Posted by Mumbai: Cisco Webex has announced the availability (in preview beginning this month) of its real-time translation feature. It has expanded the language library from 10+ to over 100 languages — ranging from Armenian to Zulu.
As part of the all-new Cisco Webex, organisations can provide employees with inclusive and seamless collaboration experiences. It essentially supports the needs of a workforce that is more globally dispersed than ever before.
It allows users can to create their own personalised Webex meeting experience by easy self-selecting the language of their choice. The languages include Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, Danish, Hindi, Malay, Turkish and Vietnamese.
The personalised language experience allows users to engage more fully in meetings, translating from English to 100+ other languages. This enables teams to communicate more effectively with each other. The feature enables businesses to focus on finding the best talent regardless of their native language.
A recent report from Metrigy on intelligent virtual assistants revealed that nearly 24% of participants have meetings that include non-English native speakers. And of these over 50% have been using third-party services to translate meetings into other languages (incurring an average cost of $172 per meeting). Integrating intelligent virtual meeting assistants with language translation capabilities significantly reduces or even eliminates this cost entirely.
The inclusive features of Webex help create a level playing field for users regardless of factors like language or geography.
“Enabling global Real-Time Translations is another step toward powering an Inclusive Future. And an important component of driving better communication and collaboration across teams,” said Jeetu Patel, SVP and GM Security and Applications, Cisco.
The expanded real-time translation feature will be available in Webex as a preview starting this March. It will be orderable and generally available in May.