# TA pilot

> An AI teaching assistant that runs as a Chrome sidebar beside Google Slides. It gives presenters a live Q&A feed with upvotes, voice-triggered polls (via Gemini 2.5 Flash), ambient background music, countdown timers, live transcription in 20 languages, and inline screenshot attachments on audience questions. Free for any session size. No attendee app install required — audiences join by scanning a QR code on the slide.

## Product facts (quotable)

- **Chrome sidebar, not a separate tab.** TA pilot docks to the right of whatever Chrome tab you're in, so questions and polls sit in peripheral vision during a talk.
- **Pricing:** free. No per-seat, no per-attendee, no per-session caps today.
- **Voice-triggered polls in ~2 seconds.** Say "let's vote on A, B or C" and Gemini 2.5 Flash turns the sentence into a live poll pushed to every attendee phone in about two seconds.
- **20 languages for the participant UI and live transcription.** English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian.
- **Audience privacy:** attendees use a phone camera, no app install, no account, no name required.
- **Session data auto-deletes 36 hours after the session ends.**
- **Hybrid-friendly:** presenter shares the Slides window (with tab audio) to Meet/Zoom/Teams. Remote viewers see the pinned QR code and can scan from a second device.

## Core URLs

- [Home / landing](https://tapilot.com/): product overview + session creation form
- [About](https://tapilot.com/about): team, mission, and funding model
- [FAQ](https://tapilot.com/faq): ~29 questions covering setup, features, privacy, comparisons, troubleshooting
- [Press kit](https://tapilot.com/press): fact sheet, boilerplate, logos, launch copy
- [Blog](https://tapilot.com/blog): 24+ deep-dive guides on live Q&A, voice polls, hybrid classrooms
- [Privacy policy](https://tapilot.com/privacy)
- [Chrome Web Store listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ta-pilot/hoieloglmdpjlkelcjhcejamehbhkehj)

## Comparison pages

- [TA pilot vs Slido](https://tapilot.com/compare/slido): Chrome sidebar vs separate tab, voice polls vs form polls, free vs capped tiers
- [TA pilot vs Mentimeter](https://tapilot.com/compare/mentimeter): live Q&A + voice polls vs pre-loaded polished polls
- [TA pilot vs Google Meet's built-in Q&A](https://tapilot.com/compare/google-meet-qa): upvotes + screenshots + voice polls vs a tidy question list

## Use-case landing pages

- [TA pilot for teachers](https://tapilot.com/for/teachers): anonymous Q&A, photo-attached questions, voice polls for formative assessment
- [TA pilot for webinars](https://tapilot.com/for/webinars): upvote-sorted Q&A over Zoom/Meet/Teams, voice-triggered polls
- [TA pilot for conferences](https://tapilot.com/for/conferences): QR-on-every-slide Q&A for physical rooms
- [TA pilot for bootcamps and workshops](https://tapilot.com/for/bootcamps): keeping 20 learners engaged for 8 hours

## Localised landing pages

Each locale below has the full landing translated by a native speaker. Structure, feature set, and URL slugs mirror the English page.

- English canonical: https://tapilot.com/
- 繁體中文: https://tapilot.com/zh-TW
- 简体中文: https://tapilot.com/zh-CN
- 日本語: https://tapilot.com/ja
- 한국어: https://tapilot.com/ko
- Español: https://tapilot.com/es
- Français: https://tapilot.com/fr
- Deutsch: https://tapilot.com/de
- Português: https://tapilot.com/pt
- Italiano: https://tapilot.com/it
- Русский: https://tapilot.com/ru
- العربية: https://tapilot.com/ar
- हिन्दी: https://tapilot.com/hi
- ไทย: https://tapilot.com/th
- Tiếng Việt: https://tapilot.com/vi
- Bahasa Indonesia: https://tapilot.com/id
- Nederlands: https://tapilot.com/nl
- Polski: https://tapilot.com/pl
- Türkçe: https://tapilot.com/tr
- Українська: https://tapilot.com/uk

