Important: Some features require local provision and won’t be available in all locales.
With Google Meet, Google provides service 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:
- Meet
- Browser
- Operating system
- Assistive technology
Vision
To interact with your device with touch and spoken feedback, you can turn on VoiceOver to:
- Describe Meet elements and content as you navigate.
- Perform actions.
- Inform you about alerts and notifications.
Learn how to turn on and practice VoiceOver on iPhone.
If you want to adjust colors, use iOS features like:
These iPhone features for low vision assistance may be useful:
- Screen magnification
- Text scaling
- Screen resolution
Tip: For more information on the features for low-vision assistance, refer to the accessibility features on iPhone or iPad.
Hearing
There are several features in Google Meet that assist users who need hearing assistance. These include:
- Live captions: Display captions of the speaker so 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 iPhone hearing-assistance features may be useful:
- To hear more clearly when you play media stored in Google Meet, use hearing aid devices with iPhone.
- To customize audio output when wearing headphones, adjust audio settings.
- 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 the accessibility features on iPhone or iPad.
Alternative input
These iPhone 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 iPhone Voice Control.
- Add a touchpad and cursor to the “Assistant” menu.
- Configure duration settings and touch sensitivity.
- Adding a physical keyboard with Sticky Keys, Slow Keys, and Key Repeat.
Tip: For more information on platform settings for interaction or dexterity, refer to the accessibility features for mobility on iPhone or iPad.
Voice
You can use a group chat function in Meet. This lets users 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 organizer 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 generated captions to another language.
- When you add participants, use “Autosuggest.”
If you want to reduce distractions, Google Meet includes several features that can be useful:
- Focus your meeting to show only the presentation or hide participants with video feeds that distracts 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 Center
- 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 Center
- Use Companion mode for hybrid learning & collaboration