Makoto Ishibashi

About

Entrepreneur and software developer, founder of a company launched through Japan’s INNO-vation Program. My work spans medical and cell image analysis, WebRTC, translation technology, and offline AI. I build and ship the FFTrans series—privacy-focused, offline apps for speaker diarization and transcription.

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Maker History

  • FFTrans HUD
    FFTrans HUDOffline real-time transcription and translation HUD
    Sep 2026
  • FFTrans Neu
    FFTrans NeuOffline transcription
    Jun 2026
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    Joined Product HuntSeptember 17th, 2025

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26d ago

FFTrans HUD - Offline real-time transcription and translation HUD

Fully offline real-time transcription & translation HUD for Mac. Capture microphone, system audio, or app audio and display results instantly on screen.
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4mo ago

FFTrans Neu - Offline transcription

FFTrans Neu is a macOS app that accurately transcribes audio and video files offline and automatically identifies speakers. All processing is completed on the device.
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1yr ago

FFTrans Parakeet - FFTrans

FFTrans Parakeet is a offline transcription app for macOS. It's completely free, runs entirely offline, and includes speaker diarization using the latest parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 model. No cloud, no tracking—just fast, local processing.
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