For Zoom, this is a natural process, aimed at making its service accessible to as many people as possible.
Automatic subtitling comes to Zoom (for everyone)
Automatic (real-time) captioning is not new in itself for Zoom, since the latter has already been offered to paying users. However, within a few months, the platform intends to democratize this same function, to make it accessible to all.
In this way, the millions of Zoom users will be able to take advantage of this Live Transcription feature , including obviously those who use the free version of the service.
Zoom thus declares that it is striving to " make automatic captioning available to all our users in the fall of 2021 ". For users who would like to take advantage of this functionality in advance, Zoom allows you to perform a manual request directly via a small Google Form available on its blog.
Remember that just a few weeks ago, Zoom offered its users a feature called Studio Effects. A new mode that allows a user to add various elements to their face, such as a mustache or even very cartoonish eyebrows .
Source : Blog Zoom