royshil/obs-localvocal

• highreadme#1

  Add a clear introductory sentence to the README after the H1

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  LocalVocal is an OBS Studio plugin that provides real-time, local, AI-powered speech recognition and captioning for live streamers and content creators.

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• mediumtopics#2

  Add more specific topics for OBS captioning and local AI

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  ai, live-streaming, livestream, obs, obs-studio, obs-studio-plugin, openai-whisper, plugin, real-time-transcription, realtime-transcribe, realtime-translator, speech-recognition, speech-to-text, transcription, translation, whisper, whisper-cpp

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  ai, live-streaming, livestream, obs, obs-studio, obs-studio-plugin, openai-whisper, plugin, real-time-transcription, realtime-transcribe, realtime-translator, speech-recognition, speech-to-text, transcription, translation, whisper, whisper-cpp, obs-captions, live-captions, local-ai-transcription, streaming-captions

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• lowreadme#3

  Add a 'Why LocalVocal?' or 'Comparison' section to the README

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  ## Why LocalVocal?
  
  LocalVocal offers a unique solution for streamers and content creators by focusing on:
  
  *   **Local, Private Processing:** Unlike cloud-based solutions, all speech recognition and transcription occur directly on your machine, ensuring data privacy and minimal latency.
  *   **Seamless OBS Integration:** Designed as a native OBS plugin, it provides direct control and integration with your streaming workflow for real-time captions and audio management.
  *   **Advanced Audio Routing:** Go beyond simple captions with features like separating game audio from voice chat into distinct OBS tracks, or routing specific application audio to private outputs.
  
  This makes LocalVocal ideal for those who need robust, real-time, and private AI assistance directly within their OBS Studio environment.

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• CATEGORY QUERY

  Looking for an OBS plugin to add real-time AI-powered captions to my broadcasts.

  you: not recommended
  AI recommended (in order):

  1. Streamlabs Desktop
  2. Web Captioner
  3. OBS-Websocket
  4. Python
  5. Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
  6. OpenAI Whisper
  7. Voice to Text for OBS
  8. StreamElements
  9. Live Transcribe
  10. NDI

  AI recommended 10 alternatives but never named royshil/obs-localvocal. This is the gap to close.

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• CATEGORY QUERY

  What are good options for local speech recognition and live transcription during streaming?

  you: not recommended
  AI recommended (in order):

  1. Whisper
  2. whisper.cpp
  3. faster-whisper
  4. Vosk
  5. Picovoice Rhino Speech-to-Text Engine
  6. Mozilla DeepSpeech
  7. Kaldi

  AI recommended 7 alternatives but never named royshil/obs-localvocal. This is the gap to close.

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• Compared to common alternatives in this category, what is the core differentiator of royshil/obs-localvocal?

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• If a team adopts royshil/obs-localvocal in production, what risks or prerequisites should they evaluate first?

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• In one sentence, what problem does the repo royshil/obs-localvocal solve, and who is the primary audience?

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