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.
   
    
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.
   
    
4. If you would like to show captions in meetings by default, click the More tab, choose Settings, then select Accessibility.
   
    
5. In the sidebar, choose Always show captions in my meetings.
   

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.
   
    

To Enable Transcription as a Host:

1. In the meeting, click the More tab, choose Record and transcribe, then select Start transcription.
   
    
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.
   
    
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.
   

Referenced from: Teams meeting support: Live transcription