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How to translate Google Meet with live captions
Translate a Google Meet call in Chrome or Edge: capture the Meet tab, choose a language, and export the transcript when the call is over.
To translate a Google Meet call, open meet.google.com in Chrome or Edge, join the call, and capture the Meet tab with TanLens. Choose the spoken and target languages, and the translation appears under each line while people speak. Meet’s own captions can stay on at the same time.
01Set up the tab correctly
Join the call in the browser rather than the desktop app. Keep the Meet tab in the foreground, press Start in the TanLens extension, and leave the tab unmuted; a muted tab or another active tab gives TanLens a silent stream. Pin the extension so the Start button is one click away. If you use a headset, confirm that Meet’s speaker output is the headset and not the room speakers, otherwise the microphone may pick up an echo.
02Read, save and share
Captions appear in the TanLens panel with the original line above the translation. If the meeting is mostly one language, lock the source language for steadier results; use auto-detect only when people genuinely switch. Save the transcript at the end and fix participant names, because those are the words a recognizer is most likely to misspell. Export VTT for a recording page, SRT for an editor, or TXT for meeting notes. For a class or a large meeting, a broadcast room can give attendees their own language view.
How to do it
- 1Open meet.google.com in Chrome or Edge and join the call.
- 2Keep the Meet tab active and press Start in the TanLens extension.
- 3Set the source and target languages.
- 4Save the transcript when the call ends, edit it, and export subtitles.
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