Steeping: Dual Listening for YouTube

Tracking since May 27, 2026.

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• Jun 8, 2026
  description

  Bilingual Crossplay turns any captioned YouTube video into a listening lesson. It plays a sentence in the original language, pauses the video, then speaks a translation — sentence by sentence, all the way through.
  
  Works on any YouTube video with captions.
  11 translation languages: Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic.
  Three voice quality tiers — instant browser TTS (free), natural Google Chirp 3, or premium ElevenLabs (Pro account).
  Practice modes: bilingual playback, or source-only with per-sentence repetition for shadowing practice. Switch between them mid-video.
  YouTube mid-roll ads pause the bilingual playback cleanly and resume it when the ad ends.
  Long videos supported — translations prepare as you watch.
  Adjustable speeds for both the source video and the spoken translation.
  Requires a free Steeping account for translation and speech. Sign in once at language.steepingworld.com and the extension picks it up automatically.

  Steeping adds bilingual audio to YouTube: each sentence plays first in the original, then in your language.
  
  It is built for language learners who want listening practice, not just more subtitles. Use real YouTube videos for sentence-by-sentence listening, shadowing, and review.
  
  Features:
  • Bilingual audio playback, sentence by sentence
  • Repeat any sentence for shadowing practice
  • 11 translation languages: 中文, 日本語, 한국어, English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Português, Русский, العربية
  • Three voice tiers:
     - Browser TTS — instant, no Pro credits used
     - Google Chirp 3 — natural neural voice
     - ElevenLabs Premium — Pro plan
  • Handles long videos and YouTube mid-roll ads gracefully
  • Adjustable speeds for both source and translation
  
  Requires a free Steeping account for translation and speech. Sign in once at language.steepingworld.com and the extension picks up your session automatically.

• Jun 8, 2026
  short_description

  Bilingual alternating playback for YouTube language learning — original audio, then a spoken translation, sentence by sentence.

  Bilingual audio for YouTube listening practice — each sentence in the original, then in your language.

• Jun 8, 2026
  name

  Bilingual Crossplay for YouTube

  Steeping: Dual Listening for YouTube

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*://*.youtube.com/*, https://language.steepingworld.com/*

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