# Zoom: Live Automatic Transcription Service

**Source**: https://accessibility.web-resources.upenn.edu/resources/captioning/zoom-live-transcript
**Parent**: https://accessibility.web-resources.upenn.edu/resources/captioning

## To enable Zoom’s Live Automatic Transcription service:

1. **Login** to the [UPenn Zoom website(link is external)](https://upenn.zoom.us/)
2. Go to **Settings**
3. Go to **Meeting**
4. Go to **In Meeting (Advanced)**
5. **Turn on Closed captioning**, if it is not already toggled on
6. **Mark the checkbox** labeled “Enable live transcription service to show transcript on the side panel in-meeting”
7. Hit **Save**

### Host:

**You must be the host to turn on the live transcription service.**

1. In the Zoom control bar, hit the **Live Transcription button**\
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2. Hit **Enable Auto-Transcription**\
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3. **Participants will then be alerted** that live transcription is available

### Participant:

1. In the Zoom control bar, hit the **Live Transcription button**. This will launch three options\
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2. **To display subtitles on the screen**, hit Show Subtitles
3. **To display the transcript in the transcription pane**, hit View Full Transcript
   1. Both the speaker’s name and a timestamp will appear in the transcript pane
4. **To adjust the font size** of the subtitles and chat window, hit Subtitle Settings
5. **To save a copy of the transcript**, hit Save Transcript in the transcription pane