How do I turn on live transcripts/captions in a Zoom meeting?

Turn On Live Transcript

1. Start a Zoom meeting.
2. On the meeting controls, select Live Transcript. 
   • (Note: You may need to first select More to see the Live Transcript button.)
3. Select Enable Auto-Transcription under the Live Transcript heading.
4. You will see an alert reading, "Live Transcript (Closed Captioning) has been enabled."
5. Captions will appear at the bottom of the meeting window as you and your participants speak.

Hide Captions from Your View

You can hide the captions from your view while leaving the captions on for your participants. To hide the captions:

1. Select the up arrow next to the Live Transcript button
2. Select Hide Subtitle.

 

Show the Transcript

Meeting participants can read the transcript in addition to or instead of the live captions. The transcript time-stamps each comment and, unlike the captions, attempts to identify the speaker. Additionally, the transcript is searchable. To view the transcript:

1. Select the up arrow next to the Live Transcript button
2. Select View Full Transcript.

Saving the Transcript

Once the live transcript is turned on, all participants in the meeting can save the transcript. (Note that Zoom also creates a transcript file when the host records the meeting to the cloud.)

1. Select the up arrow next to the Live Transcript button
2. Select View Full Transcript.
3. At the bottom of the Transcript panel, select Save Transcript.
4. Select Show in Folder to open the file location. 

Finding your recording on a Windows computer:

1.  Hit the Windows key on your keyboard, type "Documents" and select your Documents folder.
2.  Open the Zoom folder within the Documents folder.
3.  Find the folder listed with the correct date and time of your recording and open it.
4.  Double click the file named "meeting_saved_closed_caption"

Finding your recording on a Mac:

1.  Open Finder.
2.  Select your Documents Folder.
3.  Open the Zoom folder.
4.  Double click the file named "meeting_saved_closed_caption"

 

Related Resources

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