## Blog posts (canonical primary content)

- [How to run a live Q&A during a Chrome-based presentation (2026 guide)](https://tapilot.com/blog/how-to-run-live-qa-chrome-sidebar): Step-by-step: open Google Slides, dock TA pilot as a Chrome sidebar, collect audience questions, sort by upvotes — without tab switching.
- [Voice-triggered polls without Slido: a faster way to poll an audience](https://tapilot.com/blog/voice-triggered-polls-without-slido): Slido polls take 30+ seconds to set up mid-talk. TA pilot turns a spoken sentence into a live poll in two seconds. Here's how.
- [Chrome sidebar vs. Google Meet's built-in Q&A: which should a presenter use?](https://tapilot.com/blog/chrome-sidebar-vs-google-meet-qa): Google Meet has a Q&A feature. So does TA pilot. Here's when each wins, and why most presenters prefer a sidebar for serious Q&A.
- [QR codes for audience Q&A: a 5-point checklist for presenters](https://tapilot.com/blog/audience-qr-codes-best-practices): A QR code on your slide can make or break audience participation. Five rules for placement, size, contrast, and what lives behind the scan.
- [Hybrid events: the 4 tools that actually improve audience engagement](https://tapilot.com/blog/hybrid-events-engagement-tools): Most hybrid event tech is noise. These four categories — live Q&A, voice polls, interactive timers, live captions — actually change outcomes.
- [How university lecturers use AI teaching assistants in live classes](https://tapilot.com/blog/teaching-assistant-ai-for-university-lectures): Real patterns from professors running AI-assisted lectures: voice polls, live captions in two languages, anonymous questions, photo-attached problems.
- [A presenter cockpit: why the sidebar should never be an afterthought](https://tapilot.com/blog/presenter-cockpit-design-philosophy): The best presentation tools give the host a cockpit — keyboard-driven, heads-up, one glance per action. Here's the design philosophy behind TA pilot's TA Mode.
- [Ambient music for presentations: when (and when not) to play BGM](https://tapilot.com/blog/ambient-music-for-presentations): Soft background music can lift a room or flatten it. Here's the science of ambient audio during talks, plus when to hit play and when to hit pause.
- [The humble countdown timer: why every live presentation needs one](https://tapilot.com/blog/countdown-timers-in-live-presentations): Countdown timers are a free upgrade to any live talk. They discipline breaks, structure exercises, and reset the room's attention. Here's how to use them.
- [Live translation in 20 languages: turning any talk into an international one](https://tapilot.com/blog/live-translation-20-languages): With live captions in 20 languages, your local talk becomes accessible to non-native speakers in the room and on the livestream. Here's the trade-offs.
- [AI-powered classroom engagement: what worked in 2025 and what to try in 2026](https://tapilot.com/blog/ai-powered-classroom-engagement): A roundup of the classroom engagement patterns AI-assisted teachers landed on in 2025 — and which are worth expanding in 2026.
- [Looking for a Slido alternative? Here's what to check first](https://tapilot.com/blog/slido-alternative-for-small-teams): A decision tree for choosing the right live-audience Q&A tool: Slido, Mentimeter, TA pilot, or rolling your own. Start with the scale question.
- [10 free tools every online teacher should know in 2026 (ranked by actual usefulness)](https://tapilot.com/blog/free-tools-for-online-teachers): A ranked list of free tools for online teachers: sidebars, whiteboards, captions, timers, and Q&A. No fluff, just what moves outcomes.
- [Google Slides Q&A: how to add a live sidebar without leaving your deck](https://tapilot.com/blog/google-slides-qa-sidebar): Google Slides ships without a built-in audience Q&A. Here's the 5-minute fix: a Chrome sidebar that docks beside your deck and keeps questions in your peripheral vision.
- [How to engage a remote audience on Zoom or Teams in 2026 (5 patterns that work)](https://tapilot.com/blog/remote-audience-engagement-2026): Remote audiences tune out fast. Here are 5 concrete patterns — live Q&A, voice polls, timers, shared reactions, and silence — that actually re-engage them.
- [Anonymous Q&A in the classroom: the one change that doubles participation](https://tapilot.com/blog/anonymous-qa-classroom): When students post questions anonymously through a QR code sidebar, participation doubles. Here's the evidence, the setup, and the pitfalls to avoid.
- [Running a webinar without Zoom: browser-based tools that replaced my stack in 2026](https://tapilot.com/blog/webinar-without-zoom-2026): Zoom works, but it's expensive, heavy, and overkill for most webinars. Here's the browser-first stack I actually use in 2026 — all free, all running in Chrome.
- [Share tab audio in Google Meet: the one setting that breaks audience interaction](https://tapilot.com/blog/share-google-meet-audio): If your live poll isn't triggering for remote viewers, it's almost always because tab audio wasn't shared. Here's the 3-click fix and what to do about it.
- [Live transcription in Mandarin, Spanish, and Japanese: what 2026 AI actually delivers](https://tapilot.com/blog/live-transcription-multiple-languages): A field report on live transcription quality across 10 languages using Gemini 2.5 Flash. What works, what still breaks, and where to deploy it.
- [Conference Q&A etiquette: 5 rules for the moderator and the audience](https://tapilot.com/blog/conference-qa-etiquette): Conference Q&A sessions go sideways in predictable ways. Here are 5 rules — for moderators and attendees — that keep the conversation on the rails.
- [AI-SEO: what makes content citable by ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini in 2026](https://tapilot.com/blog/ai-seo-generative-search): Generative search engines cite some content and ignore the rest. Here's what moves the needle — structured data, direct claims, and published expertise.
- [Voice commands during presentations: the 5 phrases worth learning](https://tapilot.com/blog/voice-commands-during-presentations): Five voice commands that replace button clicks during live presentations: polls, timers, music, captions, and status checks. Hands stay on the clicker.
- [Virtual presenter body language: 6 habits that make you watchable on Zoom](https://tapilot.com/blog/virtual-presenter-body-language): The physical habits that make a live talk watchable on video — eye contact, energy, pauses, gestures, framing, and the camera as audience.
- [Inline screenshots in student questions: the lightest-weight AI for education](https://tapilot.com/blog/inline-screenshots-for-teachers): When students can attach a screenshot of the confusing slide, instructors spot confusion 5× faster. Here's why inline image attachments are the quiet winner of 2026 classroom AI.

