Enable Live Transcription on Zoom Phone

Summary

This article explains how to enable live transcription for meetings and video calls.

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Question

How do I enable live transcription in Zoom? 

Overview

Live transcription mode refers to a feature that automatically converts spoken words in a meeting into text in real-time, displaying the transcript as subtitles on the screen for participants to read, essentially providing live captions during a Zoom call; this feature can be enabled by the meeting host.

Instructions

Mobile App:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom desktop client.
  2. On the top right, click on your profile picture or name initials.
  3. Click  Settings.
  4. In the Settings window, click Phone.
  5. Under Live transcript settings, select Automatically start Live Transcript when in a call.

Desktop App: 

  1. When in a Zoom Meeting, click the Show Captions button on the bottom of your Zoom Meeting window. 
  2. Select your language 
  3. Click the upward arrow character and select Full Transcript

Note: To disable auto-transcription, click the Hide Captions button

Details

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Article ID: 611
Created
Thu 1/26/23 4:32 PM
Modified
Thu 12/26/24 10:40 AM

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