Real-Time Captions on Your TikTok Stream
Drop one URL into OBS. Speech becomes text. Translates to 20+ languages. Pauses on 0 credits, resumes on top-up.
Watch captions cycle in real time
This is what your viewers see, baked into the broadcast.
6 steps. 4 minutes.
Generate your URL
Go to the builder. Search your TikTok handle. Pick font / color / language / position. Hit Generate. Copy the URL.
Open OBS Studio & click Add Source
Pick the scene you stream from (or make a new one). In the Sources dock, click the glowing + Add source button.
Add a Browser Source
From the menu pick Browser. Name it "Live Captions". Paste your URL into URL. Set Width 1080, Height 1920 (TikTok 9:16). Uncheck "Shutdown source when not visible". Click OK.
Start the OBS Virtual Camera
Drop the new "Live Captions" source on top of your camera in OBS. Then click Start Virtual Camera in the Controls dock. OBS will now publish your composed scene (camera + captions overlay) as a virtual webcam that other apps can pick up.
TikTok Live Studio: add OBS Virtual Camera as your camera
Open TikTok Live Studio. In Add Source pick Camera. From the device dropdown choose OBS Virtual Camera. That single source carries your video + your captions overlay baked in.
This is the only way captions stay visible during TikTok co-host battles + matches. If you add the captions overlay directly inside TikTok Live Studio as a Browser Source, TikTok strips it the moment a battle starts. Routing through OBS Virtual Camera bakes the captions into the camera feed, so TikTok cannot strip them.
Go live
Hit Start Live in TikTok Live Studio. Captions render baked into your broadcast video. Every viewer on TikTok sees them, no app needed on their end. Battles, co-hosts, gifts, the captions stay on screen the whole time.
Works with Streamlabs + TikTok Live Studio too
Same thing. + in Sources -> Browser Source -> paste URL -> 1080x1920.
Add Source -> Browser -> paste URL -> 1080x1920. TikTok's own app supports browser sources.
Pick your captions plan
No code. No API key required. Captions for YOUR stream + watch ANY stream with live transcription.
- ✓ OBS / Streamlabs overlay URL
- ✓ TikTok Live Studio via OBS Virtual Camera
- ✓ Watch ANY stream with live transcript
- ✓ 20+ source languages, auto-detect
- ✓ Translate to 20+ languages
- ✓ Auto-renewal · cancel any time
- ✓ Auto-refill at <10% remaining (opt-out)
- ✓ OBS / Streamlabs overlay URL
- ✓ TikTok Live Studio via OBS Virtual Camera
- ✓ Watch ANY stream with live transcript
- ✓ 20+ source languages, auto-detect
- ✓ Translate to 20+ languages
- ✓ Auto-renewal · cancel any time
- ✓ Auto-refill at <10% remaining (opt-out)
- ✓ OBS / Streamlabs overlay URL
- ✓ TikTok Live Studio via OBS Virtual Camera
- ✓ Watch ANY stream with live transcript
- ✓ 20+ source languages, auto-detect
- ✓ Translate to 20+ languages
- ✓ Auto-renewal · cancel any time
- ✓ Auto-refill at <10% remaining (opt-out)