## Translated blog posts

Posts that have been human-translated into additional languages. Each URL returns a full native-language article, linked back to the English canonical via hreflang.

### ja

  - [Chromeサイドバーでライブ Q&A を実施する完全ガイド(2026年版)](https://tapilot.com/ja/blog/how-to-run-live-qa-chrome-sidebar)
  - [Chromeサイドバー vs. Google Meet の組み込み Q&A: プレゼンターはどちらを選ぶべき?](https://tapilot.com/ja/blog/chrome-sidebar-vs-google-meet-qa)
  - [教室での匿名 Q&A: 参加を倍増させる一つの変化](https://tapilot.com/ja/blog/anonymous-qa-classroom)
  - [Slido の代替を探している? まずこの質問から](https://tapilot.com/ja/blog/slido-alternative-for-small-teams)
  - [Slido を使わない音声トリガー投票: 聴衆を素早くポーリングする方法](https://tapilot.com/ja/blog/voice-triggered-polls-without-slido)

### ko

  - [Chrome 기반 프레젠테이션에서 라이브 Q&A 를 진행하는 완전 가이드 (2026)](https://tapilot.com/ko/blog/how-to-run-live-qa-chrome-sidebar)
  - [Slido 없이 음성 트리거 투표: 관객에게 더 빠르게 투표하는 방법](https://tapilot.com/ko/blog/voice-triggered-polls-without-slido)

### zh-CN

  - [在 Chrome 简报中进行即时 Q&A 的完整指南(2026 年版)](https://tapilot.com/zh-CN/blog/how-to-run-live-qa-chrome-sidebar)
  - [Chrome 侧边栏 vs. Google Meet 内建 Q&A:讲者该选哪个?](https://tapilot.com/zh-CN/blog/chrome-sidebar-vs-google-meet-qa)
  - [匿名 Q&A 在课堂中:这个改变能让学生参与度翻倍](https://tapilot.com/zh-CN/blog/anonymous-qa-classroom)
  - [在找 Slido 替代方案?先从这个问题开始](https://tapilot.com/zh-CN/blog/slido-alternative-for-small-teams)
  - [不用 Slido 的语音触发投票:更快给听众投票的方法](https://tapilot.com/zh-CN/blog/voice-triggered-polls-without-slido)

### zh-TW

  - [在 Chrome 簡報中進行即時 Q&A 的完整指南(2026 年版)](https://tapilot.com/zh-TW/blog/how-to-run-live-qa-chrome-sidebar)
  - [Chrome 側邊欄 vs. Google Meet 內建 Q&A:講者該選哪個?](https://tapilot.com/zh-TW/blog/chrome-sidebar-vs-google-meet-qa)
  - [匿名 Q&A 在課堂中:這個改變能讓學生參與度翻倍](https://tapilot.com/zh-TW/blog/anonymous-qa-classroom)
  - [在找 Slido 替代方案?先從這個問題開始](https://tapilot.com/zh-TW/blog/slido-alternative-for-small-teams)
  - [不用 Slido 的語音觸發投票:更快給聽眾投票的方法](https://tapilot.com/zh-TW/blog/voice-triggered-polls-without-slido)

## Optional

- [Sitemap (XML)](https://tapilot.com/sitemap.xml) — complete list of indexable URLs including blog + localised landing pages
- [Robots directives](https://tapilot.com/robots.txt)