Live AI producer for podcasts. Transcribes audio, fact-checks claims, researches questions, and takes notes â all in real time.
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Gary Dell'Abate
Stern, detail-obsessed producer. Under 40 words, always.
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Notes
Key facts and decisions, extracted as they're spoken.
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The Troll
Cynical, deadpan, terminally online. Ends threads.
The Troll's been quiet so far.
Deep Research
Dive deep into any topic with sources, images, and video.
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Fact Checker Flags claims worth verifying
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Live Transcription & AI Analysis session description n/a Duration: 00:00
OBS Browser Source Setup
1
Add a Browser Source
In OBS, click + under Sources â Browser â name it "Live Fact Check" or similar.
2
Set the URL
Paste this URL into the Browser Source settings:
http://localhost:5173/overlay 3
Configure dimensions
Set Width to 1920 and Height to 1080 to match your canvas.
4
Enable transparency
Scroll down in the source properties and check "Shutdown source when not visible" and "Refresh browser when scene becomes active".
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Custom CSS (optional)
Leave the default CSS field empty, or paste this to ensure transparency:
body { background: transparent !important; } 6
Position the overlay
Drag and resize the source in your OBS canvas. The overlay hugs the right side â position it so the side panel is visible alongside your webcam/content.
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Capturing Zoom audio
To transcribe both sides of a Zoom call, you have two options:
Option A: Browser Zoom (easiest)
Open Zoom in your browser at zoom.us, join the call there, then use the Tab audio source in this app to capture it.
Option B: Desktop Zoom + virtual audio
If you use the Zoom desktop app, you'll need a virtual audio device to route Zoom's output into this app.
Mac â BlackHole
- Install BlackHole (free, open source)
- Open Audio MIDI Setup â create a Multi-Output Device combining your speakers/headphones + BlackHole
- Set that Multi-Output as your system output
- In this app, select BlackHole as your mic input
Windows â VB-Cable
- Install VB-Cable (free)
- In Windows Sound settings, set CABLE Input as default playback
- In Zoom, set speaker output to CABLE Input
- In this app, select CABLE Output as your mic input
Tips
Keep this app open in a browser tab while streaming â it powers the overlay. The overlay auto-reconnects if the connection drops.
How to use Sidecast
Getting started
Hit the record button to start transcribing. Choose Mic for your microphone, Tab to capture audio from any browser tab, or YouTube to paste a URL and transcribe directly from an embedded video or live stream. The transcript appears in real-time on the left. The fact checker starts working automatically â no setup needed.
You can pause and resume recording at any time without losing data. The session timer and transcript timestamps stay continuous across pauses.
YouTube mode
Click the YouTube source button and paste any YouTube URL â a live stream, a podcast episode, an interview. The video embeds directly in the app with the title and channel loaded automatically. Hit record and your browser will prompt you to share the current tab â just click Share and the audio starts flowing. The embed stays loaded until you explicitly clear it, so you can pause and resume freely.
Fact checker
The fact checker runs automatically as people talk, flagging verifiable claims and checking them against the web. Each claim gets a verdict â true, false, misleading, needs context, or unverified â with citations and a confidence level.
Certain phrases trigger instant verification: "studies show," "according to," "did you know," health claims, and signals like "look it up." You can also say "fact check that" or "google that" to force an immediate check on whatever was just said.
Each card shows a timestamp linking back to the moment in the transcript when the claim was made. Click Show in transcript to jump directly to it with the relevant words highlighted.
Research
Click Research on any fact-check card to run a deep search on that topic. Results appear in the Research tab as accordion cards with a summary, web sources, images, and videos. Images and videos load on demand â click Load inside the card to fetch them. Multiple topics can be researched simultaneously.
Adding more tools
Click the + button in the tab bar to add additional tools to your session. Available modules include:
Notes
Extracts key facts, decisions, and takeaways as they're spoken. Not a word-for-word log â just the things someone who missed the conversation would need to know.
Roaster
Watches for pretension, hollow statements, and self-important moments, then delivers one sharp line. Stays quiet when there's nothing worth roasting.
Research
Deep search on any claim or topic. Triggered from fact-check cards or manually. Returns a summary, web results, images, and videos.
Remove a tool by clicking the â on its tab. Your results are preserved â re-adding the tab brings everything back.
Personalities
Each analyst has swappable personalities that change the voice and style of responses. Configure them in the gear menu. Switching mid-session doesn't affect existing cards â each result permanently shows who generated it.
Transcript annotations
Colored pips appear next to transcript segments that have been flagged by an analyst. Click a pip to jump to the relevant result in the right panel.
Settings
The gear icon opens configuration for speakers, analyst word thresholds, and session usage. Each tool also has a âŪ menu for manual runs and resetting results.
OBS overlay
For streamers â add the overlay as a Browser Source in OBS to show fact-check results and roasts live on stream. Click OBS in the toolbar for setup instructions including virtual audio routing for Zoom and other tools.
YouTube
Paste a YouTube URL to transcribe and analyze the audio in real time.
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