Pinch

Pinch is an AI dubbing service and API that translates videos and podcasts into other languages while keeping the original speaker's voice, tone and background audio. Backed by Y Combinator, it focuses on natural phrasing, translating content the way a native speaker would actually say it rather than word for word. Besides dubbing, Pinch offers a live translation API for real-time speech translation.

What makes it different

• Natural phrasing: translations aim to sound idiomatic, not literal.
• Voice preservation: the speaker's tone and warmth carry through, so the dub still sounds like them.
• Background audio intact: music, ambience and sound design are preserved instead of being stripped out.

The site includes side-by-side comparisons with another dubbing provider so you can judge the results yourself.

Dubbing studio

Before generating, the dubbing studio lets you preview and check speakers and translations, so you can fix issues before spending credits. Dubs support up to 60 minutes of media and come without watermarks. A lip-sync option adjusts mouth movements to match the new language.

For developers

Pinch provides API documentation for integrating dubbing into products and workflows, and it can be added to Claude as a tool. The live translation API provides speech translation over WebSocket in more than 50 languages, as speech-to-speech or captions.

Use cases

YouTubers can reach new audiences with dubbed versions of their videos. Podcasters can publish episodes in other languages. Educators and course creators can localize lessons. Companies can translate training, marketing and product videos. Developers can add dubbing or live translation to their own apps.

Pricing

Pinch is pay-as-you-go with no subscription or monthly minimum. Dubbing costs 0.50 US dollars per minute of source media, or 1.00 dollar per minute with lip sync, in 10 languages. Credits sit in one wallet across all Pinch products and never expire. New users get 5 dollars in free credits, about 10 minutes of dubbing, with no card required.

Things to consider

Ensure you have permission from speakers to clone and translate their voices, and consider disclosing that content is AI-dubbed. Have native speakers review important translations, particularly for technical or culturally sensitive material.

Who it is for

Pinch suits creators, educators, businesses and developers who want natural-sounding dubbed content that keeps the original voice, without subscription commitments.