Pirrot
Pirrot is a live caption and translation app for iPhone and Mac that turns speech from calls, videos, and conversations into bilingual text.
What is Pirrot?
Pirrot is a communication app that provides live captions and translation for spoken audio on iPhone and Mac. It helps users follow calls, videos, meetings, and in-person conversations by showing speech as bilingual captions in real time. The app also lets users save selected sessions to a searchable history so they can review what was said later with timestamps and playback context. Pirrot is designed for people who want better accessibility, language support, or a convenient way to revisit spoken information. Its published privacy model centers on on-device processing on supported Apple hardware, which is especially relevant for users handling personal or sensitive conversations. Pirrot is published by Vu An.
Key features
- Show live captions for speech from calls, videos, and in-person conversations
- Translate spoken audio into bilingual captions in real time
- Capture microphone audio and system audio for captioning
- Save selected caption sessions to a searchable history
- Search past sessions by title, phrase, or language pair
- Replay saved sessions with timestamps and transcript context
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Pirrot’s stated purpose requires access to audio sources such as your microphone and, on supported setups, system audio. That kind of access is normal for a live caption and translation app, but you should only grant permissions you expect to use and be mindful when capturing conversations, calls, or meetings that may include sensitive information. Saved caption history can contain private spoken content, so review what you keep and use your Mac’s normal account security measures to protect it.
Recommendation: Keep Pirrot if you use live captions, translation, or saved conversation history on your Mac or iPhone. If you no longer use those features, you can remove it like any other app, but expect to lose access to saved caption sessions kept inside the app.
Common paths
/Applications/Pirrot.app
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