{"id":739,"date":"2019-03-27T14:25:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T21:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonix.ai\/resources\/?p=739"},"modified":"2026-08-10T16:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:40:44","slug":"new-external-role-permissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonix.ai\/resources\/new-external-role-permissions\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW! External role permissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, you can better restrict access to individual files and folders.<br><br>Many users wanted to share transcripts with people outside their organization, but they didn&#8217;t want them to access their entire account; maybe an external editor or a client. 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