What is Zoom?

Each of us has a lot of options when it comes to communication programs, whether chatting, voice calls, or video calls via the Internet, and this makes it difficult to choose, and when it comes to communicating with customers and official companies via the Internet, the choice becomes more difficult, so today we will learn about one of the programs It is famous for making official video calls with appropriate quality, which is the Zoom or Zoom program.

What is Zoom?

It is a program specialized in video calls, where one of the callers hosts the call, and has full powers within it, and the call may contain more than 100 other callers, and the powers can be shared with other callers. This program is suitable for group work meetings that include a host and participants with him in the meeting and each of them can share their screenshot at any time, so it makes communication between them better and faster.

Key Features The work within the Zoom program 

The Zoom program is characterized by being universal and targeting different platforms, where the callers can share the screens of their phones and computers with the ability to comment and clarify the audio and written on them, and it is suitable for many platforms, including Android, Windows, Mac, BlackBerry, the iOS operating system, and others, so it is one of The perfect solutions for formal meetings, interviews, cloud conferencing and group messaging. In addition, it is important that the Zoom program allows a large number of people to connect together, as the number, as we mentioned, can reach more than 100 callers without affecting the quality of the services provided by the program for free.

The number of callers can reach 1,000 in the paid service, and there is no limit to the number of videos that can be viewed at one time, which makes it a unique option. In addition, it is considered as a conference room in which everyone can participate and interact with each other, and it is built to suit any cloud gathering such as online training, lectures, meetings, conferences, or any other goal that requires the participation of participants with each other.

Features of The Zoom

The features of the program, according to the company producing it, are as follows:

1. HD videos.
2. HD audio with voice detection.
3. Full screen feature and display of various videos.
4. The ability to receive and send videos at the same time.
5. A rich high-performance mobile application for both Android and iOS devices.
6. The ability to create and join rooms using the Zoom program. The ability to attend as a viewer only.
7. Sharing with H.323/SIP room system.
8. Possibility to join by phone.
9. Content can be accessed by participants who are unable to join in the specified time.

Plans & Pricing for Zoom Rooms

To subscribe to Zoom rooms, there are three packages that can be used for the paid version of the program, which are:

• Pro package: It costs $14.99 per month.
• Business package: It costs $199.9 per month.
• Enterprise package: It costs $1999 per month.

What are the drawbacks of the Zoom app?

There are many disadvantages that can be encountered in the Zoom application when using it, including:

1. The short time for the free session, where if you want to extend the period, you need to pay a subscription. 
2. There are no powers to encrypt sessions, which is a security vulnerability facing this application.
3. The registration steps seem difficult for some, as you need data until the registration is completed.

How to retrieve the attendance list for a Zoom meeting?

• To find out the number of attendees on Zoom, we can follow a set of the following steps: 
• Log in to the Zoom program, click on Account Management in the side menu, and choose Reports From the Usage Reports section, then choose Active Hosts.
• Select the search period for the meeting from which you want to obtain a report, then press Search to display a detailed list of all meetings during this period, and by clicking on the Participants number to access all details about them in this meeting.

• You will see the data of all the participants in the meeting, the Join time and the Leave time and the duration they spent Duration The report can be shown and contains all the meeting details and details of the entry and exit dates of the members when choosing Export with meeting data.
• Save a copy of the report Then click on Export to save the report on the device used as an Excel file. 

How long is the Zoom meeting? 

The free Zoom sessions program allows people to participate in the meeting for up to 40 minutes.

Once this time is reached, everyone will be expelled from the call in order to act as an incentive for people to pay for the subscription, as it starts at $ 14.99 for an annual subscription to extend to a 24-hour time limit.

Is there an Arabic zoom? 

Unfortunately, there is no Zoom application in the Arabic language, as the application supports a group of languages, including English-Chinese-Korean and other languages except Arabic.

Is Zoom free? 

The Zoom program works with a free Basic version, which allows you to hold a meeting for 40 minutes and then disconnect, and there are paid packages that increase the duration of the meeting and have more advanced features.

How do I send an invitation via the Zoom application?

 You can send an invitation to someone via the Zoom application, by following these steps:

1. Go to the Zoom app.
2. On the main page, you will find a top bar in Zoom, choose Meetings from it, then go to the list of meetings that comes under the Upcoming tab.
3. Go to the meeting to which you want to send the invitation and click on the person's name in order to go to his private page.
4. You will find a list of options, including Copy Invitation, click on it.

Then to the recipient all the details of this meeting.

How do I convert the Zoom program into Arabic?

To convert the Zoom program to the Arabic language, follow these steps:

• Open the Zoom app.
• Double click on zoom.us to launch the app.
• Right-click on the Zoom icon.
• Open the switch languages icon.
• Choose the language you want.
• Confirm that you want to change the language.

Notes about the zoom program

There are many notes to be aware of when using the Zoom program:

1. The call host can mute or remove a caller at any time.
2. Attendees do not need an account to join the session.
3. Host privileges can be given to anyone in the conversation by the host.
4. YouTube clips can be played in full screen with video audio during Zoom calls.
5. A presentation can be shared within the call even if it is available on another computer, and here the microphone must be muted on the other computer to avoid echo.
6. Presentations, comments, and conversations are not saved after the call ends.
7. You can participate in video calls by voice only.

Are Zoom calls recorded?

The Zoom application allows people to broadcast their meetings live and does not store the content of those meetings, according to its privacy policy, but the (host) can the one who initiates the meeting records the video call and saves it for reference again, whether on the computer or application servers.

Where a notification will appear to the participants in the call when the host decides to record, and here they can ask the host to stop recording or leave the call, and therefore if you are hosting a meeting through the application and you want to record it, you can tell the participants that you protect these recordings well. 

Thus, we have told you everything related to this most wonderful application, an integrated application, despite its few defects, which are almost insignificant. We hope that the benefit has reached everyone.