SonicMeet

Somewhere in a fast meeting in your second language, you are still working out the last point while everyone has moved on to the next. Keeping up is tiring, and the usual note-taking tools also put a bot in the call that everyone else can see. SonicMeet picks up the meeting audio on your own computer and puts captions on your screen, with the spoken line and its translation shown together. Other people in the call see nothing unless you share your screen.

A browser extension and a desktop app both run under the same account. The extension listens to a Chrome or Edge tab, which covers Google Meet and the web versions of Zoom and Teams. The Windows and Mac app hears any sound the computer plays, so the desktop Zoom and Teams programs work too.

The site lists 62 languages and says the slower of two translation modes handles technical terms better. During the call, tapping a caption line saves it as a note.

The security page says audio is processed live and not kept as a recording, while the text of transcripts and notes is stored. That text stays in your history after the call, where you can search and export it, and an AI summary picks out decisions and action items.