Use case
Translate Microsoft Teams meetings in real time
Get bilingual live captions for a Microsoft Teams meeting in the browser, keep the original and translation, and export the transcript when the call ends.
TanLens captions a Microsoft Teams meeting that plays in a Chrome or Edge tab. The extension captures the meeting audio and shows the original speech with a translation underneath. Teams’ own live captions can remain on, and the final transcript can be edited before you export it.
01Use the Teams web app, not the desktop client
Open teams.microsoft.com in Chrome or Edge and join the meeting there. Keep the Teams tab active and press Start in the TanLens extension. The desktop client runs outside the tab, so its audio is not available to tab capture. If the meeting happens in a room with a speakerphone, microphone mode is the simpler path: place the device near the speaker, use headphones on the remote side if possible, and check the language before the first agenda item.
02Keep meeting notes and captions together
Teams already stores recordings and transcripts for some plans, but those files stay inside your Microsoft tenant. TanLens keeps a separate copy that you can correct and export in the format your team uses. That is useful when a colleague needs the VTT for a video summary or the TXT for a written recap. Recording and transcription rules still apply: tell participants that captions are running, and follow your organization’s policy on meeting records.
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