Is Aurora just Whisper?
No. Whisper is the ASR layer; Aurora also manages VAD, WASAPI capture, local translation, and overlay rendering.
Aurora Subtitles
Live Captions With Local ASR on Windows
If you are looking for a Whisper-based app to caption live audio, Aurora packages the full workflow: capture, VAD, ASR, translation, and overlay.
Why It Fits
If you are looking for a Whisper-based app to caption live audio, Aurora packages the full workflow: capture, VAD, ASR, translation, and overlay.
Local ASR selected for the preset and language.
Maximum Quality accelerates on GPU and automatically falls back to CPU.
Non-blocking queues for long sessions.
Logs in %APPDATA%\AuroraSubtitles\logs.
Quick Comparison
Criterion
Common alternative
Aurora Subtitles
ASR model
Preset and language dependent
Aurora
VAD
Silero VAD
Aurora
Execution
CPU / GPU fallback
Aurora
Overlay
Customizable
Aurora