Chrome’s Live Caption on desktop gets support for 11 more languages

Until now, English was the only language for live captions in Chrome

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Published onMarch 4, 2024

published onMarch 4, 2024

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Google’s Live Caption, which uses AI to transcribe audio or video playing in yourChromebrowser on a desktop, has added support for eleven languages besides English. TheMultilingual Live Captionfeature, responsible for several language support for captions, is being tested in Chrome Canary.

To make Android devices more accessible, Google introduced the Live Caption feature on their Pixel devices, later expanding it to more Android phones. After that, the feature reached Chrome on the desktop.

Now, Google makes Live Caption available for Android users, Chrome on desktop, andGoogle Meet.When enabled in Chrome’s accessibility settings, Live Caption appears in a box and is helpful for people who are blind or have low vision, providing live descriptions in a box.

Generally, Chrome supports and shows captions in English by default. However, it also supports captions inFrench,German, andItalian. These languages can be added manually, but they have never worked, even when you choose Chrome to show captions in a supported language fromMedia Controlother than English.

What are Chrome’s Live Caption new supported languages?

Google is now adding support for the following languages to Chrome Live Caption with the new Multilingual Live Caption feature:

What is Chrome’s Multilingual Live Caption feature?

The new feature allows users to choose from various languages for live captions. Additionally, the feature can automatically detect spoken language and adjust the caption accordingly.

Note: The emphasis has been drawn from the Multilingual Live Caption description:

Multilingual Live Caption

Enables the multilingual Live Caption Feature which allows for many language choices and automated language choices. – Mac, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Fuchsia, Lacros#enable-live-caption-multilang

To add more language support to Live Caption in Chrome

As we said above, it’s worth noting that the feature is still being developed. Currently, captions will be displayed in English only, even when you choose another language. At some point, expect Live Caption in Chrome to work for all other languages Google is adding support for.

Apart from this, Google allowsdisabling Tab Memory usage card in ChromeandTab groups on Android to level with Tab groups on the desktopin terms of appearance and features. Check them out if you’re interested.

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Chrome’s Live Caption on desktop gets support for 11 more languages

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What is Chrome’s Multilingual Live Caption feature?