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 Whisper large-v3-turbo 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
Aurora is designed for this workflow: capture Windows audio, generate live captions, translate speech, and display everything in a configurable overlay.
ggml-large-v3-turbo-q5_0 model.
CUDA acceleration through whisper-rs.
Non-blocking queues to avoid hangs when devices change.
Logs in %APPDATA%\AuroraSubtitles\logs.
Quick Comparison
Criterion
Common alternative
Aurora Subtitles
ASR model
Whisper large-v3-turbo
Aurora
VAD
Silero VAD
Aurora
GPU
CUDA
Aurora
Overlay
Customizable
Aurora