You understand English. The accent is what gets you.
You can read a contract in English without a dictionary and still lose half a call with someone from Glasgow, Bangalore or rural Texas. It is not vocabulary — it is decoding a sound you have never heard, live, through a bad microphone on the other end.
What actually happens on the call
You catch about 80% and rebuild the rest from context. That works — until the part that matters lands in the other 20%. Then comes the quick calculation: ask them to repeat for the third time, or nod and find out later what you agreed to.
This is not a gap in your English. Listening is the least trained skill, and the one that depends most on who is speaking.
What Lyron does here
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The caption appears over the call⌥⌘L
It picks up your Mac’s own audio — Zoom, Meet, Teams, anything playing — and the translation floats over the call window.
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You keep listening
The text does not replace the audio, it covers the gap. You stay on the voice and only glance down when you lose a stretch.
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Nobody on the other side sees it
The caption is invisible in screen share. No bot joins the call and no recording notice appears.
It does not speak for you and it is not an English lesson. And if the audio is bad enough that you cannot make anything out, neither can it — it hears the same sound you do.
After the call ends
What was said stays in history, on your Mac. You can search by word — the number someone quoted, the vendor’s name, the deadline. That part is free and has no cap. On Pro you can also ask for a summary of the conversation, or ask it questions — useful for when you leave a call sure you agreed to something and cannot recall what.
And when the conversation turns to something that should not leave the room, ⌥⌘P pauses capture instantly.
Another way to use it
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Translating text on screen
Untranslated game, scanned PDF, a screenshot. Snip once and one shortcut re-translates that same area every line.
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Remembering what they asked in the interview
The question appears translated live, and the conversation stays on your Mac — searchable by the term they used or by the translation.
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Leaving the daily unsure of what you missed
You follow the whole meeting and still end up with a question you can no longer ask. The call is kept, and you can ask it later.
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A meeting too long for your attention
You drift for thirty seconds and the conversation is two topics ahead. What was said stays written, and turns into a recap afterwards.
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Understanding English video and courses
You follow the whole argument and lose exactly the sentence with the technical term. The caption sits over the player, and afterwards you can search what was said.
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