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In Install language features, select the features you want to use, while ensuring Enhanced speech recognition is selected, and then select Install. In Choose a language to install, browse or search for a language with support for Speech recognition, and then select Next. In Language & region settings, go to Preferred languages, and then select Add a language. The Language & region settings window opens. To check your device’s microphone configuration, see Settings > System > Sound and review the Input options. Note: When you next turn on live captions, this option will be turned off. For example, if you use live captions to caption an online meeting with another person, if you both speak over each other, you will only see the captions for the other person while the other person is speaking.

Select Preferences, and turn on the Include microphone audio option.Īny audio captured by your microphone will be captioned, provided that no other audio on your device is being captioned.

Select the Edit button to create a custom style that works best for you. Use the Default built-in style to have captions displayed with colors appropriate to your device’s dark or light mode setting in Settings > Personalization > Colors > Choose your mode. Select a built-in style from the dropdown menu. Under Caption style, do one of the following: The Accessibility settings for Captions opens. To show more lines of text in the captions window, increase the window size by using the mouse, touch, or keyboard. When you choose Floating on screen, the live captions will appear in an overlay window which you can reposition as needed to avoid obscuring other apps in use. When docked to the top, you might find that live captions works well while sharing video in a virtual meeting or conversation, whereas in other cases, such as viewing videos, docking to bottom might work best. When you choose Top or Bottom, the captions window will appear as docked to the top or bottom screen edges in reserved space on your desktop, and other apps will not be blocked by the captions window. Select the Settings button in the live captions window.Ĭhoose either Top, Bottom, or Floating on screen. To choose where captions are displayed on your desktop:

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When turned on the first time, live captions will prompt you to download live captions language files to be used by on-device speech recognition. If your language is not available, you can use another language during setup. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Captions, and turn on the Live captions toggle. Select Start > All apps > Accessibility > Live captions. (To open quick settings, select the battery, network, or volume icon on the taskbar.) Turn on the Live captions toggle in the quick settings Accessibility flyout.

To turn on live captions, do one of the following:

Captions can be provided for audio even when disconnected from the internet. You can personalize how captions are displayed, and you can include microphone audio to make in-person conversations easier. Live captions integrates with the Windows desktop, so you can read captions while working in other apps.

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If you don’t have this update yet, note that new Windows 11 features are released gradually.įor more information on the new features in Windows 11, version 22H2, and how to get the update, see What's new in recent Windows updates. The latest live captions update includes support for multiple languages and changes to some of the menu items. Live captions is available in Windows 11, version 22H2 and later. Live captions helps everyone, including people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, better understand audio by providing automatic transcription.