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@tonyinmi

We had a previous discussion about Zoom captions. I just watched the "Ask Me Anything with Eric Yuan" presentation. The focus was to give an update on the security features and Zoom home - which integrates Zoom into Amazon Alexa and Google Assistance products. There was a strong focus on Zoom with the education sector because many classes are virtual. I, and others, asked the question about when the auto captions will be available. The answer was that it will be released in chunks, starting with those in education. My guess is that if you have a paid Zoom account, you'll get it before the free accounts. I didn't get an answer on why release to the whole community instead of the education sector but that was not answered. My guess is that the captions require bandwidth and may cause headaches for those that do not use captions??? Today's meeting used the automatic captions and they were pretty good since several of the speakers had challenging voices, including the CEO.
Tony in Michigan

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Good report Tony. Thank you. The only part I understood was the part about their "challenging voices". I understood that.

@tonyinmi, I'll be watching closely to see when auto closed captioning appears in my subscription to Zoom. Thanks for the update.

Thanks Tony. We are all waiting for this and hope it happens soon. As said in a previous post...when we don't ask for what we need no one knows or thinks we need it, especially if it requires work or expense. Keep on advocating.