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Solo modeHost a room

Test it with any Hindi YouTube video

Do these four tests in order before a live event. You need desktop Chrome on a laptop, plus a phone for test 2.

1 · Solo test 2 min

  1. In a new Chrome tab, open YouTube and play a Hindi talk with one clear speaker (search “Hindi pravachan” or “Hindi motivational speech”).
  2. Open solo mode in another tab and press Share a tab & translate.
  3. In Chrome's picker, choose the Chrome tab option, select the YouTube tab, check Also share tab audio, then Share.
  4. Come back to the solo tab.

Pass if

  • The audio level bar moves with the speaker's voice
  • Grey Hindi text appears while they talk
  • An English line appears at each pause

2 · Room test with a phone 5 min

  1. Keep the YouTube tab playing. Open Host a room, name it, press Start translating and share the YouTube tab as before.
  2. Scan the QR code with your phone (on mobile data too, to prove it works from anywhere).
  3. On the phone, tap Listen with earbuds in.
  4. Open the same link on a second device or ask a friend abroad to open it.

Pass if

  • The phone shows the same English lines as the host screen
  • “Listening now” on the host counts each device
  • Read-aloud speaks each new line

3 · Sync test 3 min

Listeners abroad watch the YouTube stream, which runs 15–60 seconds behind the venue. Subtitles from the host can arrive before the viewer hears the words.

  1. On the phone, open the ⚙ panel and move Sync with video to about 20s.
  2. Adjust until English lines appear right after the Hindi words are heard.

On the event day, tell listeners the delay that worked in your test.

4 · Endurance test 30–60 min

  1. Play a long Hindi video (an hour-long talk) in a host room.
  2. Leave it running; plug the laptop in and turn off sleep.
  3. At the end, press Download transcript and skim it for gaps or wrong meaning.

Have a Hindi speaker read 10 random lines and judge whether the English keeps the meaning.

If something goes wrong

Level bar does not moveThe tab audio was not shared. Stop, press Start again, and make sure “Also share tab audio” is on. Sharing a whole window does not include audio — pick the Chrome tab option.
Level moves but no Hindi textUpdate Chrome (menu → Help → About Google Chrome). Listening to tab audio needs a recent version. Also check the laptop is online.
Hindi appears but English is blankThe translator is unavailable. Ask the site owner to switch on Claude translation, or update Chrome.
Many words are wrongMusic, crowd noise or two people talking at once confuse recognition. For the live event, feed the clean sound-desk audio instead of a room recording.
Using Zoom instead of YouTubeJoin the Zoom in Chrome (zoom.us → “Join from your browser”) so it is a tab you can share. The Zoom desktop app is not a tab.
Phone shows “Reconnecting”Normal on weak signal; it reconnects by itself and catches up on missed lines.