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Create Closed Captioning as a Participant in Zoom Meetings

If the meeting host assigns you this role, you can enter real-time closed captioning during Zoom meetings. Here's how.

This article applies to: Zoom


The host of a Zoom meeting can turn on the closed captioning option and can assign this role to a participant. If you have been assigned this role, you will see a Closed Caption icon in the video controls at the bottom of your meeting window.

The link below will take you to the vendor's help documentation; you'll find a link to Entering Closed Captions as a Participant in the Overview section. (The vendor's site prevents us from linking to them directly.)

The vendor's closed captioning help page can be found at
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/207279736-Getting-Started-with-Closed-Captioning

The following video from the Zoom Learning Center gives an overview of Accessibility features in Zoom.

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