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Google Meet tests live translated captions for more inclusive collaboration

Google Meet upgrades live captions with live translations in a new beta test.

What you need to know

  • Google Meet has begun beta testing live caption translations.
  • The beta test will be available for English meetings and support four languages initially.
  • Only certain Workspace accounts will be eligible for the beta.

Google Meet has started testing a new feature that could improve meetings for teams that collaborate globally.

Starting now, Workspace users can beta test the new live caption translations, which takes Google's accessibility feature to the next level with auto-translation across languages.

Translated captions helps Google Meet video calls to be more global, inclusive and effective by removing language ability as a barrier to collaboration.

By helping users consume the content in a preferred language, you can help equalize information sharing, learning, and collaboration, and make sure your meetings are as effective as possible.

For those included in the beta test, the feature can be accessed by navigating to the three-dot "More" button, settings icon, and Captions. Captions will need to first be enabled and set to English, after which users can enable "translated captions" and select the language.

Google Meet Live Translated Captions Beta

The beta is relatively limited and will only translate English meetings in Spanish, French, Portuguese, and German. It will also only be available to certain Workspace accounts. Google notes that the feature "may not have the highest translation quality and may not be available outside of the beta."

Workspace accounts eligible for the beta test include Workspace Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Teaching & Learning Upgrade. Other account types may also try the beta but may lose access once the beta test finishes.

The feature also doesn't appear to be available for the best Android phones quite yet, but live captions have been available on Android since 2019. With the upcoming Pixel 6 and the new Tensor chip's AI capabilities, it may only be a matter of time before Google Meet live-translation comes to smartphones.

Accounts interested in beta testing the new live captions translation feature can express their intent with a Google Form. Only Workspace domain "super admins" are able to sign up.



Source: androidcentral

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