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Microsoft Teams now includes live closed captioning. Create speech-to-text transcriptions that will display during your Teams meetings to improve communication.
- Please note: Teams captioning does not meet legal disability criteria for students who request disability-related accommodation. In these cases, contact RequestBMACaccess@csulb.edu for assistance.
- For instructions on using captions in the mobile app, visit the Microsoft website:
Use live captions in a Teams meeting.
Live Captioning Desktop App Instructions
Step 1: Turn on “New Meeting Experience”
To enable the live captioning setting, you must turn on the Teams’ “New Meeting Experience” found in your personal settings.
- Select your profile picture at the top right of Teams, then select "Settings."

- Select "General."
- Under "Application," select the box for "Turn on New Meeting Experience..."

- Close the Settings dialog box and restart Teams so that changes take effect.
Step 2: Turn on Live Captions:
- Click the three dots icon (…) on your meeting controls at the top right of your screen.
- Select “More Options.”
- From the dropdown list, select “Turn on live captions.”

- When you start to speak clearly and directly into the mic, you will see live captions at the bottom of your screen. Please note: captions include speaker attribution, so you know who is speaking.

- You can turn off live captioning anytime by deselecting it from the “More Options” dropdown menu as described above.