News > Software & Apps Auto-Generated Captioning Available to All Zoom Users The feature currently is available in English only By Cesar Cadenas Cesar Cadenas Twitter Writer California State University - Long Beach Cesar Cadenas has been writing about the tech industry since 2016 on a variety of topics like cryptocurrency, video games, the latest gadgets, and much more. lifewire's editorial guidelines Published on October 25, 2021 02:48PM EDT Fact checked by Rich Scherr Fact checked by Rich Scherr Twitter University of Maryland Baltimore County Rich Scherr is a seasoned technology and financial journalist who spent nearly two decades as the editor of Potomac and Bay Area Tech Wire. lifewire's fact checking process Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Software & Apps Mobile Phones Internet & Security Computers & Tablets Smart Life Home Theater & Entertainment Software & Apps Social Media Streaming Gaming Zoom has added auto-generated closed captioning, dubbed Live Transcription, to all free Zoom Meetings accounts in a bid to make its service more accessible. According to a post on Zoom’s blog, Live Transcription will provide subtitles on video meetings and webinars, a feature that initially was exclusive to paid accounts. Currently, the captions are only in English, but there are plans to expand to other languages in the future. Morsa Images/Getty Images Zoom has provided detailed instructions on how to enable the auto-enabled captions in a support article. Participants in an organization's account won’t be able to activate the captions from their end, but instead will have to ask the account admin to turn it on. Meeting participants can ask the host to enable Live Transcription via the meeting toolbar. If the auto-captioning doesn’t meet expectations, Zoom does support manual captioning, which allows a participant to provide captions in real-time. The platform also supports captioning from a third-party service via the Close Captioning Rest API. Alistair Berg/Getty Images Live Transcription was announced in February as a commitment by Zoom to make its platform more accessible. Zoom has a dedicated page on its website that lists the numerous platform accessibility features added recently. Some of the new features include screen reader support and the ability to pin multiple videos at once to highlight a key speaker. Zoom also asks its users to give feedback so they can improve their platform. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up! Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit