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Cuckoo’s desktop app translates audio directly from your computer, eliminating the need for meeting bots. The app stays in your dock and automatically activates whenever one of your meetings starts, whether it’s on Zoom, Slack, VooV, or other conferencing platforms.

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Install Cuckoo

macOS

Windows

  1. Download the desktop app at https://www.cuckoo.so/desktop.
  2. Open Cuckoo installer from your Downloads folder.
  3. Run the Cuckoo installer.

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Start translation

  1. Make sure the Cuckoo desktop app is running, then start or join a meeting on Zoom, MS Teams, or Google Meet.
  2. Cuckoo will automatically detect the meeting and show a Start translation button or trigger a notification to start translation.
  3. View the transcript or share it with your team by clicking Share and copy link.
During the meeting, you can click Pop out to overlay at the top right of the translation to open an overlay that stays on top of other windows. You can freely move and resize the window. Pop out to overlay Pop out to overlay

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Troubleshooting

During installation, the desktop app will ask you to enable access to your device microphone and other accessibility features. If the app does not work, check whether Cuckoo is enabled in these three settings under Mac Privacy & Security. Under each section, you should see Cuckoo listed and toggled on.
  • Accessibility
  • Microphone
  • Screen & System Audio Recording
App settings App settings