Virtual conferencing assistance

A virtual conferencing system comprising:

• a virtual conference assistant communicatively coupled to one or more devices in a virtual conferencing session, wherein the virtual conference assistant comprises:
• a processor, wherein the processor is configured to perform a method, the method comprising:
• monitoring the virtual conferencing session between a plurality of users;
• generating, using natural language processing, textual data from spoken content received from the virtual conferencing session;
• analyzing, using natural language processing, the textual data for keywords that indicate commands to interact with one or more user interface (UI) elements;
• detecting a command to interact with a UI element has been given;
• analyzing UI action data for locating the UI element on a user interface for each of the plurality of users;
• comparing the UI action data for the plurality of users to a UI action data threshold;
• determining, in response to the UI action data threshold being met for a user, that the user is experiencing difficulty in locating the UI element;
• and
• providing, in response to determining that the user is experiencing difficulty, assistance to the user in locating the UI element.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer-readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

• monitoring a virtual conferencing session between a plurality of users;
• detecting a command to interact with a user interface (UI) element has been given;
• analyzing UI action data for locating the UI element on a user interface for each of the plurality of users;
• comparing the UI action data for the plurality of users to a UI action data threshold;
• determining, in response to the UI action data threshold being met for a user, that the user is experiencing difficulty in locating the UI element;
• retrieving user guidance for providing assistance in locating the UI element from a UI element dictionary;
• and
• providing, in response to determining that the user is experiencing difficulty, the user guidance to the user in locating the UI element.