TalkFerry
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Voice chat translator for PC games

Call the play in your own language. Your teammates hear it in theirs, and what they say comes back to you as live captions on top of the game.

Download for Windows Windows 10 / 11 Get it on Google Play Android

5 free minutes to start. The translation runs in the cloud, not on your graphics card.

A translator that plugs in where your microphone does

TalkFerry translates your microphone and plays the result into a virtual audio cable. Any game or voice app that lets you choose a microphone can use it, without a plugin or a mod.

Your voice, in their language

Turn on Translate and the lobby hears the translation instead of your own voice. Turn it off and your own voice passes through.

Game audio translator

Understand mode listens to the game’s voice chat and shows it as captions in your language, with an optional spoken translation in your headphones.

Translator overlay

A small panel stays on top of the game. It is click-through, and Ctrl+Shift+H hides it when you want a clean screen.

Short callouts work best

The translation starts while you are still talking and usually runs a second or two behind. That is fine for plans, questions and small talk between rounds. For split-second calls, agree on a few words everyone knows.

  • Speak in short, complete sentences. One idea at a time translates cleanly.
  • Player names, map slang and abbreviations are where any translator slips.
  • Pick the language you speak instead of auto-detect if your squad mixes languages.

You say, in English Let’s regroup and try the other side.

They hear, in Portuguese Vamos nos reagrupar e tentar pelo outro lado.

They say, in Japanese ナイス！もう一回やりましょう。

You read, in English Nice! Let’s do that again.

Set it up in three steps

  1. Install TalkFerry

    Run the installer on your Windows PC. It offers VB-CABLE, a free virtual audio cable, and asks you to restart. Then pair TalkFerry with the phone app or sign in with Google.

  2. Select the cable in your game

    In the game’s or the voice app’s audio settings, set the microphone or input device to CABLE Output.

  3. Pick languages and talk

    Choose what you speak and what your team should hear, then turn on Translate.

Which games does it work with?

In principle, any PC game with voice chat where you can choose the microphone, and any voice app you run next to a game, such as Discord. We use it most in VRChat, where it also writes subtitles to the chatbox.

We do not test individual titles and we do not promise compatibility with a specific game. TalkFerry does not inject anything into a game, but some games and tournaments restrict audio tools, so check the rules of the game you play. TalkFerry is not affiliated with any game publisher.

Game voice chat questions

How fast is the translation?

It is simultaneous rather than sentence by sentence: the translated voice starts while you are still talking and usually runs about one to two seconds behind you. The panel shows the current delay. Speed depends on your connection and on how busy the translation service is.

Do I need a powerful PC, a graphics card or an API key?

No. The translation runs in the cloud, so TalkFerry does not use your GPU and leaves your frame rate alone. There is no API key to create or paste: you sign in with Google and start. You do need an internet connection.

Is the translation a voice or captions?

Both, in different directions. What you say goes out as a spoken voice (and as chatbox text in VRChat). What other people say comes to you as live captions in the TalkFerry panel, and you can also have it read out in your headphones.

Which games does it work with?

Any PC game or app that lets you choose a microphone input, because TalkFerry shows up as a microphone. We do not test or promise specific titles, and some games restrict audio tools, so check the rules of the game you play.

Will it lower my frame rate?

It should not. Speech is translated in the cloud, so TalkFerry does not run a model on your graphics card. The app itself is a small always-on-top panel.

Can it tell who is speaking?

No. Understand mode hears the game or call as one mixed audio stream, so captions are not labeled by speaker. It works best when one person talks at a time; several people talking over each other, loud music and background noise reduce accuracy.

Try it with the first 5 minutes free

Every account starts with 5 free minutes on the PC and the phone. No card, no subscription.

Download for Windows Windows 10 / 11 Get it on Google Play Android