Introducing VoiceLeap: real-time voice translation that runs on your Mac
May 20, 2026 · Kamban
You skip the Japanese podcast everyone is talking about. You stay quiet in multilingual meetings. You miss what your international colleagues actually mean.
Translation apps exist, but they break your flow. Copy, paste, wait, switch tabs, repeat. VoiceLeap was built to remove that friction.
What VoiceLeap does
VoiceLeap is a real-time voice translator for Mac. It captures any audio playing on your Mac, or coming from your microphone, and translates it into the language you want. You hear the translation almost instantly.
It works in three modes:
- Listen for understanding any foreign audio. YouTube, podcasts, Netflix, a Zoom call where everyone else speaks Japanese.
- Speak for being understood. Present to a foreign team, teach international students, broadcast to viewers in their language.
- Conversation for two-way meetings. You speak English, they hear Japanese. They speak Japanese, you hear English.
It runs 100% on your Mac
Everything happens locally on Apple Silicon using built-in macOS intelligence. No cloud, no servers, no audio leaves your device. Your meetings stay private.
Languages supported
10 major languages with 30+ regional locales: English, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Korean, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Italian.
Try it free
VoiceLeap requires a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or later) running macOS 26.2 or later. Download it now and try every feature free for 7 days. No credit card required.