The Best Real-Time Chrome Live Caption Saver (2025 Edition)

🚀 Successor: Live Caption Copilot (v2)

This repo is Live Caption Saver v1 (caption capture only).

For the latest release — live caption capture + AI answers on hotkey — see:

https://github.com/arellanojeremypaul/live-caption-copilot

A powerful C++ application that captures Chrome Live Captions and converts them to text in real-time. Perfect for improving accessibility, saving transcripts, or analyzing spoken content from videos—especially useful for job interviews or conversations with GPT-powered AI tools.

👋 Hi, I'm Jeremy Arellano

🚀 AI/ML Engineer | Software Developer | .NET / C++ / Java Specialist

I'm passionate about creating scalable, intelligent, and accessible applications that bridge technology and human needs.
Currently working on AI-driven accessibility tools and real-time applications using modern frameworks.

🧠 About Me

• 💼 Software Engineer experienced in C++, C#, Java, and .NET Framework
• 🤖 Enthusiastic about AI/ML applications, automation, and assistive technology
• 💡 Focused on transforming ideas into high-impact software solutions

🎯 Features

• Real-time Text Capture: Instantly converts Chrome Live Captions into plain text.
• Multi-Language Support: Works with captions in various languages for a global audience.
• Ideal for Interviews: Use this tool to capture captions from job interviews conducted via platforms with GPT integration or AI-driven communication.
• Save or Copy Transcripts: Easily store captioned text as files or copy it to your clipboard.
• Efficient & Lightweight: Optimized with C++ for high performance and fast text extraction.

🚀 How It Works

1. Ensure Live Captions are enabled in Chrome.
2. Run the C++ app to capture captions from media in Chrome, including GPT-powered interviews.
3. The app automatically processes the captions and displays them as text in real-time.
4. Optionally, save the text or copy it for further use!

💡 Use Cases

• Job Interviews: Capture real-time captions from AI-assisted interviews with GPT or other platforms, making it easier to review and follow up on questions.
• Content Creators: Quickly save captions from online videos for script writing or analysis.
• Accessibility: Enhance accessibility by converting captions into text for users who need text-based content.
• Language Learners: Capture and review spoken content to aid in language transcription and learning.
• Developers & Researchers: Use captured text for speech-to-text projects or natural language processing (NLP) experiments.

🔧 Technologies Used

• C++: Core language used for high-performance real-time text capture.
• No OCR: This tool extracts text directly from Chrome’s Live Caption pop-up window without using OCR, making it lightweight, fast, and fully local with no network traffic required.

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

🌐 Keywords

C++, Live-Caption, Text-Capture, Job-Interviews, GPT, Speech-to-Text, Chrome-API, Accessibility, Multi-Language-Support, Real-Time, Audio-To-Text, Voice-To-Text, Speech-Recognition, Audio-To-Text, Transcription, caption-generator

🧭 Goals for 2025

• 🚀 Launch 3 open-source AI or .NET projects
• 💬 Share tech insights via blog posts
• 🎯 Contribute to accessibility-focused open-source tools

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