Learn a language with videos, pausing and hearing the translation

Watching videos in the language you’re learning helps — as long as you understand what you’re hearing. With Langless on your computer, you let a passage of the video play, pause, and hear the translation and the original audio as many times as you like, to repeat it out loud. This guide shows the setup, a shortcut for the passage you didn’t get, and the limits.

What you need

• A computer with Chrome or Edge — that’s where the app captures the audio of a tab.
• The video open in a browser tab (a class, a channel, a series…).
• Headphones (recommended), to listen and repeat calmly.

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Step-by-step setup

1. In the app, set the video’s language as "Other language".
2. In Listen, pick "Tab / System" and the Consecutive style (the app remembers the last style used).
3. Check the target button: it should show "🌐 Translates to" your language. If it shows the video’s, tap it to switch.
4. Tap ▶ and, in the browser window, pick the video’s tab and check "Share audio".
5. Let a passage of the video play, pause the video and tap "⏸ Pause capture". Wait a few seconds: the end of the passage is still being translated.
6. In "Local recording", listen with "📥 Play translation" and compare with "📤 Play original"; repeat it out loud. The recording stays on your device only.
7. Want to keep it? Download it (⬇) before moving on. Then tap "🎤 Resume capture" and let the next passage play.

Shortcut: just the passage you didn’t get

For a one-off bit of help, use the Push-to-Talk style instead of Consecutive. The first press of the button only starts: pick the tab and check "Share audio". Then rewind the video, hold the button during the hard passage and let go.

Limits

• Resuming erases: when you tap "🎤 Resume capture", the previous passage’s recording is erased. Download it first if you want to keep it.
• Computer only: on a phone, the app doesn’t capture a tab’s audio.
• Long pause: with capture paused, the translation stops by itself after 15 min without audio. The recording is still there, but starting again (▶) begins a new recording — download first.
• AI cost: the minutes run on your own AI key, which the provider bills based on usage. You can try it first: see the free trial.