Platforms
Works with whatever plays the call
Audio is captured from the browser, not from the meeting service. No integration to approve, no admin to ask, no bot in the participant list.
Google Meet
The cleanest case
Meet already runs in Chrome, so ExactSay captures the tab's audio directly. Headphones or speakers, it makes no difference.
- Open the meeting in a Chrome tab as usual.
- On the Live call page, choose Meeting tab audio and press Start listening.
- In Chrome's share dialog pick the Meet tab and tick Also share tab audio. Nothing is shared into the call; Chrome only lets ExactSay hear the tab.
- Open the phone link the Live call page shows. Cards arrive as they talk: answers when they ask, questions and checks when they pitch.
Zoom
Browser or desktop app
Join from Chrome and it is the same as Meet. In the Zoom desktop app, share the whole screen's audio instead of a tab's.
- In Chrome: use "Join from your browser" on the Zoom link, then follow the Meet steps with the Zoom tab.
- In the desktop app: on the Live call page choose Whole screen audio. In Chrome's share dialog pick Entire Screen and tick Share system audio.
- Everything the computer plays is captured, so turn on Do Not Disturb.
- Needs Chrome 141 or newer, with macOS 14.2 or newer, or Windows. Older Macs: see the fallback below.
Microsoft Teams
Same two routes
Teams in a Chrome tab is tab audio. The Teams desktop app is whole-screen audio. Guest links work; you do not need to be the organiser.
- In Chrome: open the Teams link, choose "Continue on this browser", then follow the Meet steps with the Teams tab.
- In the desktop app: choose Whole screen audio on the Live call page and share the entire screen with system audio.
- Requirements are the same as Zoom's desktop app: Chrome 141+ with macOS 14.2+, or Windows.
Anything in a Chrome tab
Webex, Whereby, Google Voice, a browser softphone, a webinar you are speaking at. If Chrome plays it, ExactSay can hear it.
Headphones
Tab and screen audio are captured inside Chrome before they reach any output device, so wired, Bluetooth or speakers all work. Headphones help, because your mic no longer hears the other side.
Single microphone fallback
No tab audio at all? One microphone can hear both sides through speakers. ExactSay tells the voices apart and works out which one is you.
Requirements
| Setup | Laptop | Phone | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting in a Chrome tab | Chrome, any recent version | Any modern browser | The cleanest audio. Headphones fine. |
| Zoom or Teams desktop app | Chrome 141+ on macOS 14.2+, or Windows | Any modern browser | Share the entire screen with system audio. |
| Desktop app on an older Mac | Chrome plus a virtual audio device | Any modern browser | Install BlackHole, make a Multi-Output Device your Mac output, set BlackHole as the meeting app's speaker, and pick BlackHole as the microphone for THEM. |
| Single microphone | Chrome, speakers on | Any modern browser | Works without tab audio; needs speakers, not headphones. |
The phone page needs HTTPS and keeps the screen awake. It also works in a laptop tab on a second screen. Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams are trademarks of their owners; ExactSay is not affiliated with any of them.
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