The below table compares both human and AI interpretation and translation features across 3 key video conferencing platforms, Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams.
(Data correct as of Jan 2024)
| Zoom | Google Meet | Microsoft Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live human interpretation | 🟢 Zoom enables live human interpretation with up to 20 interpreter channels/languages |
Read more about live human interpretation with Zoom
| 🟠 Google Meet only offers live human interpretation via an extension or external service **** | 🟢 Microsoft Teams enables live human interpretation with up to 16 interpreter channels/languages
Read more about live human interpretation with Microsoft Teams | | Live AI translated captioning (written) | 🟢 Zoom offers offers live AI captioning to all users and live AI translated captioning to business or enterprise users, or to those paying for the specific add-on.
Translated captioning is available in 28 languages, plus 9 languages translated from English only
Read more about translated captions in Zoom | 🟠 Google Meet offers live AI captioning to all users currently and limited live AI translated captioning as an add-on, but only for Google Workspace Enterprise.
Translated captioning is only available to and from 4 languages, with 7 more languages available translated from English only
Read more about translated captions in Google Meet | 🟢 Microsoft teams offers live AI captioning to all users and live AI translated captioning to Teams Premium users only.
Translated captioning is available in 31 languages.
Read more about live translated captions in Microsoft Teams | | Live AI translation (spoken) | 🟠 There are several add-ons or apps that can offer live AI translation to a Zoom meeting, but it is not a built in feature with Zoom
Example Live AI translation app for Zoom | 🟠 Google Meet appears to have fewer apps or add-ons that offer live AI translation, however those that claim to function across all video conferencing tools should work with Google Meet | 🟠 There are several add-ons or apps that can offer live AI translation to a Microsoft Teams meeting, but it is not a built in feature with Zoom
Example Live AI translation that claims to work across any platform |