Do You Need a Deepgram API Key for Google Meet?

Short answer: no. MeetVoice does not need a Deepgram API key — not for the regular language-pair mode, not for multilingual meetings, not for the free trial. Speech recognition is part of every plan, and the setting for your own key has been retired.

Speech recognition is included

MeetVoice uses Deepgram’s speech recognition under the hood, through the MeetVoice speech-recognition server. Your meeting audio goes from the desktop app to that server, on to Deepgram, and comes back as live transcripts. The server checks your license, forwards the audio stream, counts the time against your plan and returns the transcript. Audio is processed in transit only and is never stored.

You don’t create a Deepgram account, generate credentials or paste anything into settings. Install the desktop app, add the Chrome extension, pick your languages and start translating. The story of this change is in the 2.0 announcement, and how real-time translation in Google Meet works covers the whole pipeline.

How much recognition time you get

• Trial — 30 minutes total (no credit card, no commitment)
• Starter (€9/month) — 5 hours per month
• Pro (€29/month) — 20 hours per month
• Business (€79/month) — 60 hours per month

Hours reset at the start of every calendar month. If you run out, translation pauses until the next month — or upgrade your plan to continue right away. Full plan details are in the pricing section.

Multilingual meetings need no key either

Multilingual mode — for calls where participants speak 2–4 different languages — runs on the same included speech recognition and uses your plan’s hours like any other session. It works with English, German, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch and Hindi. The mode is listen-only: it translates what the other participants say into your language. To have your own speech voiced in their language, use the regular language-pair mode. The multilingual meetings guide walks through the setup.

What happened to the “own Deepgram key” option?

Earlier versions of MeetVoice let you paste your own Deepgram key in the extension settings. That option has been retired: speech recognition now always runs through the MeetVoice server and your plan. If you had saved a key, the extension update removes it from your browser automatically — there is nothing you need to do.

Getting started

1. Download the desktop app from the download page (Windows, or macOS 13 or later on Apple Silicon)
2. Start the free 30-minute trial when the desktop app first launches — no credit card required
3. Add the MeetVoice Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store
4. On your Google Meet call, pick your languages and start translation in the extension

The quick setup guide walks through each step.

Questions?

If you have questions about your plan or how much time you have left, write to support@meetvoice.app — we’re happy to help.