What is Pinch?
Real-time video and meeting dubbing that keeps your voice.
Who is Pinch best for?
Pinch is best for creators and course makers who want videos or live calls dubbed in the speaker's own voice.
YouTube and podcast creators
Videos and episodes come back in 10 languages in the host's own voice, with music and background sound kept.
Online courses and training
A browser studio lets you fix speakers, transcript and translation line by line and see the cost before you generate.
Meetings across languages
Sidecar joins a Google Meet, Teams or Zoom call from its link, and each listener picks the language they hear.
Developers adding translation
A dubbing API and a live translation API draw on the same pay-per-minute wallet, so there is no plan to size up front.
How much does Pinch cost?
Pinch has no subscription: you pay per minute from a prepaid wallet, $0.50 a minute of source media for dubbing and $0.02 a minute for the live translation API, and new accounts get $5 of free credit.
- Speech translation streamed over WebSocket
- 50+ languages
- Translated speech or captions
- 10 languages in the original speaker's voice
- No watermarks, files up to 60 minutes
- $1.00 a minute with lip sync
New accounts get $5 of credit with no card, about 10 minutes of dubbing. After that you top up a USD wallet with $10, $25, $50 or $100; the balance never expires and there is no monthly minimum. The Pinch app for Mac, in early beta, costs $0.04 a minute. Pinch can also dub a whole back catalog for you, with a person checking every file, priced per project, and offers custom rates for spending above a few hundred dollars a month. Full pricing on startpinch.com. We checked these prices on .
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What are the best Pinch alternatives?
Two tools on Recaply do Pinch's job.
Questions about Pinch
What is Pinch?
Real-time video and meeting dubbing that keeps your voice.
Who is Pinch for?
Pinch is best for creators and course makers who want videos or live calls dubbed in the speaker's own voice.
Is Pinch free?
Pinch is free to try: new accounts get $5 of credit with no card, which covers about 10 minutes of dubbing. After that it is pay as you go from a prepaid wallet, at $0.50 a minute for dubbing and $0.02 a minute for the live translation API.
How much does Pinch cost?
Pinch's paid plans are Live translation API at $0.02 per minute and Dubbing at $0.50 per minute of source media.
What are the best Pinch alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are AiLuvio and Talo AI.
Where can I try Pinch?
On its official website, startpinch.com.
Which languages can Pinch dub into?
Pinch dubs video and audio into 10 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Its live translation API covers more than 50 languages, returning translated speech or captions.
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