LiveCaptions
Real-time transcription / translation read at a glance: a speaker label and the running caption text on a low-anchored surface (the Captions app).
Platform wishlist — built and waiting on a microphone + transcription API. The UI ships today; the day Meta exposes the API, it plugs in. See the wishlist →
Installation
npx @glasskit-ui/cli add live-captionsInstall the SDK (it provides GlassViewport, useDpad and the stylesheet), then copy these files into your project:
npm install @glasskit-ui/react// components/lib/utils.tsexport type ClassValue = string | number | null | undefined | false;/** * Join truthy class names. Dependency-free on purpose: the lens components * style via bespoke semantic classes (no conflicting Tailwind utilities to * de-dupe), so this needs no clsx/tailwind-merge and resolves from anywhere * the registry is vendored. */export function cn(...inputs: ClassValue[]): string { return inputs.filter(Boolean).join(" ");}/** * Accessible name from a free-form `label` prop: the label itself when it's a * plain string, otherwise undefined (a ReactNode can't become an aria-label). */export function stringLabel(label: unknown): string | undefined { return typeof label === "string" ? label : undefined;}// components/glasskit/live-captions.tsximport type { ReactNode } from "react";import { cn } from "../lib/utils";/** * <LiveCaptions> — real-time transcription / translation, read at a glance: an * optional speaker label and the running caption text on a surface, anchored low * (like the real Captions app). You feed the text; keep the last 1–2 lines. */export function LiveCaptions({ speaker, children, translated = false, className,}: { /** Who is speaking. */ speaker?: ReactNode; /** The caption text (latest line[s]). */ children: ReactNode; /** Mark as a translation (shows a small badge). */ translated?: boolean; className?: string;}) { return ( <div className={cn("gk-captions gk-surface", className)} role="status" aria-live="polite" > {speaker != null || translated ? ( <div className="gk-captions__head"> {speaker != null ? ( <span className="gk-captions__speaker t-caption">{speaker}</span> ) : null} {translated ? ( <span className="gk-captions__badge t-caption">Translated</span> ) : null} </div> ) : null} <p className="gk-captions__text t-readout">{children}</p> </div> );}Usage
<LiveCaptions speaker="Maya" translated> {captionText}</LiveCaptions>Props
Prop
Type
AssistantOrb
The Meta-AI presence: a glowing gradient orb that animates per state — idle breathe, listening pulse, thinking swirl, speaking. Pair with a transcript line.
Viewfinder
Camera-POV chrome: bold corner brackets, optional zoom and REC badges. Web apps have no camera access — this is presentation scaffolding for a camera-style UI; recording is app state you set.