You can generate captions and send them to Google to translate videos, podcasts, games, live streams, video calls or other audio media from Chrome Browser.
Turn Live Caption on or off
The audio and captions are processed locally and stay on the device.
Windows or Mac- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select More Settings Accessibility.
- Turn Live Caption on or off.
- If you want to get Live Captions in a language other than English:
- Next to 'Manage languages', select Add languages.
- This will automatically download language packs.
- Next to 'Preferred caption language', select the Down arrow your preferred language.
- Next to 'Manage languages', select Add languages.
- If you want to get Live Captions in a language other than English:
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select More Settings Accessibility.
- Select Captions.
- Turn Live Caption on or off.
- If you want to get Live Captions in a language other than English:
- Next to 'Manage languages', select Add languages.
- This will automatically download language packs.
- Next to 'Preferred caption language', select the Down arrow your preferred language.
- Next to 'Manage languages', select Add languages.
- If you want to get Live Captions in a language other than English:
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select More Settings Accessibility.
- Select Manage accessibility features Audio and captions.
- Turn Live Caption on or off.
Tips:
- To turn on captions for all videos, at the top right, select Media control .
- To use Live Captions for videos that auto-play, turn on the video volume.
- Live Captions will appear in a bubble that you can drag. To return to the tab with audio, select .
Turn Live Translate on or off
You can send captions to Google to automatically translate them.
Windows or Mac- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select More Settings Accessibility.
- Turn Live Translate on or off.
- If you want to get Live Translate in a language other than English:
- Next to 'Translate to', select the Down arrow your preferred language.
- If you want to get Live Translate in a language other than English:
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select More Settings Accessibility.
- Select Captions.
- Turn Live Translate on or off.
- If you want to get Live Translate in a language other than English:
- Next to 'Translate to', select the Down arrow your preferred language.
- If you want to get Live Translate in a language other than English:
Tips:
- When Live Caption is on, Live Translate automatically appears in the Live Caption bubble.
- When you select Translating from the Live Caption bubble, you'll go to the caption setting.
- If Live Translate isn't turned on, select the name of the audio's language.
- To select a language when Live Caption is on and you use media control :
- Turn Live Translate on.
- Select your preferred language.
Manage your captions
You can customise your captions for Live Caption in Chrome to make them easier to read. You can:
- Collapse and expand captions with the arrow in the Live Caption bubble.
- Select the captions to move them to your preferred place on your browser.
- Change your caption font, size and colour.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select More Settings Accessibility.
- Select Caption preferences.
- In your computer's system preferences, select your preferred font.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select More Settings Accessibility.
- Select Captions Caption preferences.
- On your computer's system preferences, select your preferred font.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, select More Settings Accessibility.
- Select Manage accessibility features Audio and captions.
- Under 'Caption preferences', next to 'Text font', select your preferred font.