A Chrome extension that captures browser tab audio and provides real-time transcription via OpenAI Whisper, with optional AI summarization using multiple LLMs, all while keeping data local and private.

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Why it is worth attention

It uniquely captures internal tab audio instead of microphone input, ensuring clear transcription even from noisy environments, and offers a dynamic AI summarizer supporting a wide range of providers including local Ollama.

Who it is for

  • Students and professionals attending online lectures or meetings
  • Content creators needing transcripts of web audio/video
  • Privacy-conscious users who want local, no-telemetry tools
  • Developers exploring speech-to-text and AI summarization integrations

Use cases

  • Transcribing YouTube videos, podcasts, or webinars in real time
  • Generating concise summaries of long conference calls or presentations
  • Searching and extracting specific phrases from recorded web audio
  • Exporting transcripts for note-taking or documentation

Strengths

  • Captures tab audio directly, avoiding background noise and improving accuracy
  • Real-time streaming transcription with OpenAI Whisper, supporting multiple languages
  • Supports a wide range of AI providers for summarization (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq, local Ollama, etc.)
  • 100% local storage with no telemetry, ensuring user privacy

Considerations

  • Requires a valid OpenAI API key for core transcription functionality
  • Only works on Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave)
  • AI summarization incurrs additional API costs depending on provider chosen

README quick start

🎙️ Live Tab Transcriber

Live Tab Transcriber is a powerful, privacy-focused Chrome Extension that captures audio directly from your active browser tab and converts it into accurate, real-time text. Unlike standard speech-to-text tools that rely on your microphone, this extension captures the tab's internal audio, ensuring crystal-clear transcription without background noise.

It also features a Dynamic AI Summarizer, allowing you to instantly generate concise summaries using OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), Groq, or even your local Ollama instance.


✨ Key Features

Core Transcription

  • Tab Audio Capture: Records audio directly from the browser tab (YouTube, Udemy, Zoom, Spotify, etc.) instead of the microphone.
  • Real-Time Processing: Streams audio in optimized WAV chunks for near-instant transcription via OpenAI Whisper.
  • High Accuracy: Leverages OpenAI's industry-leading Whisper API for precise speech-to-text, even with accents or background music.
  • Multi-Language Support: Transcribe in English, Hindi, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and more.

🤖 Dynamic AI Summarization

  • Universal AI Router: Don't just stick to OpenAI! Choose your favorite LLM for summarization.
  • Supported Providers: OpenAI (GPT-4o-mini), Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), Groq, DeepSeek, Mistral, Together AI, and local Ollama.
  • Concise Feedback: Generates a punchy, 1-2 sentence "TL;DR" summary of your transcript instantly.

🛠️ Productivity Tools

  • Live Side Panel: Watch the transcript build in real-time without leaving your current tab.
  • Smart Search: Instantly highlight and find specific words or phrases within the transcript.
  • Export & Copy: Copy text to your clipboard or export the full transcript as a .txt file.
  • Local History: Automatically saves sessions locally. Access your past transcripts even after restarting the browser.

🔒 Privacy & Performance

  • 100% Local Storage: Transcript history and settings are stored in chrome.storage.local. No external databases.
  • No Telemetry: Zero tracking, zero analytics.
  • Optimized Audio Engine: Uses AudioWorklet and raw WAV encoding to prevent browser memory leaks and API format errors.

Prerequisites

Before using the extension, you will need:

  1. Google Chrome (or any Chromium-based browser like Edge/Brav

Description

An AI Powered Google Extention which scraps data from voice from the system and also summarise the content

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