
Select a built-in style from the dropdown menu. Under Caption style, do one of the following: The Accessibility settings for Captions opens. To show more lines of text in the captions window, increase the window size by using the mouse, touch, or keyboard. When you choose Floating on screen, the live captions will appear in an overlay window which you can reposition as needed to avoid obscuring other apps in use. When docked to the top, you might find that live captions works well while sharing video in a virtual meeting or conversation, whereas in other cases, such as viewing videos, docking to bottom might work best. When you choose Top or Bottom, the captions window will appear as docked to the top or bottom screen edges in reserved space on your desktop, and other apps will not be blocked by the captions window. Select the Settings button in the live captions window.Ĭhoose either Top, Bottom, or Floating on screen. To choose where captions are displayed on your desktop: When turned on the first time, live captions will prompt you to download live captions language files to be used by on-device speech recognition. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Captions, and turn on the Live captions toggle.

Select Start > All apps > Accessibility > Live captions. (To open quick settings, select the battery, network, or volume icon on the taskbar.) Turn on the Live captions toggle in the quick settings Accessibility flyout. To turn on live captions, do one of the following: Captions can be provided for audio even when disconnected from the internet. You can personalize how captions are displayed, and you can include microphone audio to make in-person conversations easier. Live captions integrates with the Windows desktop, so you can read captions while working in other apps.

Not sure which version of Windows you have? See: Find Windows version. For more information on Windows 11 22H2 new features, and how to get the update, see What's new in recent Windows updates. Live captions is available in Windows 11, version 22H2 and later. Live captions helps everyone, including people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, better understand audio by providing automatic transcription.
