Get started in Google Meet
- Add the extension to Chrome from the Chrome Web Store, then pin it: click the puzzle piece next to the address bar and the pin next to Usefishu.
- Pick your languages. Click the Usefishu icon. Under When I speak, choose the language you speak (I speak) and the one others should read (Others get).
- Choose the Usefishu camera and mic in Meet. In a call, open Settings › Audio and Video and pick Usefishu Camera and Usefishu Mic. Meet remembers them for your next calls.
- Talk. Your translated words appear on your camera for everyone in the call. Nobody else needs to install anything, and no bot joins your meeting.
New to it? How Fishu translates Google Meet gives the overview.
Usefishu Camera and Usefishu Mic wrap your real camera and microphone. To use a different one, open Voices, devices and setup in the popup and choose it under Real camera or Real microphone.
When you speak
- Subtitles only
- Your words, translated, are drawn on the bottom of your camera picture. Your own voice goes out as usual.
- + my voice
- Others also hear an interpreter voice saying your words in their language, through the Usefishu Mic. Your real voice stays underneath, quieter; set how loud with My original voice underneath.
- Preview my camera
- Opens a full-screen preview of exactly what others see, with subtitles. Press F for full screen and Esc to leave it. Use headphones if you turn on Hear my voice there, or your mic will pick it up.
When others speak
- Subtitles only
- What others say appears in your language in a floating subtitle window over the meeting, with the original underneath. Choose the language under Subtitles in. Turn the window off with Show the floating subtitle window.
- + interpreter
- You also hear an interpreter voice in your language, just for you. Their real voices go quieter; set how quiet with Their original voices underneath. Headphones work best.
Voices
Under Voices, devices and setup › Interpreter voice you can pick between two kinds:
- Natural: a lifelike voice made on our servers. It uses your hours three times as fast.
- This computer: your computer's own built-in voice. Free on every plan and counted like subtitles, but more robotic.
The interpreter speaks a little faster than normal speech, so it keeps up with the person talking.
Desktop app
Fishu for desktop (macOS, Windows and Linux) brings the same subtitles and voices to any meeting app (Zoom, Teams, Slack, Webex and others), not just Google Meet. It also keeps a transcript of every meeting on your computer and can write a short summary with decisions and to-dos. Download it for Mac, Windows or Linux. Until the apps are signed, your computer may warn on first launch. On a Mac, open Fishu once, then go to System Settings › Privacy & Securityand choose Open Anyway. On Windows, choose More info › Run anyway.
Plans and hours
Your plan gives you hours of translated meeting time each month: 1 hour on Free, 8 hours on Plus, 25 hours on Pro.
- An hour of meeting with subtitles or the This computer voice uses one hour.
- While the natural voice speaks, time counts three times.
- Hours are counted by the minute, once per meeting minute, however many streams are on.
- Need more? Paid plans can add 5 extra hours for $15. Extra hours don't expire.
In the desktop app, Plan & usage shows the hours left, when they reset and a chart of the last 30 days. Manage billing opens Stripe to change plan, update your card, see invoices or cancel. See all plans on the pricing page.
Troubleshooting
Usefishu Camera or Mic isn't in Meet's list
Reload the Meet tab after installing or updating the extension. Check the switch at the top of the Usefishu popup is on.
The preview says Chrome blocked the camera
Click the camera icon in the address bar, allow the camera and microphone, then reload the preview. If it says the camera isn't connected, pick another one under Real camera.
No subtitles appear
Make sure Meet uses Usefishu Mic, not your real microphone: subtitles come from what the Usefishu Mic hears. Check the languages in the popup. If the status shows Reconnecting, your connection to Usefishu dropped; it comes back by itself.
Others hear an echo or the interpreter twice
Use headphones. Speakers play the interpreter into your microphone, so it gets translated again.
Subtitles lag behind
Subtitles follow you within about a second. If they fall further behind, the interpreter voice shortens what it says to catch up. A slow or unstable connection makes this worse; a wired connection helps.
Privacy and contact
Audio you choose to translate is streamed to our servers in Germany, translated and discarded; it isn't stored or used to train models. Your camera picture never leaves your computer: subtitles are drawn on it locally. Read the full Privacy Policy and the Terms.
Questions, problems or ideas: [email protected].