dubly.me

Updates

Changelog

Every version of the dubly.me browser extension that reached the Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-ons, newest first.

1.0.25

  • ImprovedThe dubbed voice is now made in your browser: it starts faster and keeps working even when the voice service blocks our server.
  • FixedNetflix dubbing works again.

1.0.24

  • NewSubtitles in more languages: languages that YouTube translates into but that have no good voice yet, such as Yoruba, Hawaiian and Scottish Gaelic, now show translated subtitles. Dubbing in 115 languages, subtitles in 169.
  • ImprovedBasic: AI translation into these languages on every platform.
  • NewSentence by sentence: each sentence plays in the original first, then the dubbed voice reads the same sentence. Turn it on in the popup, next to the headphones option.
  • NewAfter a dubbed video, one short question on the video: how did the dub sound? Your 👍 or 👎 shows us which languages need work.
  • ImprovedThe extension interface now speaks 120 languages, including Cantonese, Bhojpuri, Setswana and Nynorsk.
  • FixedYouTube auto-generated captions: sentences now end where the speaker ends them, so the dub no longer breaks off mid-sentence.

1.0.23

  • NewTwo-language subtitles: show the original line under the translation.
  • NewSubtitle styles: high contrast, no background or light, and a subtitle size setting.
  • NewWith headphones, you can hear the original in the left ear and the dubbed voice in the right.
  • NewPress Alt+Shift+R to hear the last sentence again.
  • NewDownload the subtitles as an .srt file: the translation, the original or both, at no extra cost.
  • NewBasic: choose the translation style (normal, polite, simple language or close to the original) and convert units to metric. Summary and chapters now work without starting a dub.
  • ImprovedA clearer popup: settings in groups, changes saved at once, the dubbing status with a Stop button, and the popup in your browser's language unless you choose another.
  • Fixedm.youtube.com: the video no longer goes silent and stops after a dub, and a dubbed subtitle no longer stays on screen during silence.

1.0.22

  • NewSearch in the language picker: type a language name in your own language, in English or in that language, or its code.
  • ImprovedOn other video sites, the dub button now sits in the player's control bar next to the fullscreen button, and messages appear on the video itself.
  • ImprovedLarge video files, such as long lessons on course sites, can now be dubbed.
  • ImprovedA clearer note when a language is read by a voice from another language.

1.0.21

  • FixedFree plan on YouTube: sound labels like [Music] are no longer shown or read aloud.

1.0.20

  • ImprovedThe first dubbed voice starts sooner.
  • NewWhen a video has no subtitles, dubly.me tells you and offers a sample video.
  • ImprovedThe sample video is free: it doesn't use your daily minutes.

1.0.19

  • ImprovedFree plan: dubbing works on YouTube and uses YouTube's own automatic translation.
  • NewBasic: on YouTube you can choose the translation source, YouTube or AI. AI fits each sentence to the timing of the speech.
  • ImprovedUdemy, Coursera, Netflix and the other platforms are part of Basic.
  • ImprovedClearer plan cards in the popup.

1.0.18

  • NewA new welcome page after installing: press play and hear a short film clip dubbed in your language before you open your first video.
  • NewThe welcome page shows where the dubbing button is on the video player and helps you pin the extension icon.
  • NewIf you remove the extension, a short optional page asks what went wrong.
  • ImprovedFirefox: usage statistics are sent only if you allow them, and you can switch them off at any time.
  • ImprovedLong videos: when you jump far ahead, the dub restarts from the new position instead of waiting while everything in between is translated.

1.0.17

  • NewAfter installing, a welcome page opens by itself. Pick your language and the first dub starts on a sample video.
  • NewAfter a few dubbed videos, a short line on the player asks you to rate dubly.me in the store. You can close it for good.
  • FixedChanging the dubbing language while a video is playing no longer brings back the previous language.

1.0.16

  • NewThe popup has a “Dub this video” button on every video page, and when no video is open it offers a sample video to try.
  • NewWhen the free daily limit is reached, the message on the video has a button to create a free account or see the Basic plan.
  • ImprovedOn the free plan, Summary and Chapters are one line in the popup instead of two large buttons.
  • ImprovedBasic shows its fair-use limit of up to 9 hours a day, and the limit message no longer says “too many requests”.

