The above-mentioned people counter leverages facial recognition to detect how many people are in a room. In Zoom Rooms, Zoom’s software-based conference room solution, there are new capabilities for mixed reality virtual backgrounds, including support for videos and Microsoft PowerPoint files (which joins existing JPEG support). Furthermore, meeting hosts can now bring their own interpreter with a mutli-channel audio experience that mixes the original and interpreter audio, enabling listeners to understand the interpreter while hearing the original speaker’s tone. Now, attendees can take notes directly in the Zoom interface or use live transcription for voice note taking, the latter of which is parsed by algorithms to derive action items automatically in the Meeting Timelines interface. On the Zoom Meetings side, live transcripts tap startup Otter.ai’s speech recognition tech to record meetings in real time for posterity.

Among the highlights are AI-powered transcripts and meeting notes in Zoom Meetings, in addition to a Zoom Rooms people counter informed by facial recognition. Learn MoreĬonferencing solution company Zoom announced a slew of new features this week at its Zoomtopia 2019 conference in San Jose, California - 300 in total, to be exact. Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success.

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