Important: Some features require local provision and won't be available in all locales.
With Google Meet, Google provides services for a seamless video conference. It's part of the Google Workspace suite of productivity tools, like Gmail and Google Docs.
For personal and professional communications, you can use Google Meet to conduct:
- Virtual meetings
- Video calls
- Online conferences
It's available on various devices, like:
- Computers
- Smartphones
- Tablets
You can use Meet with platform accessibility features and tools, such as screen readers. There are several built-in accessibility features in Meet, like:
- Captions
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Video pinning
If you use Google meeting room hardware, you can use spoken feedback and live captions for meetings on:
- Google Meet hardware
- Chromebox
- Chromebase
Learn more about Google meeting room hardware accessibility.
Tip: For best results, use the latest version of the following:
- Meet
- Browser
- Operating system
- Assistive technology
Vision
To interact with your device with touch and spoken feedback, you can turn on TalkBack to:
- Describe Meet elements and content as you navigate.
- Perform actions.
- Inform you about alerts and notifications.
Learn how to turn on TalkBack.
If you want to adjust contrast or colours, use Android features like:
These Android features for low-vision assistance may be useful:
- Screen magnification
- Text scaling
- Screen resolution
- Select to Speak
Tip: For more information on the features for low-vision assistance, refer to Android accessibility Help.
Hearing
There are several features in Google Meet that assist users who need hearing assistance. These include:
- Live captions: Displays captions of the speaker so that deaf or hard-of-hearing participants can follow the meeting dialogue.
- If you record a meeting, to embed the captions in the recording, select Record captions.
- Learn how to use live captions in Google Meet.
- Transcripts: For participants to review the meeting dialogue as text, turn on transcripts in your meetings. Learn how to use transcripts with Google Meet.
These Android features for hearing assistance may be useful:
- To hear more clearly when you play media stored in Google Meet, connect hearing aids to your device.
- To customise audio output when you wear headphones, use 'Adaptive sound'.
- For a visual alternative to audio notifications when a meeting notification appears, use flash notifications.
Tip: For more information on platform settings for hearing, refer to Android accessibility Help.
Alternative input
These Android features for interaction and dexterity may be useful:
- To navigate and interact with the Meet user interface, add a switch device.
- To navigate and interact by voice, configure Android's Voice Access.
- Adding a touchpad and cursor to the 'Assistant' menu.
- Configuring touch sensitivity and duration settings.
- Adding a physical keyboard with:
- Sticky keys
- Slow keys
- Bounce keys
Tip: For more information on platform settings for alternative input, refer to Android accessibility Help.
Voice
You can use a group chat function in Meet that lets participants interact and share reactions without their voice.
- Learn how to send chat messages to video meeting participants.
- Learn how to use reactions in Google Meet.
Cognition
If you need multiple modalities to better understand communication, Google Meet includes several features that can be helpful.
- When the organiser attaches the agenda or a copy of presentation material for parallel or offline review, find the attachments in the meeting details panel.
- To automatically create notes and make them available after the meeting, use take notes for me.
- To generate a real-time text representation of speech content, use live captions. You can also automatically translate the generated captions to another language.
- When you add participants, use 'Auto-suggest'.
If you want to reduce distractions, you can:
- Focus your meeting to display only the presentation or hide participants with video feeds that distract you.
- Other participants aren't notified or don't experience any changes on their feeds.
- Learn how to turn off the video feed from other participants.
- Turn off reaction sounds, reaction animation or all reactions but your own. Learn how to use reactions in Google Meet.
Related resources
- Google Accessibility Help Centre
- Google Accessibility Conformance Reports
- Accessibility on Chrome
- Making Chromebooks accessible
- Turn on Chromebook accessibility features
- Windows accessibility features
- Get started with accessibility features on Mac
- Get started with accessibility features on iPhone
- Get started with accessibility features on iPad
- Android Accessibility Help Centre
- Use Companion Mode for hybrid learning and collaboration