Did you know that virtual interpreting booths can now be set up during online conferences and meetings, allowing real-time simultaneous interpretation for participants who don’t speak the presenter’s language?

Remote Interpreting via Zoom Meetings: How Does It Work?

Zoom offers a feature that enables real-time interpretation during meetings or webinars. The host can assign up to 20 interpreters, each working on a separate audio channel. Participants can then simply select their preferred language—and even lower the volume of the original audio if they wish.

What Do You Need?

• A Zoom Pro, Business, Education, or Enterprise account
• The desktop Zoom app (Windows/Mac)
• An automatically generated meeting ID
• Interpreters either pre-assigned or added during the meeting

Important to Note:

• When joining from a mobile device or browser, users can only listen to interpretation—they cannot control the settings.
• The interpretation feature is only available in the main meeting room and does not work in breakout rooms.
• It cannot be used with a Personal Meeting ID (PMI).

How to Set It Up

When scheduling a meeting or webinar, make sure to:

• Use an automatically generated meeting ID
• Tick the box labelled “Enable language interpretation”

You’ll then be able to enter the interpreters’ names, email addresses, and language pairs.

For detailed instructions and further information, visit Zoom’s official support page:
👉 Zoom Language Interpretation – Full Details (in English)