When the meeting or webinar starts, the host must start the interpretation feature, which allows the sign language interpreters to provide their own video channels for the language they are interpreting. Participants can then select the video channel to view the sign language interpretation for an available sign language, and resize or relocate the video window as needed.
Requirements for scheduling with sign language interpretation
Hosts must join the meeting or webinar through the Zoom desktop client to manage and initiate interpretation. They cannot join with any other clients, such as the Zoom mobile app or web client.
This feature must be selected when scheduling a meeting or webinar, and thus cannot be used for an instant meeting.
How to schedule a meeting or webinar with sign language interpreters
How to manage the list of interpreters before a meeting or webinar
After scheduling a meeting or webinar, you can manage the list of interpreters in the Zoom web portal. You can add more interpreters, resend email invitations, copy invitations, and remove interpreters.
Sign in to the Zoom web portal on the same account that scheduled the meeting or webinar.
In the navigation menu, click Meetings or Webinars.
Click the name of the meeting or webinar you want to edit.
Scroll down to the Interpreters section, then click Edit.
In the Sign Language Interpreters window, do any of the following:
To add additional interpreters, click + Add Sign Language Interpreter. Then enter the information for your interpreters.
To resend an email invitation, click the email icon next to the interpreter's name.
To copy an email invitation, click the ellipses icon next to the interpreter's name, then click Copy Invitation. You can copy the meeting invite to your clipboard to paste and share it with the interpreter.
To remove an interpreter, click the ellipses icon next to the interpreter's name, then click Remove This Interpreter. The interpreter is not notified and will still have access to the meeting invitation, but they will not have interpreter capabilities unless the host manually assigns them during the meeting/webinar.