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
- In a new Chrome tab, open YouTube and play a Hindi talk with one clear speaker (search “Hindi pravachan” or “Hindi motivational speech”).
- Open solo mode in another tab and press Share a tab & translate.
- In Chrome's picker, choose the Chrome tab option, select the YouTube tab, check Also share tab audio, then Share.
- 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
- Keep the YouTube tab playing. Open Host a room, name it, press Start translating and share the YouTube tab as before.
- Scan the QR code with your phone (on mobile data too, to prove it works from anywhere).
- On the phone, tap Listen with earbuds in.
- 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.
- On the phone, open the ⚙ panel and move Sync with video to about 20s.
- 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
- Play a long Hindi video (an hour-long talk) in a host room.
- Leave it running; plug the laptop in and turn off sleep.
- 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 move | The 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 text | Update 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 blank | The translator is unavailable. Ask the site owner to switch on Claude translation, or update Chrome. |
| Many words are wrong | Music, 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 YouTube | Join 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. |