Get LingoBinge for YouTube and Netflix

One click from the Chrome Web Store, then YouTube or Netflix starts teaching you Indonesian. Works in Chrome on a computer. Safari, Firefox and mobile are on the roadmap.

Source-language captions must be turned on. If LingoBinge cannot grade a line confidently, the original subtitles stay visible.

Add LingoBinge to Chrome

Free. About a minute to set up.

1 word swapped
LingoBinge keeps the sentence understandable, swaps one word into Indonesian and shows the meaning where you need it.

What LingoBinge can see (and what it can't)

  • • LingoBinge runs only on YouTube and Netflix video pages. It reads the active subtitle line so it can swap a few words, and nothing else.
  • • It can't see your account passwords, your payment details, or what you do on other websites.
  • • Words you save stay in your browser. Full details in our privacy policy.
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Add it to Chrome

Click Add LingoBinge to Chrome above. Chrome will ask you to confirm, so click Add extension.

Heads up: Chrome will say LingoBinge can "read and change your data" on YouTube and Netflix. That's the feature, not a red flag. LingoBinge needs to read each active subtitle line so it can swap a few words into Indonesian. The box above covers exactly what it can and can't see.

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Pin LingoBinge to your toolbar

Click the puzzle-piece icon at the top right of Chrome, then click the pin next to LingoBinge. The LingoBinge icon stays visible so you can open its settings anytime.

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Play something with English subtitles

Start with any YouTube video that has captions. Turn on English captionsusing the CC button. LingoBinge reads each English line and swaps a few words into Indonesian. Click a yellow word to see what it means and save it. Prefer Netflix? The same loop works there with English subtitles enabled from the speech-bubble menu.

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What to expect:

  • • The first subtitle can take 1 to 3 seconds to change while LingoBinge warms up. After that, lines update instantly.
  • • At the gentle starting level you'll see roughly one yellow word every line or two, and some lines will have none. That's deliberate: a light sprinkle you can actually absorb beats a wall of new words. Want more? Raise the slider in the LingoBinge popup.
  • • No yellow words after a minute? Open the LingoBinge popup. The status line at the top tells you what's going on (connected, waiting for captions, captions not in English, and so on).

Then you just watch something

No lesson to start, no deck to build. Press play and the first word you are ready for finds you.

Stuck? Found a bug? Email the LingoBinge team, replies usually within a day.

Rather try LingoBinge without opening a video site first? The web demo runs right here in your browser.