Live Translate Mcp
Wire your coding agent to local EN ↔ 中文 speech translation for demos, multilingual support threads, or accessibility experiments without sending audio to a hosted STT-only API.
Overview
io.github.jolucashornung/live-translate-mcp is a MCP server for the Build phase that exposes local English–Chinese speech translation to agents via Whisper, Claude, and Piper over stdio.
What is this MCP server?
- Local pipeline: Whisper (STT) → Claude (translation) → Piper (TTS) for EN ↔ 中文
- stdio MCP transport via npm package live-translate-mcp (v0.1.5)
- Requires ANTHROPIC_API_KEY for the Claude translation step
- Runs as a stdio MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor, and other MCP hosts
- Server version 0.1.5
- stdio transport via npm identifier live-translate-mcp
- 1 required secret env var: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
What problem does it solve?
You want bilingual voice in your agent workflow without shipping audio to multiple cloud APIs or maintaining separate STT, LLM, and TTS scripts.
Who is it for?
Indie builders prototyping voice or Chinese-market UX who already run MCP in Claude Code or Cursor and can host Whisper/Piper locally.
Skip if: Teams needing enterprise SLA translation, dozens of languages, or fully cloud-managed speech with no local GPU/CPU setup.
What do I get? / Deliverables
After you register the stdio server with your Anthropic key, your agent can drive an on-machine EN ↔ 中文 translate-and-speak loop from one MCP tool surface.
- Registered stdio MCP server for EN ↔ 中文 speech translation
- Agent-callable translation pipeline without separate STT/TTS scripts
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Journey fit
Speech-to-text, LLM translation, and TTS sit on the product integration shelf because solo builders attach them while shipping voice or bilingual UX—not during pure idea research. integrations is the canonical home for MCP bridges that chain Whisper, Claude, and Piper into one agent-callable pipeline.
How it compares
MCP integration chaining local speech models, not a single Claude Code skill or a hosted translation API product.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is live-translate-mcp for?
Solo and indie developers using MCP-enabled agents who need practical EN ↔ 中文 speech translation during build and demo work.
When should I use live-translate-mcp?
Use it when you are integrating bilingual voice or live captioning into an agent workflow and want Whisper plus Claude plus Piper on your machine.
How do I add live-translate-mcp to my agent?
Install the npm package live-translate-mcp, set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, add a stdio MCP server entry in your host config, and restart the agent.