Teams, Zoom and Google Meet translation vs Deeptrue
Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Meet can now translate meetings on their own. Here is what each feature needs (plan, license, host settings), which languages it covers, and when a tool you run yourself, like Deeptrue, still makes sense.
As of November 2026, based on Microsoft, Zoom and Google’s official help pages.
With conditions: Copilot summarizes and answers your questions; not in meetings hosted by other organizations
Zoom
With conditions: AI meeting summary (started by the host) and in-meeting questions
Google Meet
With conditions: Gemini “Take notes for me” on eligible plans, in 8 languages
Deeptrue
Yes: Suggested answers when you are asked a question, topic and likely questions, notes and coaching
Plan names and limits as listed on each company’s help pages. Your organization’s admin settings can also switch features off.
Details
What each built-in feature needs
Straight from Microsoft, Zoom and Google’s help pages.
Microsoft Teams
Live translated captions are part of Teams Premium and Microsoft Copilot. If the organizer has one of these licenses, everyone in the meeting can use them; if not, only participants with a license see the “Translate to” option.
Translated captions are personal: you choose your own “Translate to” language, so only you see the result. Japanese, Korean and Chinese are among the translation languages.
The Interpreter agent turns speech into speech in 10 languages, including English, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese (Mandarin). It comes with a Microsoft Copilot license, which includes 20 hours a month. Guests and anonymous attendees can’t use it, and it isn’t available in Teams Free meetings.
For professional human interpreters, the organizer turns on language interpretation in the meeting options and invites the interpreters. Microsoft does not provide interpreters.
Zoom
Translated captions need the host to be on Zoom Workplace Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Plus or Enterprise Premier, or to have the Translated Captions add-on.
An admin or the host turns on translated captions in the web settings (automated captions must be on too) and chooses which language pairs are available. Each participant then picks a language for their own captions.
Japanese, Korean and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) are among the supported caption languages.
Voice translator, which reads translations aloud, needs the Live Translation add-on or ZoomMate and must be enabled by an admin. It lists English, Chinese, French, Japanese, Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic and Portuguese.
Google Meet
Translated captions are available on Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus and Google AI Pro for Education. You turn them on in your own caption settings and choose the “Translate from” and “Translate to” languages.
More than 60 caption languages are listed, including Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Google notes that they are rolling out gradually and that some are in beta.
Speech Translation lets people hear each other in their own language, in a voice like the speaker’s. In scheduled meetings the host needs an eligible plan, such as Google AI Pro or Workspace Business Standard; most plans allow 90 minutes per meeting, and each listener turns it on for themselves.
Credit where due
What the built-in features do well
If they fit your situation, they are a good choice.
Nothing to install
Captions and interpretation appear right in the meeting window, in the app everyone already uses.
The whole meeting can benefit
In Teams, when the organizer has the license, every participant can turn on captions in their own language. Teams Interpreter and Meet Speech Translation interpret for each person at once.
You may already have it
If your company pays for Teams Premium or Microsoft Copilot, Zoom Workplace Business Plus, or a Google Workspace edition that includes translated captions, check what you already have before buying more.
A voice like the speaker’s
Teams Interpreter can simulate your voice, and Meet Speech Translation translates in a voice like yours.
Room for professional interpreters
Teams and Zoom let the organizer bring in human interpreters for formal meetings and events.
Where Deeptrue helps
One tool you bring to every meeting
Deeptrue runs on your own computer, next to whichever meeting app the other side picks.
When you are the guest
In a customer’s Teams meeting you can’t choose their licenses or settings, and Teams Interpreter isn’t available to guests. Deeptrue works the same whoever hosts.
When they ask you something, Deeptrue shows a reply in their language, ready to read out. A one-line topic summary and likely questions keep you ready.
Every fact about another company on this page comes from that company’s own website. We checked each link on 10 November 2026. Plans and features change, so please check the latest details there.
Spotted something out of date? Tell us at support@deeptrue.org and we will fix it.
FAQ
Teams, Zoom and Meet translation: questions
Anything else? Write to support@deeptrue.org.
Yes. In Teams, live translated captions are personal: you pick your own “Translate to” language and only you see the result. You need a Teams Premium or Microsoft Copilot license, or an organizer who has one. Deeptrue also shows the translation only on your screen, in Teams or any other meeting app, with nothing needed from the organizer.
Yes. Zoom lists Japanese, Korean and Chinese among its translated caption languages. The host must be on Zoom Workplace Business Plus or Enterprise Essentials, Plus or Premier, or have the Translated Captions add-on, and translated captions must be turned on in the web settings. The host’s settings decide which language pairs you can choose.
Two. The Interpreter agent turns speech into speech in 10 languages, including Japanese, Korean and Chinese, with a Microsoft Copilot license (20 hours a month included); guests can’t use it. Language interpretation lets the organizer add professional human interpreters. Deeptrue’s Interpreter Mode also works in Teams, including when you are a guest, and it is part of the free plan.
Turn on live captions, open the caption settings, check the meeting’s spoken language and choose a “Translate to” language. This needs Teams Premium or Microsoft Copilot. Without them, you can run Deeptrue next to Teams: choose your languages, and the translation appears on your screen.
Not on every account. Translated captions are available on Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus and Google AI Pro for Education. For Speech Translation the host needs an eligible plan, and most plans allow 90 minutes per meeting. Deeptrue’s free plan includes 60 minutes with captions and Interpreter Mode.
No. Deeptrue runs only on your computer. Nobody installs anything, the host changes no settings, and no bot joins the call. With Interpreter Mode on, they simply hear the AI voice in their language.
Yes. Deeptrue runs separately on your computer, so you can leave the built-in captions on and still use Deeptrue’s suggested answers and notes.
We checked Microsoft, Zoom and Google’s help pages on 10 November 2026. These features change often, so the sources are linked below. If something is out of date, write to support@deeptrue.org.
