Zoom recordings
Translate a Zoom recording into your language
Translated subtitles over a Zoom cloud recording in your browser, in 68 languages. Nothing for the host to enable after the fact.
Free to start · Works in your browser · Your audio stays private
Zoom translates captions during the meeting, but not in the recording
Zoom sells translated captions as a paid add-on, and it is explicit about the limit: translated captions do not appear in the recording. What a recording can have is an audio transcript, on Pro plans and above, with the setting off by default — and that transcript is in the language that was spoken. So the person who missed the meeting, opened the share link a day later and does not speak that language is the one Zoom’s translation feature does not reach, no matter what the account paid for.
The viewer does not need any settings
Everything about a Zoom recording is decided before you see it: whether transcription was on, whether the account had the add-on, whether the host saved it to the cloud at all. By the time a link reaches you, there is nothing left to configure — you either got a transcript in a language you read, or you did not.
Trippi moves the decision to the person watching. It plays no part in the recording and asks the host for nothing; it listens to the tab and writes the translated line as the audio goes by.
A recording is the easy case
Live meetings punish you for looking away. A recording does not: if a passage was dense or the speaker rushed, you can rewind and let the subtitles run over it again, which is something no live translation can offer.
Keeping the recognised original above the translation is especially worth it here, because you have the time to use it — when a line reads oddly you can scrub back a few seconds and see exactly which word the recogniser heard.
What you need to start
- The recording open in a browser tab — a Zoom share link plays in the browser without the desktop app.
- No host action, no Zoom plan change and no add-on on the account.
- The language spoken in the meeting and the language you want to read.
- You can start for free, without an account.
How it works
Add to Chrome
One click from the Chrome Web Store. No account, no install wizard.
Open the recording in a browser tab
Open the share link, click the Trippi icon and press Start captions.
Read it in your language
Press play — each sentence appears in your language as it is spoken.
Frequently asked questions
Does Zoom translate its recordings?+
No. Zoom’s translated captions are a paid add-on for live meetings, and Zoom documents that they do not appear in the recording. A cloud recording can carry an audio transcript in the spoken language, on Pro and above.
Do I need to be the host or own the account?+
No. It runs in your browser on the tab playing the recording, so anyone with the link can use it.
Will it work if the host never enabled transcription?+
Yes. Trippi recognises the audio itself and does not read Zoom’s transcript, so the host’s settings do not matter.
Can I rewind and re-read a section?+
Yes. Subtitles follow whatever the tab is playing, so rewinding replays them over that passage.
What does it cost?+
You can start for free. Paid plans begin at $6 a month for 10 hours, see pricing.
Read every meeting in your language
Add Trippi to Chrome and turn on translated captions in your next call.