You’re watching a live stream. The chat is flying by in Japanese. The game UI is in Korean. The streamer added captions, but they’re not in your language.

You can still follow along.

What can be translated

PiP Screen Translate reads any text visible on screen:

Live captions — if the streamer has them enabled
Chat messages — Twitch chat, YouTube live chat, etc.
Game UI — menus, dialogue boxes, item descriptions
Overlay text — anything the streamer adds to their stream

The app uses OCR to read text, not audio. If there’s no text on screen, there’s nothing to translate.

How it works

The app captures what’s on screen, identifies text using OCR, translates it, and shows the result in a floating overlay. You can position and resize the overlay anywhere.

For fast-moving content like chat, it keeps up with new messages as they appear. For static UI text, you can pause on a screen and get translations.

Best practices for streams

A few tips:

Focus on one area — position the capture region over chat or captions, not the whole screen
Use a larger font size — easier to read translations at a glance
Enable auto-detect — streams often mix languages

What it won’t do

The app doesn’t translate spoken audio. If a streamer is talking without captions, you won’t see translations. It only works with visible text.

Many streamers add auto-captions or have chat active, so there’s usually something to translate.

Which platforms work

Any streaming platform works: Twitch, YouTube Live, TikTok Live, Instagram Live. If it plays on your iPhone or iPad and has text on screen, it can be translated.

Download PiP Screen Translate and try it on your next stream.