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Translate Zoom meetings live into your language
Translate a Zoom meeting live in the browser: real-time translated subtitles, free to start, with no paid add-on and no admin.
Free to start · Works in your browser · Your audio stays private
Zoom’s translated captions are a paid add-on.
Zoom charges extra for translated captions. Trippi translates your Zoom calls in the browser, free to start — no admin, no add-on.
Why Zoom does not translate your meeting
Zoom ships live transcription broadly, but translated captions are sold separately and switched on by whoever owns the account. If you are a guest on somebody else’s call — the situation most people are in — you cannot enable them even if you are willing to pay, because the setting is not yours to touch.
An extension changes who is in control. Trippi runs on your side of the call: it captions and translates what you hear, on any Zoom meeting you can open, whether or not the host has bought anything.
Zoom in a browser tab
Trippi works on Zoom opened in the browser, not in the desktop app. When you click a Zoom invite, the join page offers a small “Join from your browser” link under the download prompt — that is the one to use. The meeting then runs in a tab, with the same video and audio, and the caption overlay sits on top of it.
The desktop app is a separate program that a browser extension cannot see into. That limit is worth knowing before you rely on it for an important call.
It hears the call, it does not join it
No participant is added, no recording consent dialog appears for anyone, and the host is not notified. The translated line is drawn in your tab only — a private subtitle track for a call everybody else experiences unchanged.
What you need to start
- A Zoom meeting joined from the browser, in Chrome or another Chromium-based browser.
- No Zoom licence, no add-on, no admin rights — not even a Zoom account for most meetings.
- The spoken language and your reading language, set once in the popup.
- Free to start, with no sign-up.
| What it does | Translates Zoom’s automated captions into another language in real time. |
|---|---|
| Which plan | Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Plus or Enterprise Premier, or the Translated Captions add-on sold by Zoom Sales. |
| Who turns it on | An account owner or admin enables it. The host must be on a qualifying plan, and then participants choose a language. |
| What it can’t do | Automated captions have to be enabled first, some accounts in regulated industries may not have access, and Zoom notes that translations may not be accurate. |
| How Trippi differs | Trippi translates the audio of a Zoom meeting opened in the browser, on any Zoom plan, with nothing for the host or admin to enable. It does not work in the Zoom desktop or mobile app. |
In short: Zoom’s translated captions need a top-tier plan or a paid add-on plus an admin, while Trippi adds translated subtitles to a Zoom call in the browser on any plan.
How it works
Add to Chrome
One click from the Chrome Web Store. No account, no install wizard.
Turn it on in your meeting
Open the call in your browser and click the Trippi icon.
Read the translated subtitles
See every sentence in your language, as it's spoken.
Frequently asked questions
Does Zoom translate captions for free?+
No. Zoom’s translated captions are a paid add-on enabled by the account owner, so a guest on somebody else’s meeting cannot turn them on at all.
Does this work in the Zoom desktop app?+
Not yet. Trippi captions Zoom running in a browser tab. On the join screen, choose “Join from your browser” instead of opening the app.
Do I need to be the host?+
No. Trippi works from your side of the call and needs nothing from the host or the account owner.
Will the host know I am using it?+
No. Nothing joins the meeting and no notification is sent — the overlay exists only in your browser.
Keep reading
Guide
How to get live translated captions in Zoom (web)
Zoom charges extra for translated captions. Here is how to get real-time translated subtitles in Zoom on the web — free to start, no admin add-on.
Read every meeting in your language
Add Trippi to Chrome and turn on translated captions in your next call.