Get started with the browser extension

SonicMeet runs in Chrome, Edge and Brave. All three install the same extension from the Chrome Web Store; there is no separate Edge listing.

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   Add SonicMeet, then pin it

   Get it from the download page. In Edge, click Allow extensions from other stores the first time you're asked. Then pin SonicMeet from the puzzle-piece menu in the toolbar so it's one click away.

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   Sign in with Google

   Click the SonicMeet icon and choose Continue with Google. A Google account is required. New accounts get 20 free minutes of live captions to try SonicMeet.

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   Open your meeting in a browser tab

   Any meeting platform that runs in the browser works: Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Slack huddles and others. So does any other tab that plays sound, such as a webinar or a video. SonicMeet listens to one tab: the one you start it on.

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   Choose your languages

   Auto Detect works well as the Source language. If the speakers mostly use one language, choosing it yourself can improve accuracy. For translated captions, turn on Enable translation and pick a Translate to language; leave it off to get captions in the language being spoken.

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   Click Start captions on this tab

   The caption panel opens on the meeting page, and captions arrive within a second or two.

• Live shows the captions. Switch between Original, Bilingual and Translation in the top bar.
• My Notes holds the notes you take during the call.
• AI summarizes the meeting so far and answers your questions about it.
• Pause stops sending audio, so no minutes are used. Stop ends the session and saves it to your history.
• Compact caption bar, the icon just left of the settings gear, shrinks the panel to a subtitle-style bar that covers less of the meeting. Double-click the bar to get the full panel back. See Compact Mode in the extension and desktop app.

Translation modes, text size, your own voice and the other settings are covered in Captions and translation.

The extension can only hear audio from a browser tab. If you join meetings in the Zoom or Microsoft Teams desktop app, use SonicMeet for Windows or Mac instead: same account, same minutes. See Get started with the desktop app, or Extension or desktop app? if you're not sure which you need.