Teams: Enable Closed Captioning

Closed Captioning can be enabled in Teams during a meeting with several settings and features available. A host may also enable transcription during the meeting.

 

To Enable Closed Captioning in Teams:

  1. Open Teams and log in with your myLSU credentials. 
     
  2. In the meeting, click the More tab, choose Language and Speech, then select Turn on live captions.
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  3. You will then be asked which language to caption in; select a language and choose Confirm. You can also check Save for future meetings to remember your choice.
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  4. If you would like to show captions in meetings by default, click the More tab, choose Settings, then select Accessibility.
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  5. In the sidebar, choose Always show captions in my meetings.
    always show captions in my meetings option

 

To Change your Caption Settings:

  1. In your caption window, click Settings, then select Caption settings.
     
  2. A sidebar will appear with Language options, font and color options, as well as caption window height and position.
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To Enable Transcription as a Host:

  1. In the meeting, click the More tab, choose Record and transcribe, then select Start transcription.
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  2. Transcription will then be enabled for all users.
     
  3. To access the transcript again in the meeting, click the More tab, choose Record and transcribe, then select Transcript.
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  4. If you would like to enable CART Captions, click the More tab, choose Meeting options, then select Provide CART Captions. Then, click Save to apply the changes.
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Referenced from: Teams meeting support: Live transcription

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