YouTuber Alexis ‘Quackity’ Maldonado has returned after years in the shadows, revealing his real-time translation tool, Dababel. While it’s not the first of its kind, this one intends to help streamers reach new audiences, enabling foreign viewers to engage without language barriers.
Almost three years ago, Quackity uploaded his last YouTube video. August 2022 marked his final upload on the platform until a surprise return on July 7, 2025. Reemerging, the popular Minecraft content creator revealed what he’s been up to since his last video.
After pivoting and making content in Spanish, he decided to work on his own “real-time translation tool,” describing it as the “biggest project of [his] career,” with the potential to “change the world.”
Can it live up to such a promise? Well, the jury is out on that for the time being, but we’ve taken a tour of the new application, known as Dababel. Here’s what you need to know.
Quackity launches real-time translation app Dababel
Dababel launches with three distinct modes. Conversation Mode works as the name implies, allowing two individuals to chat in different languages, with the app translating their speech. Universal Mode allows for the translation of content, be it livestreams or pre-recorded videos. Play Mode rounds out the group, letting you hear your own voice in a different language.
Despite claiming to let users “speak and understand any language in the world, with your voice,” Dababel supports just six languages at the time of writing: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Japanese, and Korean.
Furthermore, none of the three modes listed above can be interacted with for free. All functionality incurs a price, displayed as Credits in the app. Credits are provided through weekly subscriptions, which start at $9.99 USD and range up to $139.99 USD per week for the business-tier.
You can’t access any of Dababel’s functionality without first paying for Credits.
Dababel claims to be the “first ever universal text and voice translation tool,” a claim that doesn’t hold up given its lack of language options and the fact other real-time translation tools such as Wordly AI Translation or Talkao have existed for a number of years.
Where Dababel does stand out, however, is in replicating a user’s voice. By speaking in your native language, the app then translates as though you yourself were speaking in a foreign tongue.
This innovation was showcased in a brief clip featuring Breaking Bad actor Luis Moncada. His son, who doesn’t speak Spanish, was able to have a conversation with him in Spanish “for the first time.”
“That’s amazing,” Moncada said. “You’re going to make me cry. You gave me his voice, in Spanish. It touched my heart.”
For now, Dababel supports PC integration with applications like Discord and Zoom, allowing for translation over video and audio calls, for instance.
However, Quackity further added that OBS support is in the works too. When complete, it promises to allow streamers to use the app in order to provide real-time captions in multiple languages for their live viewers.
