Vocnu for news and live streams
The Vocnu extension for Chrome, Brave and Edge voices a news channel's live stream in your language a few seconds behind the picture, and a recorded report in sync with it, with subtitles. We tried it on Al Jazeera English's live stream, DW, Euronews and a Twitch broadcast between 2 and 9 November 2026. Half an hour of news a day for a month costs €59 to €90 in Standard quality.
For Chrome 120 or newer, Brave and Edge on a computer.
Live, or a little ahead
How Vocnu keeps up depends on the video:
- A live stream is voiced live, a few seconds behind the picture. A line that would come too late shows as a subtitle only, so the voice never drifts far behind the news.
- A recorded report with subtitles or captions is translated from them before you reach each line, so the voice stays in sync.
- A recorded report without them is translated from what Vocnu hears. Under "Videos without subtitles" in Vocnu's menu you choose "Listen ahead: short pauses, voice in sync" or "Live: no pauses, voice a few seconds late".
Listen ahead suits a report you want to follow closely. Live suits a feed you leave running in a tab while you work.
What we watched
| What we watched | Tested | Where Vocnu got the words | First line in your language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Jazeera English, its live stream on YouTube | 2 November 2026 | Live, from what it heard: we turned YouTube's captions off first | About 11 seconds |
| DW, a three-minute report on dw.com | 6 November 2026 | What it heard in the report | 64 seconds |
| Euronews, a midday bulletin on euronews.com | 7 November 2026 | The bulletin's sound, read ahead of the picture | 43 seconds |
| Twitch, a past broadcast from 30 minutes in | 7 November 2026 | What it heard | 46 seconds |
| Dailymotion, a recorded video | 9 November 2026 | The video's automatic English captions | 25 seconds |
Every test was into Lithuanian, and the times run from switching Vocnu on to the first translated line. We have not tested a Twitch channel while it is live, or a live player on a news site's own page: the live test above was a YouTube live stream.
What a month of news costs
You pay for the minutes Vocnu voices. Half an hour a day for 30 days is 900 minutes:
| Quality | A minute | Half an hour a day for a month | Live streams |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premium | €0.13 to €0.20 | €119 to €180 | Yes |
| Standard | €0.07 to €0.10 | €59 to €90 | Yes |
| Economy | €0.03 to €0.05 | €30 to €45 | No, recorded videos only |
Standard fits the news: clear voices and a good translation for half of Premium's credits. If you keep Economy for recorded reports, Vocnu starts a live stream again in Standard by itself, or in Premium where Standard does not read your language yet. Prefer to read? Subtitles alone cost 1 credit a minute.
When Vocnu is not the right pick
- The channel already broadcasts in your language. DW and Euronews, for example, publish their news in several languages, and an edition made in yours beats any translation.
- You need exact quotes. A translation, a live one above all, is for following the news; check the original before you quote a line.
- You want to hear the presenter's own voice. One voice reads every speaker over the lowered original sound.
- You watch on a TV, a phone or in a news app. Vocnu works in Chrome, Brave and Edge on a computer.
- You need no delay at all. Live, the voice is always a few seconds behind the picture.
For YouTube channels in general, see how to translate a YouTube video.