Even though the full transcription won't be available until after the meeting ends, it gives you a quick way to jump to that recording section at a later time, as well as call it out for reference.Īssistants are becoming more prevalent, and I suspect that they will become a necessary element in video conferencing as participants engage in longer meetings. This feature is powerful because if there's a particular quote you find insightful, you can mark that as a highlight. In addition, it opens a flyout window: the Captions and Highlights panel. Once turned on, Webex Assistant transcribes your session in real time, and makes that transcription available after the meeting. If you want to toggle it off, the control is in the lower left-hand corner. Closed captioning is on by default, so you'll see a black bar with captions below the person speaking. Once you start a meeting, you're presented with an unobtrusive interface that lets you focus on your work. All of this pairs nicely with the meeting portion of the app. Similar to Microsoft Teams, there's a space for collaborators to use whiteboards, files, messages, and a variety of add-on integrations to third-party apps, such as Sketchboard and Smartsheet. Once you download the Webex app, you'll find everything you need to create and manage meetings. Webex also has apps for Android, iOS, and wearables. Unlike BlueJeans, Webex lacks a general Linux client. Desktop clients are available for both macOS and Windows, and if that isn't your cup of tea, you can use a browser with no noticeable functionality loss. However you might want to use Webex, Cisco has you covered. For example, BlueJeans, our Editors' Choice for multi-platform conferencing, only charges $16.66 per user per month for its Enterprise plan.
Once that's up, it's billed at an additional $25.00 per user per month, which is completely unreasonable considering that Google Meet includes this feature in its closed captioning at no added charge.Īll of this makes Webex pricey compared to some of the other products we reviewed this year. Sadly, the real-time translation add-on is only free for a 15-day trial. The Webex Suite - Business tier costs $25 per user per month, and is equivalent to the Meet plan and the Call plan combined. (Opens in a new window) Read Our ClickMeeting Review