Set Up MeetVoice in 2 Minutes: Quick Start Guide

MeetVoice is designed to be running in minutes, not hours. There are no cloud accounts to configure, no complex server setup, and no browser permissions maze to navigate. If you have used a Chrome extension before, the process will feel familiar — with one extra step for the desktop app that runs the local translation server.

This guide walks you through every step from download to your first translated call.

Step 1: Download and Install the Desktop App

MeetVoice uses a small desktop application that runs a local server on your machine and coordinates speech recognition and translation. Your audio is processed in transit through the MeetVoice speech-recognition relay and never stored; translation text passes through MeetVoice’s stateless cloud proxy in transit and is not stored either.

Go to the MeetVoice download page and download the installer for your computer:

• Windows: Run the .exe installer, accept the license agreement and follow the steps. MeetVoice appears in the system tray.
• macOS 13 or later on Apple Silicon: Open the .dmg, accept the license agreement, drag MeetVoice to your Applications folder and launch it. It appears in the menu bar.

Starting MeetVoice together with your computer is off by default; you can turn it on in the desktop app’s settings.

Step 2: Start the Free Trial or Enter Your License Key

The first time MeetVoice starts, it opens a window where you choose how to begin:

• Free trial: 30 minutes of real-time translation, counted only while a meeting is being translated. No card required.
• A plan you have already bought: paste the license key from your purchase email and activate it.

Speech recognition is included either way — no API key needed. After the trial, plans start at €9/month (Starter, 5 hours of translation per month); pick one at meetvoice.app and enter your license key in the desktop app.

Step 3: Install the Chrome Extension

Install MeetVoice from the Chrome Web Store — the download page links straight to it — and confirm the installation. Then click the MeetVoice icon in the Chrome toolbar to open the extension panel.

The extension finds the running desktop app automatically. If it cannot, the panel tells you to download or launch the desktop app, and its connection settings let you enter a server address manually. There is nothing to activate in the extension: the trial and your license live in the desktop app.

Step 4: Join Google Meet and Start Translating

1. In the MeetVoice extension panel, select your language and the other person’s language.
2. Join the Google Meet call as usual.
3. Start translation from the MeetVoice extension panel.

Translated subtitles appear on top of the Google Meet window, and the translation of incoming speech is also read aloud. The subtitles are shown only in your own tab, unless you share that tab or your screen. To let the other person hear your speech in their language, turn on translation of your speech in the extension panel — it is off by default.

A Few Useful Tips

Voiceover is on by default. Besides the subtitles, MeetVoice reads the translation of incoming speech aloud and automatically lowers the original speaker’s audio while it plays: the original stays audible, only quieter, so the translation is easier to hear. If you only want subtitles, switch to subtitles only in the extension panel. Voiceover works the same on Windows and macOS.

Voiceover is included. MeetVoice speaks the translation with a built-in neural voice — no extra configuration or API keys required.

The language selection matters. MeetVoice translates between the language pair you select. If you set yourself to Russian and your partner to English, the system transcribes English speech and shows you Russian subtitles; once you turn on translation of your speech, it also turns your Russian into English speech for your partner. Make sure both language selectors match the actual speakers on the call.

Customize your subtitles. In the extension settings you can adjust font size and background opacity of the subtitles. If the subtitle overlay covers an important part of the screen, just drag it to a more convenient position.

Pick a voice for each language. In the voiceover settings you can choose a specific voice from the neural voice catalog — male or female, separately for each language. Hit the play button to preview how a voice sounds before your call.

Meeting transcript works automatically. As soon as you start translation, MeetVoice writes a transcript in a real-time panel on the right side of the Meet page: what the other participants say, with speaker names, timestamps, the original text and its translation. Your own speech is added when translation of your speech is on — it is off by default. After the meeting, export the transcript as PDF, SRT, or TXT from the panel or from meeting history in the extension panel.

AI meeting summary. After the call, get a summary of the meeting transcript in one click, in both languages of the conversation. Key topics, decisions, and action items. Available with any paid plan.

Three or more languages on the call? Switch on multilingual mode in the extension and pick 2–4 expected languages — English, German, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch or Hindi. It uses your plan’s hours like any other session. MeetVoice detects incoming speech automatically and translates it into your language. Multilingual mode is for understanding other participants; it does not translate your own microphone into their languages. If someone else needs a translation of your speech, use the regular language-pair mode for that call. The active-language indicator on the call shows which language is being transcribed at any moment. See our multilingual meetings guide for the full walkthrough.

Keyboard shortcuts. Toggle translation with Alt+T, show or hide subtitles with Alt+S, mute incoming voiceover with Alt+M. Rebind any of them at chrome://extensions/shortcuts if they conflict with other tools.

Glossary for names and terms. In the extension settings you can give the translator three kinds of hints: what the meeting is about, so ambiguous words get the right meaning; names, brands and products that must stay exactly as written; and your own pairs of a term and its translation for vocabulary that should always be rendered the same way. Participant names are added automatically. The translator uses all of this as reference and produces more accurate output for domain-specific vocabulary.

Ready to Try It?

The full setup — desktop app plus extension — takes about two minutes the first time and nothing after that. After the free trial, plans start at €9/month. Download MeetVoice from meetvoice.app and try it free for 30 minutes — no license required to start. Wondering how MeetVoice compares to built-in captions? Read our detailed comparison.