1.0.15

  • NewNew choice in the popup: Dubbed voice, Subtitles or Both. Subtitles shows the translation on screen and keeps the original sound, without generating any speech.
  • FixedA dubbed line no longer plays at the wrong moment in the video: translations saved by earlier versions are fetched again once.

1.0.14

  • ImprovedThe first dubbed sentence comes sooner: a short first piece of the video is translated before the rest.
  • ImprovedThe original-volume slider is quieter at the low end, so the default 5% stays well under the dubbed voice.
  • FixedYouTube: the original sound no longer jumps to full volume for a moment while dubbing.
  • FixedPausing the video pauses the dubbed voice too, and a dub started on a paused video waits until you press play.
  • ImprovedSubtitles: YouTube's own captions are hidden while dubly.me subtitles are on, and you can drag the subtitles on m.youtube.com and by touch on Firefox for Android. Double-tap puts them back.
  • FixedFirefox for Android tablets: the dubbed voice no longer crackles, and the volume sliders work as they do on phones.
  • FixedThe dub button no longer disappears when another dubbing extension is installed.

1.0.13

  • NewHear a voice before you choose it: the first-run setup now has a preview button.
  • NewDrag the subtitles anywhere on the video. While a dub is playing, Alt+Shift+D switches between the original sound and the dubbed voice.
  • NewOptional setting: the original sound gets louder in longer pauses between dubbed sentences, so music and sound effects come through. Off by default.
  • ImprovedYouTube: when a video has both human-made and automatic English subtitles, the human-made ones are used, so fewer recognition errors reach the translation.
  • FixedFirefox for Android: settings open in a tab, the sign-in notice fits on the screen, YouTube's own captions are turned off while dubbing, and the original sound behaves correctly from the first playback.

1.0.11–1.0.12

  • NewFirefox for Android: the dub and settings buttons float over the video, and dubbing works on m.youtube.com videos that have not started playing yet.
  • FixedSubtitles scale with the player on phones, also when Android's automatic font sizing is on.
  • FixedOn phones, the buttons stay visible in fullscreen and errors are shown instead of failing silently.

1.0.10

  • Newdubly.me is now available on the Chrome Web Store.
  • New115 dubbing languages. Languages without their own neural voice are read by a voice of a related language or a multilingual voice, and the extension tells you when you may hear an accent.
  • NewThe extension interface is available in 102 languages, with a right-to-left layout for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, Pashto and Punjabi.
  • FixedThe voice no longer changes in the middle of a video when a voice is briefly unavailable. If it has to change, you are told.
  • FixedA dub no longer stops when one sentence fails to play, and the original sound no longer bursts through between sentences.
  • ImprovedA video that is too long to transcribe now says so, instead of showing a general error.

1.0.9

  • NewStart dubbing right away without an account: 10 minutes a day as a guest, or 30 minutes a day with a free account.
  • NewCantonese and Brazilian Portuguese are now separate languages with their own voices.
  • ImprovedBasic now costs €5 a month.
  • ImprovedYou can resend the confirmation email from the extension, and sign-up and payment errors are shown in your language.

1.0.8

  • ImprovedMessages on the video, such as loading and errors, now appear in your language, not only in the extension menu.
  • NewLoom videos embedded on other sites, such as Skool, can now be dubbed.
  • ImprovedDeleting your account now cancels your subscription first.
  • FixedSubtitle lines with nothing to read aloud are skipped instead of causing a gap.

1.0.5–1.0.6

  • Newdubly.me now works in Firefox for Android.
  • New322 natural voices in 75 languages, with the same voice engine on every plan.
  • NewRate a dub from the extension: your feedback comes straight to us.
  • FixedYouTube ads no longer send the dub back to the start, and tags such as [Music] are no longer read aloud.

1.0.3

  • NewFirst public version, on Firefox Add-ons.
  • NewReal-time dubbing on YouTube, Netflix, Udemy, Coursera, Vimeo, edX, TED, Loom and Rumble, and on any site with a standard HTML5 video player.
  • NewSet the balance between the original sound and the dubbed voice. Dubbing follows pause, seeking and playback speed.