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YouTube's captions are generated by AI in real time. That means a word is sometimes spoken before it appears in the captions — so by the time Baruk sees it, the moment has already passed. Because Baruk works from the caption timeline, it can't reliably catch those words on YouTube.
Traditional streaming services publish their captions in advance, so Baruk can line them up precisely and filter far more accurately. That's where the extension works best.
Any service that provides prepared, published captions — the major streaming platforms you already subscribe to. Content with live or AI-generated captions (like YouTube or live streams) is less reliable, for the timing reason above.
No. Baruk only watches the caption timing and mutes at the right moments. It never touches, downloads, or re-encodes the video stream, so your picture quality and playback stay exactly as they were.
Yes. Alongside the four built-in categories, you can add custom words, and each word supports match modes (whole-word, prefix, or contains) so everyday words aren't caught by mistake — "class" will never trip the filter for "ass".
Filtering depends on the accuracy and timing of the captions and on your chosen settings, so it won't be perfect every time. You can fine-tune categories and custom words to match your household, and if something slips through, let us know — reports help us improve the shared filter data for everyone.
Your phone runs Baruk and does two things: it reads your TV's current playback position to stay perfectly in sync, and it sends the mute commands to the TV over your home Wi-Fi. A cloud server on the internet can't reach a television sitting inside your house, so the filtering has to be driven by a device on the same network — and your phone is the easiest one.
A dedicated app that removes this step is on our roadmap.
Caption files you download are licensed for personal use and are tied to your own device or your own Google Drive. Sharing one household's library across several people and devices is exactly what the Family plan is designed for — it lets everyone in your home use the same filtered library, on their own devices, without breaking those terms.
Only to store and sync your subtitle library across your devices, kept safely in your own Drive so you always own your files. Baruk accesses only the files the feature creates or that you specifically choose — never the rest of your Drive.
Baruk Watchman works with Android TV and Google TV devices, which it controls using the standard TV remote protocol. Support for more platforms is planned as the product grows.
Not with a Pro plan. For titles already in our shared library, Baruk loads ready-made filter data automatically — so you simply press play. Free users can still filter using their own subtitle files.
Running Baruk has real, ongoing costs — subtitle licensing, servers, and continuous development — and we're a small family team, not a big corporation. A subscription keeps the service alive, safe, and improving. Core filtering stays free; the paid plan unlocks instant, ready-made filters from our shared library so you don't have to hunt for subtitles.
Paddle is our authorised reseller and Merchant of Record. They securely handle payment, billing, and tax on our behalf, so a charge may appear as Paddle.com or Paddle.net on your statement. It isn't a mistake or a fraudulent charge — it's simply how we process payments safely.
Yes — and we protect it by collecting as little as possible. We store only anonymous timing data (when to mute), never the subtitle text and never a record of what you watch. Your information is encrypted in transit and handled in line with our Privacy Policy, which follows POPIA and, where relevant, GDPR.
Subscribing helps the most, but if you'd like to give a little extra to keep us going, donations are warmly welcomed through Ko-fi. Every bit helps a small team keep building tools for families.
We'd love to hear from you. Email herman@baruklabs.com with your ideas — feedback from families genuinely shapes what we build next.
Yes. Baruk filters an authorised copy you're already streaming, in real time — it only mutes and skips. It never copies, records, or redistributes any video, which keeps it firmly on the right side of the line. We also never store subtitle text, only our own derived timing data.
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