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Attending a Zoom Meeting or Webinar

How to use the Wordly translations and captions shared with you by your Zoom host

Any Zoom meeting participant can be invited to join an ongoing Wordly translation session for that meeting.

Only the Zoom host who scheduled the meeting can start the Wordly translation session.

Prerequisites

  • It is highly recommended that you enable Original Sound in your Zoom preferences for the absolute best translation experience (see 'Maximizing Zoom Sound').
  • You cannot be in a Zoom breakout room (see the FAQ).

You can join Wordly through:

Joining a Wordly Session

Zoom allows others to send you an invitation to use Wordly translations and captions during a Zoom meeting or webinar.  

You don't need a Wordly account or to download the Wordly app to see translations and captions started by your host.

To join by the Wordly app

The Wordly App for Zoom does not support spoken (audio) output in translated languages. To hear translated audio, use the browser-based interface at attend.wordly.ai, accessible via the Live on Wordly streaming links. See Join by a browser.

Prerequisites

You'll need to be signed into a Zoom account and join through the Zoom App (not a browser) in order to receive the Wordly App invite.

  1. Join your Zoom meeting or webinar.
  2.  You receive a notification that your meeting host sends you an invitation to the Wordly app.
  3. Accept the invitation to open the Wordly App for Zoom. If you don't receive the invitation, ask your host to resend it or to share the Attendee URL with you. Note: The Wordly App for Zoom does not need to be pre-installed — accepting the invitation will prompt installation if needed.
  4. (Optional) If the translation language isn't the one you want to view the translation into,  click the Translate To dropdown menu in the Wordly App for Zoom window. Select your preferred translation language.

If you are unable to use the Wordly App for Zoom, you can also access translations using a web browser (see To join by a browser below).

To join by a browser

  1. Join your Zoom meeting or webinar.
  2. After a Wordly session starts and live streaming begins, a streaming menu in Zoom displays.
  3. Click the dropdown menu next to LIVE and select Wordly.
  4. The Wordly session opens in a web browser. Select the translation language you prefer.

Alternatively, your host may send you a link that you can click on to open Wordly in a web browser. You can then select the translation language you prefer.

Rejoining a Session

In rare circumstances, you may be inadvertently disconnected from an ongoing Wordly session and taken back to the session lobby.

You can rejoin the ongoing session by clicking the Join button. If the Join button is not visible, try refreshing the page or rejoining via your original invitation link or Attendee URL.