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Robin Good: Google Hangouts On-Air is finally live and accessible inside my Google + account.

You can check whether you can now live stream from Google+ and YouTube by logging in inside your G+ account and creating a new hangout. If you see the checkmark allowing you to activate the "on-air" feature, you are all set.

Find out now: https://plus.google.com/hangouts 

For a full comprehensive guide on how to use Google Hangouts On-Air, please check out this one: http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/google-hangouts-on-air-guide/ 

Robin Good: Hangout Captions is a new experimental app for Google Hangouts that allows you to add a real-time text transcription of what is being said inside the Hangout.

The text transcription is displayed next to the event allowing deaf or hearing-impaired participants to read and understand fully the topic being discussed.

"“By adding the +Hangout Captions app, you can either connect live text from a professional transcriptionist to your Hangout, or type right into a text box yourself to transcribe a Hangout for your friends,” Naomi Black, technical program manager for accessibility engineering wrote in a post on Google+."

"You’ll only be able to see a transcription in the Hangout Captions side panel when someone in the Hangout is providing the transcription; either through live stenography (CART or palantype) or by simply typing into the app. Live transcription isn’t automatic."

(Source: http://mashable.com/2012/07/05/google-hangout-caption/) 

"Hangout Captions is an app that connects live transcription services directly into a Google+ Hangout, improving accessibility for participants who are deaf or hard of hearing."

P:S.: In late May, Google added the ability to add captions to videos uploaded to Google+.

Documentation: https://hangout-captions.appspot.com/docs

Support Forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/hangout-captions  

More info: https://hangout-captions.appspot.com/