Production setup guide

TranslateMe setup

Load the TranslateMe Chrome extension, route translated audio through VB-Audio Virtual Cable, and use your own OpenAI key for one active translation session.

This site explains setup and receives auth callbacks. It does not start sign-in, manage your account, or start translation.

Caller microphone routes to TranslateMe, translated audio routes to CABLE Input, and Google Meet listens through CABLE Output. — Expected outbound route for a Google Meet call.

Extension installation

Load the extension before joining a call

1
Install VB-Audio Virtual Cable

Confirm Windows shows CABLE Input as a playback device and CABLE Output as a recording device after installation.
2
Load the TranslateMe Chrome extension

In Chrome extensions developer mode, load the repository's extension folder and keep the popup available in the toolbar.
3
Choose devices in the popup

Select your physical microphone as the input and CABLE Input as the translated audio output.

Call-platform audio routing

Google Meet should hear CABLE Output

TranslateMe output

The extension plays translated speech into CABLE Input. Your original physical microphone should stay selected only inside the TranslateMe popup.

Google Meet microphone

Set Google Meet's microphone to CABLE Output so the far participant receives translated audio from the virtual cable instead of the original microphone stream.

Session-Only API Key

Your OpenAI key is used for setup only

Short-lived credential

TranslateMe sends the Session-Only API Key to the production backend only to create a short-lived OpenAI realtime credential for the active translation session.

Not stored or fingerprinted

TranslateMe does not store, does not fingerprint, does not resell, and does not echo your OpenAI API key in diagnostics or responses.

Hidden after success

After setup succeeds, the key field is hidden after setup succeeds and the key remains only in volatile active-session memory until Stop, sign-out, failure teardown, or runtime key loss.

Auth boundary

Use the popup for sign-in and translation

Sign-in starts in the extension popup for Google Sign-In and Email Magic Link flows. This hosted site only receives the provider callback and returns the result to the extension flow.