Zoom offers several options to meet your captioning and accessibility needs. Zoom’s live transcription feature provides automatic transcription and captioning (subtitles) at the click of a button.
Host Instructions
- In a Zoom meeting or webinar that you are hosting, click Closed Caption or Live Transcript in the Zoom toolbar.
- Select Enable Auto-Transcription: This will start providing live transcription. Participants will be notified that this service is available.
Attendee Instructions
- When enabled by the host, you will see a notification above Closed Caption /Live Transcript in the meeting controls, informing you that one of these services is available.
- If closed captioning is available, click Closed Caption to start viewing closed captioning. If live transcription is available, click Live Transcript , then select Show Subtitle. If enabled, you can also click View Full Transcript to view the transcript in the side panel of the meeting.
- If closed captioning is not available, you can request this feature from the host by clicking Closed Caption, then choosing Request in the popup menu.