The Learning/Access Center and the Center for Teaching and Learning would like to share that live transcription is now available on Zoom!
Live Transcription provides robot transcription services, which enables speech to text transcription in Zoom Meetings and Zoom Webinars. This feature is enabled by the host of the meeting or webinar once it begins. Participants will not see the Live Transcript option unless the host enables it.
Enable Live Transcription the separate recording transcription service
Host
- Click Live Transcript at the bottom of the Zoom Toolbar.
- When the Live Transcription menu opens, click Enable Auto-Transcription. Note: If the meeting is being recorded, and you have enabled Live Transcript, you will receive a copy of the transcript in the same location of your recorded meeting.
- To turn off Live Transcription, click Disable Auto-Transcription in the Live Transcript menu.
- Hosts also have the ability to disable Save Transcript. Click to toggle off Save Captions in the Settings tab of the Zoom web appli
Participant
Once Live Transcription enabled, participants have the option to choose how they want to view the robot transcription feature.
- Click Live Transcript to choose a transcript option. Show Subtitles displays subtitles on the screen. View Full Transcript displays subtitles in real time with both the speaker’s name and a time-stamp within the transcript window. We recommend this setting as best practice . Subtitle Settings will open a window where you can adjust the font size of both the subtitles and the chat window.
- Click View Full Transcript to view subtitle and speaker.
- If you would like a copy of the transcript, click View Full Transcript and Save Transcript. A copy of the transcript will be downloaded to your machine. Note: The transcript saves up to the moment of clicking Save Transcript. We recommend you click Save Transcript just before the meeting ends to ensure you have the transcript from the entire meeting. Also note that this option may not be available if the host has disabled this feature.
Tips for using Live Transcription with Zoom