Regardless of what solution or platform you use, the primary goal is that all of your communication is accessible to everyone on the call. Some like the fact that captions do not overlay what’s being shown on the screen while others appreciate that the text can be viewed by anyone having an external display or mobile device.Īnd there are still other platforms that can provide auto generated captions, but will not work with human third-party captions. Though having captions appear on a different screen than the video might not seem ideal for some users, we have heard from people who prefer to view captions on a separate screen or mobile device. Some users also choose to minimize the meeting screen and display both on the same screen. Doing this will display captions on a second screen, such as another monitor or a mobile device like a tablet or smart phone, so that while the meeting is conducted on one screen, the captions will stream on another. Other conference platforms, such as Skype, Blue Jeans, GoToMeeting, Highfive, and Global Meet, do not yet offer direct caption integrations, which means that the best way to add captions to these meetings is through a third-party realtime captioning platform, such as VITAC’s Internet Caption Streamer (ICS) service or StreamText. It’s a relatively simple process, and the captions are viewable directly on the screen to everyone on the call or in the meeting. Video conferencing services like Cisco Webex, Zoom, Adobe Connect, and On24 are built to embed captions on the same screen as the video.
Our video conferencing solutions provide accessibility and inclusion for business meetings, community gatherings, or small group chats.īut just as each platform – whether it be Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams – is different in how meetings can be conducted, they also are different when it comes to how captions can be integrated (or whether they can be integrated). VITAC can bring captions to multiple virtual meeting platforms. Not All Conferencing Platforms are the Same When it Comes to Viewing CaptionsĪs the need for remote meetings and conferences continues to swell so, too, does the need to make those meetings accessible to everyone on the call.
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