# Is there a way to do closed captioning in video conferencing applications?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 22, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-closed-captioning-in-video-conferencing-applications/921265 "2020-09-22T22:48:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-closed-captioning-in-video-conferencing-applications/921265/1 "2020-09-22T22:48:31Z")

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Is there a way to do closed captioning in video conferencing applications?

I’m looking for a way to turn on (live) closed captioning in a video conferencing application.  
Does anybody know of such a feature in any video conferencing application?  
If there is a way, please explain how to do it.  
So far, I haven’t been able to find such a feature unless I totally missed it.

Specifically, I’m using vMeet (by Eventfinity) but if there is some other video conferencing application that can do closed captioning, I’m open to it.

Thanks!

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**Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-closed-captioning-in-video-conferencing-applications/921265/2 "2020-09-22T23:03:38Z")

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Microsoft Teams supports [live captions](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-live-captions-in-a-teams-meeting-4be2d304-f675-4b57-8347-cbd000a21260), currently only in English but I believe other languages as well as simultaneous translation is on the roadmap.

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**Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-closed-captioning-in-video-conferencing-applications/921265/3 "2020-09-22T23:42:43Z")

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If you use Google Meet, captioning is free and included.

Zoom has that too but you have to connect it to a third-party (paid) automatic captioning service.

If you have an Android phone, it can [caption anything you hear on the phone, including video conferences.](https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/9350862?hl=en)