Zoom Meetings and Live Transcription
Live Transcription v. Captioning
transcription is the work of converting sound recording into text. Captioning involves taking a transcript, adding non-speech audio information and dividing it into clock time coded segments. On most television players, clicking on the CC ( closed caption ) button displays a preexistent text transcript. In Zoom, the CC button is used for both live transcription and 3rd party caption .
Enabling Live Transcription
The meeting horde is the entirely person who can enable live transcription. This can be done by clicking on the CC release, which provides 4 options :
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- Assign a participant to type. This is not recommended as it is highly unlikely that the typist will have the desired level of speed and accuracy.
- I will type. This is not recommended.
- Copy the API token. This allows a 3rd party captioning provider to provide Live Remote Captioning.
- Enable Auto-Transcription. This allows an AI service to convert audio into a text transcript. Note: Live transcription is not supported in breakout rooms.
Figure 1: Clicking on the Closed Caption button displays a list of transcription and captioning options.
Participant Requests
Participants may request know recording if you have not already enabled it. If it is requested, you will be prompted to respond with ‘Enable ‘, ‘Decline ‘, or ‘Decline and don ’ metric ton ask again ‘. This request can be made anonymously, so you may not see the name of the player requesting this feature.
Caption Preferences
You can adjust the baptismal font size of closed captions by going to Settings > Accessibility and moving the font size skidder.
FAQ
Are automatically generated captions OK for handiness purposes ?
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The consequence with AI generated transcriptions, is accuracy. They tend to be about 90 – 95 % accurate, but that is excessively low for users who are deaf or unvoiced of hearing. Students who are hard of hearing have advised that vitamin a soon as they see a television is auto-captioned, they turn it off. Automated hot transcription is beneficial to people who have English as a second base language or who are meeting in noisy or repose environments. Why use mechanically generated captions if they are not accurate ? Some users that are deaf or hard of hearing find that AI generated captions are utilitarian for ad hoc meetings, where there is n’t time to arrange caption by a 3rd party. So there is a tradeoff between accuracy and the appliance of captioning on demand. Will mechanically generated transcripts replace alive distant captioning provided by Disability Support ?
No. Automated live transcription is not a replacement for live outback caption, particularly where a high degree of accuracy is required, such as a call on the carpet or tutorial. As a result, captioning services presently provided to students via Disability Support will not change .
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Contact Us
For aid or to report approachability problems please contact :
Andrew Normand
Web Accessibility Lead
Email: anormand @ unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9035 4867