Pinch - Immersive real-time voice translation for video conferencing
Pinch is a virtual conferencing platform designed for cross-lingual communication. Real-time voice translation allows you to appear as a native speaker of over 30 languages.
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Pinch
Howdy Product Hunt Community! đź‘‹
Today we are thrilled to introduce Pinch - a virtual meeting platform with immersive voice translation across 30+ languages.
We started building Pinch for ourselves - over the past three years, we were leading remote international R&D teams across 6 countries. The language barrier was the biggest bottleneck to maximizing our team collaboration and rate of development. After trying all the existing solutions in the market - live caption, google translation, etc - we decided to build a user experience and AI translator designed for this problem specifically.
We know the accuracy/latency tradeoff in translation is crucial to get right. We decided to launch two meeting "modes" on Pinch:
1) AI Interpreter mode -- This mode is for highly accurate, context-aware translations in professional settings. An interpreter will join your meeting, ready to translate whenever needed.
2) Simultaneous mode -- Split-second translation with synchronized lip movements for fast, fluid conversations. As you begin to speak, your voice is translated and the other participant will see and hear you speaking their native language.
We're currently in public beta and available for free. If you give it a try -- drop us a comment! We'd love to know how we're doing in your native language and on our UX in general.
Cheers!
Great question @masump thanks for supporting us. We will launch a context mode that allows user to submit their domain knowledges (e.g., technical documents) before joining the meeting. Therefore our AI interpreter would handle those special technical terms better.
@christian_safka Congrats, this looks great.
Tidyread
Congrats on the launch! I've tried the simultaneous mode, the mic and camera buttom seems a little bit delayed. Hope that could be optimized soon!
@trevon_gleeson thanks for feedback! We will definitely move fast to solve these issues!
So cool! Pinch transforms virtual meetings with real-time AI-powered voice translation, making global collaboration seamless and efficient. Congrats on your great work.
@wellwhale Thank you Kaye!
It’s amazing that you’ve considered user convenience by offering two different versions. Impressive. I will try it and let you know how it goes!
Thank you @kay_arkain for support ! Indeed we took feedbacks from our beta users and decided to launch both simultaneous and interpreter modes. Hope Pinch could be helpful to you!
minimalist phone: creating folders
This is genial – no more language barriers. This would be great to have on big conferences!
Thanks @busmark_w_nika Using Pinch for big international conferences is an amazing idea!
Elisi : AI-powered Goal Management App
This sounds like a game-changer for international collaboration! 🌎 The two modes—AI Interpreter and Simultaneous—seem like a great way to balance accuracy and speed. How does Pinch handle technical jargon or industry-specific terms in translation? Also, do you have plans to integrate it with existing platforms like Zoom or Microsoft Teams? Would love to try it out! 🚀
Hi @williamrobertscott thanks for supporting! For technical / industry-specific terms, we already have a plan to allow users providing more context information about the specific words need to be covered during the call - as easy as uploading a few docs and even just some links. We are also working on integration with existing platforms!
NewOaks AI
Very useful tool!
@ray_luan thank you for support!
Success.ai
I frequently work with multinational teams; real-time voice translation would be a huge productivity booster. Many video conferencing tools focus on captions, but real-time translated voice adds a whole new level of engagement. (wow)
Idea: Have you considered a "persistent glossary" where users can save key terms or industry-specific jargon to improve accuracy over time? This could be really useful for legal, medical, or technical discussions where terminology consistency is crucial.
Good job :)
Pinch
@hamza_afzal_butt Hi Hamza, thanks for your comment! We're calling that concept of a persistent glossary "context-aware translation" and it's on our roadmap for early March. A good language interpreter knows what you say, but a great interpreter knows why you said something, in order to properly communicate the meaning. Knowing your industry, goals, conversation topic are all vital context!
Fondo
Congrats on the launch, Pinch team! This is a huge step toward breaking down language barriers in virtual meetings. Love the dual-mode approach—giving users both accuracy and real-time fluidity is a game-changer. Excited to see how this evolves and helps global teams collaborate more seamlessly. Wishing you all the best!
@shant_hambarsoumian Thank you Shant! Looking forward to hear your feedback once you tried it out :)
Congrats on the launch of Pinch! The real-time voice translation and dual modes for accuracy and speed are impressive and will surely break down language barriers in professional settings.
@mikita_aliaksandrovich Thank you Mikita for support!
This is something innovative i came across a whole application of video conferencing with real time language translation
@ajay27324 thank you for support! We hope you would like to try it and let us know how you want it better for your use cases.
Graphify
That’s a super cool idea! I can already see how handy this could be, especially for international teams where language barriers slow down collaboration. The two modes are a great touch since different situations need different types of translation. Definitely giving this a try, curious to see how natural the AI interpreter feels! 🚀
@hussein_r Thank you Hussein! You are definitely right, people need different interpretation experience for different calls, that's why we build it! Great to hear your feedback once you tried it out!
Fondo
@davj Thank you David for support!
Apidog
Congrats! This look amazing! I will try it out on tommorrow's meeting! Is it support on Windows operation system?
@jasonchann_ yes we recommend to use chrome on desktop or laptop
AI Launchpad
wow! insane demo .. any plans to make this a Zoom add-on app?
Pinch
@thisiskp_ Thank you! We are going to enable our AI interpreter to join any online meeting, coming soon! I will note that one of the primary things I've learned while building Pinch is that if you really want to achieve natural cross-lingual communication, you need to design the UX around that problem. So while we will allow our interpreter to be added to any call, the most natural experience will still be on Pinch.
Looks like a super cool product—definite game changer. Can’t wait to try it out!
@jbush thank you for support us! Pinch is now live and free at our website, would you like to invite a friend to test out?
That’s really cool! I’ve always thought about having tools like that. Congrats on launch!
@shahrear_bin_amin Thank you Shahrear!
This will make international B2B sales so much easier. Can't wait to try it!
@john_skilbeck Indeed! We hope Pinch would be helpful for your global business outreach!
@nasif_siddiqui Thank you for support! We are targeting to launch integrations very soon!