Enhanced controls for the display of real-time text in calls and meetings

Abstract

The techniques disclosed herein provide enhanced controls for the display of real-time text (RTT) in calls and meetings. RTT is the ability for someone to send a text message on a character-by-character basis to everybody else in a call or meeting. The system disclosed herein integrates RTT, video, and live captions all in one central experience. This integrated experience allows users to participate equitably by making RTT accessible to users regardless of the operating mode they are in and still concurrently access other meeting content, including video streams, chat messages, live captions, transcripts, and artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as Copilot. In one embodiment, during an online conference, in response to one of the attendees activating a RTT mode, when at least one user minimizes a meeting stage, such as for the purpose of multitasking while listening, the conference application maintains a display area for displaying RTT.