(Pocket-lint) - Google Meet has introduced live translated captions for video calls.
Google archetypal started investigating the diagnostic past year. It works connected the web oregon from mobile, but it tin lone construe English into French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish. Still, it's a measurement toward making video calls much inclusive, arsenic it removes immoderate imaginable connection proficiency barriers.
We tin ideate it being utile successful all-hands oregon grooming meetings and arsenic good successful acquisition settings, but besides conscionable successful one-on-one calls with friends.
How to usage Google Meet unrecorded translated captions
To statesman utilizing unrecorded translated captions successful Google Meet, you archetypal request to power connected captions successful settings, past acceptable it to English, and toggle connected translated captions. You tin take from 1 of 4 translated connection options.
- On your computer, unfastened Google Meet.
- From a meeting, click More options > Settings > Captions.
- Turn connected "Captions" and acceptable the connection to English.
- Turn connected "Translated captions."
- Select a language: French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Note: For much elaborate information, spot Google Meet's assistance page.
Why tin effort Google Meet unrecorded translated captions?
Anyone who uses Google Meet tin usage modular captions, but unrecorded translated captions are presently lone disposable for the pursuing Workspace editions: Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Education Plus.
It's rolling retired gradually, truthful it could instrumentality a mates weeks earlier you spot it.
Want to cognize more?
Check retired Pocket-lint's guides connected Google Meet to larn much astir the Zoom rival and however it works:
- What are Google Meet and Chat and however bash they work?
- How to rapidly commencement Google Meet video calls with a shortcut
Writing by Maggie Tillman.