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Live Transcription

Zoom Live Transcription feature automatically transcribes the audio and speech from a Zoom meeting to text for participants to view during the session. 

Notes:
  • Only the host of a meeting can initiate live transcriptions.
  • This feature is not available in Breakout Rooms or Zoom on Linux OS.
  • This feature does not create captions in the Zoom recording. They only appear during the live meeting.
  • If you had your Zoom Account settings already modified (changed from defaults) prior Feb 14, they will be kept as is.

Start Live Transcriptions During a Meeting or Webinar

To start the Live Transcription:

  • Click on Show Caption option and select Host caption control setting
  • Make sure the settings about " Allow Closed Caption" is enabled
  • Once Live Transcript started, Attendees will be alerted that the Live Transcript is available

View Full Transcript 

  • The transcript will appear in a side-panel Transcript window. Host and attendees can also Search the transcript by entering text into the Search transcript field at the top of the window

        

  • Hosts also have the ability to enable Save Transcript.
    • To enable click to toggle on Save Captions in the Settings tab of the Western Zoom portal.
    • Once enabled the full transcript can be saved by host and participants by clicking Save Transcript. A copy of the transcript will be downloaded to your local machine.

           

Subtitle Settings 

To adjust the Live Transcription Settings:

  • Click Caption settings, it should open settings about Font Type, Font Size, Caption Color and Position

         

Prerequisites:

  • Zoom desktop client for Windows, macOS: version 5.0.2 or higher
  • Zoom mobile app for Android and iOS: version 5.0.2 or higher
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