operating system:

• Installing on Windows — installer (.exe) or manual ZIP
• Installing on macOS — .pkg installer

What you need

	Requirement
OBS Studio	Tested with 32.0.1 (built against 31.1.1 dependencies). Other versions are not confirmed.
Platform	Windows x64, or macOS 13.7 (Ventura) and later (universal: Apple silicon + Intel)
Account	A free Pixelion.ai account
Network	An internet connection for live transcription and translation
Translation	A Pixelion Pro plan (transcription works on the free plan)

Available minutes and session limits depend on your subscription.

After installing

Once the plugin is installed and OBS lists it, see the README for how to sign in, add a caption source, and start a session.

Support

• Ask questions on the OBS forum thread.
• Use Send Feedback at the bottom of the dock.
• Submit an issue for a bug or request. Include your OS version, OBS version, and plugin version. Please leave out account tokens, private audio, and transcript contents.
• Enjoying the plugin? Leave a review on the OBS resource page.

License

Pixelion Captions is licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later. Each binary release ships with a matching source archive.