Use case · Real-time translation

The Zoom is in English. Your brain isn't, yet.

Live EN ↔ PT/ES translation that runs next to the English transcript on your computer while the call is happening. Built for non-native English speakers who keep up in writing but lose ground at native speed.

English captions don't fix the problem

The Zoom meeting is in English. You speak English, sure — well enough for 1-on-1s, well enough for prepared talks. But this is sprint planning. Two engineers debating a refactor. Three different acronyms per minute. The technical jargon is fine when you read it, but spoken at native speed it slips past. By the time you mentally translate the previous sentence, you've missed the next two.

Zoom's built-in captions help — they show the English. But you don't need *English written down faster*; you need the meaning **in your language** so you can keep up at the pace the call is actually moving. tl;dv and Otter give you a translated transcript after the call. That's a post-mortem, not a copilot.

Where it pays off

Sprint planning

"…and we'll punt the cache layer to the next iteration"

Two engineers debating in English. Minuta shows the live English transcript on one side and a live PT/ES translation on the other — synced, latency-bounded. You read the meaning in your language and respond in English at your normal pace.

Customer call

"What you're describing sounds like a SOX compliance issue"

Customer drops a domain term you've never heard. Live transcript catches it. PT/ES translation gives you the gist — and you can hit the copilot for a one-line explanation grounded in your sales docs. You handle the question without breaking the call.

All-hands

"…and that brings us to the Q3 roadmap reshuffle"

Exec talks fast for 8 minutes. Live translation runs side-by-side with the English transcript. Afterwards, structured summary in your language: TL;DR, key points, what's changed. You don't need to ping a colleague to confirm what the CEO actually said.

How Minuta plugs into a Zoom call

Open Minuta a minute before the call. Pick your translation language. Run the call as you always would — Minuta captures system audio in the background, so the platform doesn't matter.

  • Works on **any** call platform — Zoom (web or native), Teams, Meet, FaceTime, even a YouTube live or a Loom recording. Minuta captures system audio on macOS, no extension or plugin.
  • Two synchronised panels — English transcript + your-language translation, both live.
  • Secure capture, zero retention. Audio is captured locally and processed securely via high-speed cloud APIs with a strict zero-data-retention policy.
  • After the call: bilingual summary with TL;DR + action items in your language, copy-paste into your followup notes.

Why pick Minuta over Zoom captions or post-call tools

  • Zoom captions are English-only and you don't need English written faster — you need the meaning in your language at the speed the call is moving.
  • Otter, tl;dv, Fireflies translate **after** the call. That's a recap, not a copilot. Different problem.
  • High-speed translation uses secure transient cloud APIs with zero data training or retention, keeping the resulting files local to your computer.
  • Works without a bot in the call, without an admin install, without a Chrome extension. Just open Minuta and start the call.

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