Google Meet includes captions in meeting recordings

10 Feb. (Portaltic/EP) –

google meet has implemented the sSupport to include subtitles in a meeting recordingeither video call or just voice call, so that, once finished, the participants can access the meeting again with the same facilities and without getting in the way of the language barrier.

The American technology company promotes the use of subtitles in the meetings because can help make them more “useful and accessible” for participants in virtual meetings through the platform.

Until now, the subtitles were only available in live meetings. However, with the google meet update, the tech giant has added the ability to also include subtitles in recordings of said meetings.

As reported through a statement on his blogI only know You can use this function if it is previously activated by the meeting administrator. That is, the host of the meeting, the co-host or a teacher for meetings created through Google Classroom.

To do this, as Google shows through an image, this function must be configured before starting the meeting, choosing the language in which you want to save the subtitles for recording. If during the course of the call you want to change the language of the subtitles or stop the function of saving them, you must stop recording and then record again with the adjusted settings.

Specifically, the ability to add captions to Google Meet recordings is available to Workspace Essentials, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers.

Regarding its launch, Google has indicated that the function began to be implemented in domains of fast pitch wednesday and that it will begin to be implemented in domains of release scheduled for March 1.