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ChromePing
Talk to anyone by phone, in a language you don't speak
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Talk to anyone by phone, in a language you don't speak
99 followers
Move somewhere you don't speak the language and the phone becomes a wall — the immigration office, your bank, a landlord, a clinic, even ordering food. The usual fix is bringing a human translator, if you can find one. ChromePing lets you call any real phone number — mobile or landline, anywhere — from your browser. No app to install, yours or theirs. The call is translated live, both ways, with captions. Whoever you call just answers their normal phone. Pay as you go, no subscription.
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I moved to Germany, where German runs everything — and the paperwork here is on another level. For anything official you're basically expected to bring someone who can translate for you, which only works if you can find a person who's free the exact day you need them.
What nobody warns you about is the phone calls. You call the Ausländerbehörde, the Jobcenter, a credit company about a loan, the town hall, a doctor's office — or you just want to order food somewhere that doesn't switch to English. If you don't speak the language, you're stuck, and "bring a translator" isn't a thing you can do on a phone call.
So I built ChromePing. You call any phone number straight from your browser — no app, no SIM — and it translates the call live, both directions, with captions so you can follow along. The person you're calling just picks up their normal phone; there's nothing for them to install.
It works anywhere you've landed in a language you don't speak — Germany, Switzerland, Iceland, Finland, wherever. We're steadily adding languages, improving the translation, and trying to make it as accessible as we can. It's early, and feedback — especially on the translation — genuinely shapes what we build next.
@chidozie_nwoga That's a cool! I haven't used it yet, but question: How is it different from live translate on iPhone?
Omg I am in Germany and going through this exact problem! This is a great idea
After first review of the website - I would love to have a quick starter package just for the live translation - 15 min for the pro is probably limiting, which is the biggest USP for me. Calling to another countries (the 60, 80 min) I wouldn't really need.
@laura_sanchezg Honestly, this is one of the best pieces of feedback that we’ve gotten in a while. Translation is the whole point, and we capped it at 15 minutes for the pro because we were focusing too much on the sustainability and the affordability for the user while throwing in 80 international minutes you’ll never touch.
We’re working on a lot of new features, and one of them is a translation-only starter: cheap to try, proper minutes, no calling bundle.
Most of those office calls start with a recorded menu, "drücken Sie die 1...". Does ChromePing translate that part too, before a person picks up?
I really like the product, I just like the fact that they are so many languages in the product which gives me the benefit of speaking with relatives around the world
@oma_nwoga We added all those languages for support calls, and people are using it to talk to their own families. Which languages are you using it for? Genuinely curious.
We added all those languages for support calls, and people are using it to talk to their own families. Which languages are you using it for? Genuinely curious.
I really like the fact it can manage to resolve things in any language. Good idea .)
@busmark_w_nika Thank you! That part was honestly the whole point. Nobody should have to switch to English if they are not native speakers to get help with their own money, their own account, their own problem. If you can speak it, we can resolve it: Tagalog, Portuguese, Arabic, whatever your customer actually thinks in. Glad it landed. 🙏