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Welcome to Cuckoo. Here, we’ll walk you through the details of starting your first meeting with Cuckoo using our bot. You can also use our calendar integration or desktop app to quickly spin up Cuckoo’s translation.

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Signing in

Create your Cuckoo account at www.cuckoo.so using your work email. Once you’re signed in, you are ready to create your first meeting with Cuckoo.

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Invite Cuckoo

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Get your meeting link

For online meetings, Cuckoo uses your invite link to join your meeting. Copy the link to the meeting you’ve created or scheduled.For each meeting platform, the invite link should look like the following:
  • Zoom – https://us06web.zoom.us/j/{meeting_ID}?pwd={meeting_password}.1
  • Google Meeting – meet.google.com/{meeting_ID}
  • MS Teams – https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/{meeting_ID}?p={meeting_password}
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Create a new Cuckoo meeting

On Cuckoo, click New meeting and select the meeting platform.click New meeting and select the meeting platform
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Enter meeting title and link, and select languages

Fill in the new meeting formclick New meeting and select the meeting platform
  • Title – Meeting name displayed in Cuckoo and shared with participants.
  • Link – Paste your Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams meeting URL.
  • Languages – Select all the languages spoken in the meeting. Cuckoo automatically handles language switching.
  • When to invite Cuckoo
    • Use Now to invite Cuckoo to an ongoing meeting.
    • Select At specific time to have Cuckoo join automatically a few minutes before the meeting starts.
Click Create to invite or schedule Cuckoo. 
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Approve Cuckoo to join meeting

Back on Zoom, Google, Meet or MS Teams, approve Cuckoo from joining the meeting.Approve Cuckoo to join meetingOnce approved, Cuckoo shares a live translation link in the meeting chat. Participants can click the link to follow the translations.Approve Cuckoo to join meeting
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Approve Cuckoo to join meeting

Back on Zoom, Google Meet, or MS Teams, approve Cuckoo to join the meeting.Approve Cuckoo to join meetingOnce approved, Cuckoo shares a live translation link in the meeting chat. Participants can click the link to follow the translations.Approve Cuckoo to join meeting
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Follow Cuckoo's translations

Cuckoo will begin translating into the selected target languages in real time.click New meeting and select the meeting platform