Meeting Controls

During a meeting, a control bar at the bottom of the screen gives you access to all meeting functions.

Audio & Video

Microphone

• Click the microphone icon to mute/unmute
• Click the arrow next to the microphone to select a different microphone device
• When muted, a red indicator shows on your video tile
• An audio level indicator shows when your microphone is picking up sound

Camera

• Click the camera icon to turn on/off
• Click the arrow next to the camera to select a different camera
• When off, your video tile shows your avatar instead

Speaker

• Select your preferred audio output device from the settings
• This controls where you hear other participants and translations

Translation Controls

Real-Time Translation

• Open the More menu in the control bar and click Enable translation (Alt+T) — the menu uses the language icon
• When enabled, you hear other participants' speech translated into your chosen language
• The original audio is replaced with the translated version
• Only available when the meeting has at least two languages in play (the menu item is hidden in single-language rooms)

Language Selector

• Open the cockpit Settings panel (gear icon in the More menu) and pick your Translation Language
• Choose from 24 supported languages (see Choosing Languages)
• Your choice is saved on your account and persists across sessions
• The picker is disabled when your translation usage limit is reached

Subtitles

• Open the More menu and click Show subtitles to toggle live subtitles
• Subtitles appear at the bottom of the meeting screen
• They show the translated text in real-time
• Layout adapts automatically for right-to-left (RTL) scripts

Transcription

• Transcription is automatic — there is no button to start or stop it
• Speech is captured as text throughout the meeting, attributed to each speaker
• After the meeting, the transcript is reachable from the recap in the meeting chat — see Meeting Recap
• For more details, see Transcription

Screen & Video Controls

Self-View

• Toggle to show or hide your own video feed
• Useful to reduce distraction while presenting

Resolution

• Choose the maximum video resolution
• Lower resolution saves bandwidth on slow connections
• Options are Auto, 720p, 360p, 180p

Presentation Tools

Screen Sharing

See Screen Sharing & Recording for details.

Laser Pointer

• Available during screen sharing presentations
• Point at specific areas on the shared screen
• Other participants see your pointer in real-time — details on the Screen Share & Laser Pointer feature page

Participant Management

Participants Sidebar

• Click to open the participants panel on the right side
• See all participants in the meeting
• View each participant's audio/video status

Host Controls

If you are the meeting host, you have additional controls:

• Mute participant — Remotely mute any participant's microphone
• Admit / Deny guests — Accept or reject guest access requests from the toast notification

When you mute a participant, they see a notification: "Your microphone was disabled by the host."

Participant Permissions

The host can limit what participants may do in the meeting. Open the cockpit Settings panel (gear icon in the More menu) — the Participant permissions section lists the toggles:

• Microphone — allow participants to unmute themselves
• Camera — allow participants to turn their camera on
• Screen sharing — allow participants to share their screen
• Reactions — allow participants to send emoji reactions
• Chat — allow guests to send chat messages

How they work:

• Settings apply to all non-host participants at once and are saved for this meeting link — a lock set today is still in force the next time the same link meets. Only the host is unrestricted.
• Locks block enabling, never disabling: a participant can always mute themselves or turn their own camera off. If the host revokes a permission mid-call, live devices are switched off immediately.
• A locked participant sees the control disabled with the explanation "Disabled by the host"; a locked chat input shows the same text as its placeholder. Raise hand always stays available.
• In channel (team) meetings only the Screen sharing toggle is shown — the others assume an untrusted-guest context.

End Meeting for All

The host's More menu has an End meeting for all item (shown to the host only). It finalizes the meeting and disconnects every participant; signed-in participants are returned to their meeting list, and the recap is produced as usual.

If a recording or screencast is running, ending for all is blocked until you stop it — a notice explains which one.

Empty Stage

Clicking video tiles moves them between the main stage and the sidebar. If you move every tile to the sidebar, the empty stage shows a getting-started panel: shortcut reminders for translation, layout, chat, and devices, plus a Copy Link button. Click anywhere on the background (or press Alt + L) to bring the tiles back.

Reactions & Hand Raise

• Click the Reactions button to send emoji reactions visible to all participants
• Click the Hand Raise button to signal you want to speak
• For more details, see Reactions & Hand Raise

Meeting Chat

• Click the chat icon to open the in-meeting chat sidebar
• Send messages to all participants during the meeting
• The chat sidebar is resizable by dragging its edge
• Chat messages are persisted and available after the meeting

For full chat features, see Chat.

Leaving a Meeting

• Click the Leave button (door icon) to exit the meeting
• The meeting continues for other participants — this is true for the host as well; to end the session for everyone, use End meeting for all (above)
• Your chat messages and transcription are preserved

Idle Away & Auto-Mute

If you're inactive (no mouse or keyboard input) for 30 minutes, InterMIND marks you as away:

1. Your microphone is automatically muted
2. An "You're away" notification appears, explaining that your mic was muted
3. Move your mouse or press any key to clear the away state

You are not removed from the meeting — staying in a call as a passive listener of a translated conversation is a core use case, so being marked away only costs one click to un-mute. Coming back does not auto-unmute you: you un-mute when you choose to speak.

Auto-mute-on-idle is on by default. See Meeting Defaults for details on how the toggle is persisted per browser.

Keyboard Shortcuts

All in-meeting shortcuts use Alt (or Option ⌥ on Mac) plus a letter:

The same list is available in-call via the Help modal in the cockpit menu.