feeddub

What is feeddub

FeedDub is a Chrome extension that dubs videos into 20 languages. It works on YouTube, Netflix, Bilibili, TED, and Coursera. When activated, the original audio drops and a dubbed track plays in sync with the video. Rewatching costs no wait at all.

How to use feeddub

1. Install the FeedDub extension from the Chrome Web Store or manually download the ZIP file.
2. For manual installation: unzip the file, open chrome://extensions, enable Developer mode, choose Load unpacked, and select the extracted folder.
3. On a supported video platform, click the microphone button in the player.
4. The original audio drops and a dubbed track plays in sync with the video.
5. Use the popup to switch between male and female voices for each language.

Features of feeddub

• Dubs videos into 20 languages, with a male and a female voice for each.
• Works on YouTube, Netflix, Bilibili, TED, and Coursera, each with its own adapter.
• Low latency: prepares upcoming lines to reduce waiting.
• Tight sync: each line lands on the original's timing, and scrubbing never knocks it out of place.
• No subtitles needed: uses speech recognition when captions are unavailable and the site's audio can be accessed. Netflix requires original-language captions.
• Dependable: an hour-long lecture gets dubbed end to end, without dropping out halfway.
• Does not request Chrome's browsing-history permission.
• Detects the local player and captions; hovering over the microphone may prepare dubbing before you click.
• If the video is already in your language, it says so and stops instead of dubbing you back into the same language.

Use Cases of feeddub

• Watching videos on YouTube, Netflix, Bilibili, TED, or Coursera in your own language.
• Following long lectures or talks without reading subtitles, giving your eyes back to the picture.
• Rewatching videos without waiting for dubbing to prepare again.
• Following a video the way you follow a podcast, with the original audio left audible underneath.

Pricing

• Free: two new videos a day without an account; rewatching is never limited.
• Sign in with Google for three days unlimited.
• $2 a month for unlimited dubbing, with nothing charged per video or per minute.
• A single month for $2 with no renewal.

FAQ

How is this different from a bilingual subtitle extension? Subtitles keep your eyes pinned to the screen, which wears you down on anything long. A dub speaks the words instead, with the original left audible underneath, so you can follow a video the way you follow a podcast and give your eyes back to the picture.

Why not real-time interpretation? An interpreter is always a few seconds behind, and every viewing starts that wait over again. FeedDub prepares what is coming and then speaks it on the original timing, so the voice tracks the picture — and the second time you open a video there is nothing to wait for.

What happens when I scrub? Dubbing resynchronizes at the new position. If that part is not ready, playback may pause while it is prepared. Switching videos stops the previous dub; click the microphone to start the new one.

Do I need an account? What does it cost? Not to get started: two new videos a day are free without an account, and rewatching is never limited. Sign in with Google for three days unlimited; to keep it unlimited, $2 a month, or a single month for $2 with no renewal.

Does it read my browsing history? FeedDub does not request Chrome's browsing-history permission. It works with five supported video platforms and the service and media hosts they need. It detects the local player and captions; hovering over the microphone may prepare dubbing before you click. Video identifiers are used for quotas and, when enabled, diagnostics. See the privacy policy for details.

What if the video is already in my language? It works out the spoken language first, and if that already matches your dubbing language it says so and stops instead of dubbing you back into the same language.