damencho
commented
10 months ago We don't have plans of changing this. This feature requires server side resources and is expensive we cannot allow any anonymous participant to turn this on, so this is left only for those that are moderator which are authenticated.
Description
The captions button and the resulting transcripts are currently only visible and accessible to the meeting's moderator. This significantly limits the accessibility and usefulness of the feature.
Current behavior
Only the moderator can see the captions button and enable it. Consequently, only the moderator can view the resulting transcripts/captions during the meeting.
Expected Behavior
The captions button and the resulting transcripts/captions should be visible and accessible to all meeting participants. Anyone should be able to enable or disable this feature according to their needs.
Possible Solution
Modify the permissions or settings related to the captions feature to make it publicly available for all participants, not just the moderator.
Steps to reproduce
Start a Jitsi meeting with one moderator and at least one additional participant. Observe that only the moderator has access to the captions button. Enable captions as the moderator. Observe that only the moderator can see the resulting transcripts/captions.
Environment details
Jigasi version: used stable-8252 tag in Dockerfile Operating System: [e.g., Ubuntu 20.04] Browser details : [Chrome, microsoft edge and Firefox]