Client requirements:
The Live transcription feature has been confirmed to work with the following Zoom clients:
- Zoom Desktop Applications for Windows and macOS
- Zoom Mobile Applications for iOS and Android
- Note: Live transcriptions cannot be accessed using the web client (browser) regardless of type.
Enabling within Zoom Meeting using the Zoom Desktop application
- Click the Live Transcript button in the bottom of your Zoom meeting window
- Select Enable Auto-Transcription
- Note: to disable auto-transcription, just click the Live Transcript button once again, and select, Disable Auto-Transcription.
![In the pop-up from the Live Transcript button, navigate to the button that says "Disable Auto-Transcription" to turn it off](https://help.uillinois.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=b9baa876-03ac-41c4-9574-37a3bfe06401.PNG)
Enabling live transcriptions within Zoom Meeting using the Zoom mobile application
Note: The following steps and images are for iOS.
- In the Zoom meeting click the More button located in the in meeting control bar.
- Select, Enable Live Transcripts
!["Enable Live Transcripts" is the third option under the More button.](https://help.uillinois.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=39e198d7-d166-4878-a2dd-5ee19d69da75.PNG)
In Meeting Controls
Displaying Live Transcripts in the Zoom Desktop App
- As the Host: Click the ^ (caret) key to the upper right of the Live Transcript button within your Zoom meeting.
- As a Participant: Click the Live Transcript button within your Zoom meeting.
- Select View Full Transcript
![The Live Transcription's carat menu includes three options: Hide Subtitle, View Full Transcript, and Subtitle Settings.](https://help.uillinois.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=6972c113-23a2-43cb-aa5d-6d017411bf4a.PNG)
- The meeting's audio will be transcribed into a window in the far right of the Zoom desktop app
Saving the Full Transcript
- The meeting's transcript can be save as a .txt file.
- At the bottom of the full transcription window, select Save Transcript.
![When viewing the Full Transcript as described above, a Save Transcript button will be available.](https://help.uillinois.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=fdc9e19a-7bbf-4e41-8a9d-2593881c090f.PNG)
Note: Users will only be able to Save Transcript if the host has enabled Save Captions within their illinois.zoom.us settings page.
Displaying Subtitles in the Zoom Desktop App
- As the Host: Click the ^ (caret) key to the upper right of the Live Transcript button within your Zoom meeting.
- As a Participant: Click the Live Transcript button within your Zoom meeting.
- Select Show Subtitle
![The Live Transcript's carat button opens a three choice menu. "Show Subtitle" is the first of the three.](https://help.uillinois.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=6749bffc-3244-4868-aab7-bd86adcdc0f2.PNG)
- Subtitles will be displayed at the bottom of your Zoom meeting client.
- Note: you can hide the subtitles at any time by clicking the ^ (carat) key, and selecting Hide Subtitle
![The Live Transcript's carat button opens a three choice menu. "Hide Subtitle" is the first of the three.](https://help.uillinois.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=9bd15090-1d17-4345-b89c-692d4509f8d8.PNG)
Editing Subtitle settings in the Zoom Desktop App
To change the subtitles font size please follow the steps below.
- As the Host: Click the ^ (caret) key to the upper right of the Live Transcript button within your Zoom meeting.
- As a Participant: Click the Live Transcript button within your Zoom meeting.
- Select, Subtitle Settings
![The Live Transcript's carat button opens a three choice menu. "Subtitle Settings..." is the last of the three.](https://help.uillinois.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=6e131276-de76-41ce-8388-8efdac83e3dd.PNG)
- Use the slider at the top of the Accessibility tab in the Zoom application setting's window to adjust the font size of the subtitles.
![Subtitle Settings Window Use the slider at the top of the Accessibility tab in the Zoom application setting's window to adjust the font size of the subtitles.](https://help.uillinois.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=3198bcc5-1c5e-4df3-b975-6888bfd2fa74.PNG)
Viewing the full Transcript in the Mobile App
- In the Zoom meeting click the More button located in the in meeting control bar.
- Select View Full Transcript
![Mobile View Transcript View Full Transcript is the fourth choice.](https://help.uillinois.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=8514c7c9-40d1-4f9b-a8df-842a91726dd9.PNG)
- A new window will open displaying the full tagged and time stamped transcription for the meeting.
![When viewing the Full Transcript as described above.](https://help.uillinois.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=fcbbab45-a5e6-4460-adb0-19c2901d0dce.PNG)