Live Translate Mcp
Give your coding agent live bilingual speech translation (English and Chinese) without sending audio to a separate SaaS UI.
Overview
dev.waxberry/live-translate-mcp is a MCP server for the Build phase that provides local English–Chinese speech translation for agents via Whisper, Claude, and Piper.
What is this MCP server?
- Bidirectional EN ↔ 中文 speech translation in one MCP server
- Local Whisper STT plus Piper TTS with Claude in the middle for fluent output
- stdio npm package `live-translate-mcp` (v0.1.6) for Claude Code–style hosts
- Requires ANTHROPIC_API_KEY; secrets stay in environment variables
- Runs on your machine—good for demos, pairing calls, and multilingual support bots
- Server version 0.1.6 on npm identifier live-translate-mcp
- Transport: stdio
- Language pair: EN ↔ 中文
What problem does it solve?
You want your agent to understand and speak across EN and 中文 in real time but do not want to assemble STT, LLM translation, and TTS yourself.
Who is it for?
Indie builders prototyping voice agents, meeting copilots, or bilingual support flows on a local or self-hosted MCP host.
Skip if: Teams that only need static string localization in a web app or who cannot run local speech models and an Anthropic key.
What do I get? / Deliverables
After you register the stdio server with your API key, the agent can invoke live translate tools during sessions instead of pasting transcripts into a separate app.
- MCP tools for live EN ↔ 中文 speech translation in agent sessions
- stdio-based server entry you can version-pin at 0.1.6
- Agent-accessible audio pipeline without a separate translation dashboard
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Journey fit
Live translation is wired into the agent toolchain as an MCP integration during product build, not a launch or growth tactic. It connects Whisper, Claude, and Piper over stdio so the agent can call translation as a tool alongside other dev integrations.
How it compares
MCP speech pipeline integration, not a hosted translation SaaS or a static i18n skill.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is dev.waxberry/live-translate-mcp for?
Solo and indie builders using Claude Code, Cursor, or other MCP clients who need agent-callable EN ↔ 中文 speech translation on their own machine.
When should I use dev.waxberry/live-translate-mcp?
Use it while building agent-tooling when live bilingual audio—not just text chat—is part of your product or workflow.
How do I add dev.waxberry/live-translate-mcp to my agent?
Install the npm package `live-translate-mcp`, set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY in your MCP config, and add the stdio server entry your host documents (e.g. Claude Code mcp.json).