Live Caption for Meet (community)

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The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.

Community Chrome extensions adding richer captions to Google Meet.

Chrome  ·  free

TL;DR

Best for adding scrollable, exportable captions on top of Google Meet's native captions. Pricing: free.

Category
Products
Pricing
free
Platforms
Chrome

What it is

A cluster of community Chrome extensions adds enhanced captions and transcripts on top of Google Meet's native CC. Listed here as a category since the leaders rotate; vet each before installing.

Best for: Adding scrollable, exportable captions on top of Google Meet's native captions.
Watch out for: Several extensions; quality and trust vary; check privacy policy before install.

Install / use

search Chrome Web Store for 'Google Meet captions'

What people actually do with Live Caption for Meet (community)-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Google DriveYouTubeAmazon S3n8nZapierMake.com

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported30
HIPAA eligibleNo

Live Caption for Meet (community) vs Whipscribe

FeatureLive Caption for Meet (community)Whipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages3099
PlatformsChromeWeb, API, MCP

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Frequently asked about Live Caption for Meet (community)

Is Live Caption for Meet (community) free?

Yes. Live Caption for Meet (community) is free.

Does Live Caption for Meet (community) work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Live Caption for Meet (community) runs on Chrome. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond Chrome.

How do I get started with Live Caption for Meet (community)?

There is nothing to install — Live Caption for Meet (community) is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

How many languages does Live Caption for Meet (community) support?

Live Caption for Meet (community) lists 30 languages.

What are the limitations of Live Caption for Meet (community)?

Several extensions; quality and trust vary; check privacy policy before install.

Who is Live Caption for Meet (community) best for?

Adding scrollable, exportable captions on top of Google Meet's native captions.

Is Live Caption for Meet (community) open source?

No. Live Caption for Meet (community) is a proprietary product from various. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Can I use Live Caption for Meet (community) in the browser?

No — Live Caption for Meet (community) is a Chrome application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.

Who makes Live Caption for Meet (community)?

Live Caption for Meet (community) is made by various.

What kind of tool is Live Caption for Meet (community)?

In this directory Live Caption for Meet (community) is filed under browser extension, captioning as a product.

What are the alternatives to Live Caption for Meet (community)?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/scrabbl-meet-captions-alternatives comparing Live Caption for Meet (community) with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Live Caption for Meet (community)-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Live Caption for Meet (community)?

Live Caption for Meet (community) is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Live Caption for Meet (community)?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the Live Caption for Meet (community) category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.

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