How to use WireLang™ Live

From installation to live translation in about two minutes. No technical skills needed.

1

Download and Install

Download the installer for your operating system (Windows or macOS) from the homepage. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the quick installer prompt. Once complete, WireLang™ Live will launch automatically.

2

Sign in with Google

Launch the app and click Sign in with Google. This opens a secure tab in your default browser to authorize your account. Once authorized, you can request free demo credits or add your own API key to try it immediately.

3

Choose how you pay (or don't)

Select your billing method (switch anytime):

  • Credits — Use WireLang's built-in translation service. Top up from the app when you run low. New accounts automatically receive 10 free minutes of platform credits.
  • BYO key — Paste your own free Google AI Studio key to translate at no additional software cost.Here's how to get one →
4

Play any audio on your computer

Because WireLang™ Live runs natively, it captures **all system output audio**. Play a YouTube video in your browser, watch a movie in VLC, join a Zoom or Teams call, or play a podcast in Spotify. Anything you hear on your speakers can be translated.

5

Pick your language and press Start

In the app, choose the target language you want to hear, and click Start Translating. Within a couple of seconds you'll hear the translated voice playing live over the softened original audio.

Note: Make sure your target language is different from the audio's language (e.g. choose Spanish target when playing an English video) so the AI knows to speak the translation.

WireLang Live main window — access mode, balance, target language, and the Start translating button
6

Meet the floating toolbar

When translation starts, the main window minimizes and a slim WireLang™ pill toolbar floats on top of your screen. Left to right: the waveform (teal bars = live, amber = connecting), the language chip, the timer(elapsed on BYO, remaining balance on Credits), CC for subtitles, the rec dot to save the audio, the speaker for volumes, and pause / stop. Drag it anywhere; the chevron collapses it to a compact chip.

WireLang pill toolbar — waveform status, language chip, timer, subtitles, record, volume, pause and stop
7

Balance the volumes

Click the speaker icon to open the audio menu. Voice volume sets how loud the translated voice plays (up to 200%). Source volume ducks the original audio underneath it. On Windows you can also pick a single app as theaudio source instead of the entire PC.

Audio menu — voice volume, source volume, and audio source selection
8

Switch languages mid-session

Click the language chip (e.g. “ES”) and pick a new target from 70+ languages — no need to stop. The toolbar shows an amber “switching…” sweep for a second or two and translation resumes in the new language.

Language menu opened from the toolbar chip, with search and 70+ languages
9

Turn on live subtitles

Click CC to show subtitles as you listen. Open the style panel (the gear next to CC) to chooseTranslated or Both (original + translation), text size, color, background opacity, and position — top, lower third, or bottom. Your style is remembered for every session.

Subtitle style panel — mode, size, text color, background opacity — with a live caption example
10

Save the translated audio

Click the rec dot to start saving the translated voice (it turns red while recording). When you stop the session, a save card offers the audio as an open Opus file plus matching .srt subtitles — about 10 MB per hour. Either way, the whole session is also kept in your local session history (next step), so dismissing the card loses nothing.

Save card after the session — save audio and subtitles, audio only, or dismiss
11

Revisit your sessions

Click View saved sessions in the main window (or open Settings ▸ Sessions) to browse every past session — stored only on your device. Search by title or transcript text, click a card to read the full timestamped transcript, and press ✨ Generate summary to get an AI title and a short recap of what was said.

Each session card has quick actions: download the audio, download .srt subtitles or a.txt transcript, delete a single session, or open it in a full window. The header shows how much space history uses, lets you cap how many sessions are kept, and Delete all history wipes everything. Both saving toggles are on by default — turn them off any time.

Sessions tab — history toggles, search, a session expanded with AI summary, transcript, and download subtitles / audio / delete buttons

💡 Privacy First: WireLang™ Live captures output audio on your local machine using native APIs (WASAPI loopback on Windows / ScreenCaptureKit on macOS). Your audio is never sent to or stored on our servers — it is translated in real time and immediately discarded. Session history (transcripts and recordings) is saved only on your device, on by default, and can be turned off or wiped any time in Settings ▸ Sessions.

Having trouble? Email support@wirelang.com — we answer fast and in several languages. 🌎