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Key conclusions
- Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams all support Korean translated captions.
- Teams Interpreter supports Korean AI speech interpretation. Meet Speech Translation does not yet support Korean speech output.
- Translation controls may be missing because of the host plan, participant license, or organization administrator settings.
- Built-in translation works inside each meeting service. It does not translate arbitrary YouTube or third-party webinar audio.
Separate four different translation features
Live captions, translated captions, AI speech interpretation, and human interpretation channels are separate features. Teams includes both an AI Interpreter Agent and Language Interpretation for professional interpreters, which makes names especially easy to confuse.
| Feature | What the user receives | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Live captions | On-screen text in the spoken language | Teams Live Captions |
| Translated captions | On-screen text in another language | Zoom and Meet Translated Captions |
| AI speech interpretation | Synthesized translated audio | Meet Speech Translation and Teams Interpreter |
| Human interpretation channel | A professional interpreter on a separate audio channel | Teams Language Interpretation |
Compare the 2026 feature set at a glance
All three platforms provide Korean translated captions, while AI audio interpretation, plan requirements, and recording behavior differ. Gradual rollouts, admin policies, and organization contracts can also change which controls appear.
| Item | Zoom | Google Meet | Microsoft Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| Korean translated captions | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Korean AI speech interpretation | Not in the official feature compared here | Not supported | Supported by Interpreter |
| Primary plan condition | Business Plus, selected Enterprise plans, or add-on | Eligible Workspace editions | Teams Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot |
| Audio outside the service | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
Before an important meeting, use the actual organizer account to test participant accounts, web, desktop and mobile devices, recording, and the post-meeting transcript.
Zoom: Korean translated captions depend on the host account
Zoom Translated Captions converts meeting or webinar speech into another language in real time and includes Korean. When the host permits the feature and language pairs, each participant can choose an independent output language.
- Host requirement: Workplace Business Plus, an eligible Enterprise plan, or the Translated Captions add-on
- Participant control: enable Translation under Show Captions and select an output language
- Input-language warning: accuracy can drop when Speaking Language does not match the actual presenter
- Record warning: after the May 2026 change, live captions cannot be saved or downloaded; enable Meeting Transcript separately
Google Meet: Korean captions and speech translation differ
Meet Translated Captions covers Korean and many other languages. Speech Translation produces translated audio resembling the speaker, but as of August 2026 it only works between English and French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.
| Item | Translated Captions | Speech Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Output | Translated text | Translated speech |
| Korean | Supported | Not supported |
| Status | Eligible Workspace editions | Beta and limited availability |
| Primary limits | Organization and rollout dependent | 90 minutes, one language pair, unavailable in recordings and live streams |
Speech Translation also requires participants to consent to translating their voice and is unavailable on some devices. Google states that audio is not saved and models are not trained on a user's voice.
Microsoft Teams: Korean captions and AI speech interpretation
Teams separately offers live captions, translated captions, multilingual speech recognition, an AI Interpreter Agent, and human interpretation channels. Interpreter supports Korean speech output and lets users balance original and interpreted audio.
- Translated captions: an eligible organizer license can make them available to all participants
- Individual license: without an eligible organizer, only licensed participants may see Translate to
- Interpreter: real-time speech-to-speech interpretation with Korean and a default or simulated voice
- Recording limit: meeting recordings contain original audio but not interpreted audio
- Meeting limits: rapid overlap, selected meeting types, and anonymous or guest participation have restrictions
Choose by what participants need
| Goal | Review first | Conditions to check |
|---|---|---|
| Read in Korean | Translated captions in your current platform | Host plan and admin settings |
| Listen in Korean | Teams Interpreter | License, identity, and meeting type |
| External-customer webinar | Zoom or Teams captions | Per-participant language and record policy |
| YouTube, courses, or external players | macOS system-audio interpretation | Audio permission, API cost, and privacy |
A system-audio tool such as kkamagi fits personal listening when an external webinar host has not enabled translation or a foreign video has no usable captions. Built-in meeting features are better when organization-wide accessibility, audit, retention, and official transcripts matter.
- Decide whether the required output is text or speech.
- Confirm that Korean is supported as both input and output where needed.
- Verify organizer and participant license rules with real accounts.
- Test mobile, web, room devices, and the recording result.
- Add human verification for numbers, contracts, and medical information.
Frequently asked questions
Can a free Zoom participant view Korean translated captions?
The participant's plan alone does not decide it. The host must hold an eligible plan or Translated Captions add-on and enable the feature.
Can Google Meet interpret speech into Korean?
As of August 2026, Korean translated captions are supported, but Korean Speech Translation output is not.
Can every participant use Interpreter when the organizer has Teams Premium?
Rules differ by feature. Verify organizer and participant requirements for translated captions and Interpreter separately with the real accounts.
Are live captions saved after the meeting?
Do not assume so. Zoom and Teams separate live captions from stored transcription, which must be configured separately.
Official sources
Test the real account, not only the feature matrix
The best platform is the one where the required Korean output, licenses, devices, and record policy all work in the real meeting. Run a ten-minute test before an important session and review captions, interpreted audio, and recording output.
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