Live transcription is now available in both UCI and UCI-HIPAA Zoom. This feature provides the ability for meeting hosts to turn on an automatically generated transcript while a meeting is in progress, for any participants who choose to display it. Early access to this Zoom feature was secured by the Office of Information Technology and it is currently only available on the UCI Zoom and UCI HIPAA Zoom accounts (Note: this does not yet include https://ucihealth.zoom.us or any other UCI-affiliated Zoom account.)
How to Enable the Live Transcript Feature
The host of a Zoom session must enable the feed once the session has begun, by clicking the “CC Live Transcript” button on the bottom toolbar, and selecting “Enable Auto-Transcription.”
Each participant can then decide whether to display the captions or transcript by clicking on “CC Live Transcript” along the bottom panel.
This new Zoom feature allows us to be inclusive of all members of the UCI community in our digital spaces. While captions are critical for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, they are also helpful for people without disabilities, including those whose primary language is not English. Captions can also convey information that is lost when a participant steps away or a poor Internet connection causes sound skipping.
We encourage you to activate this feature so it’s available for anyone who could benefit from live captions. You can read more about transcript and captions in Zoom here: https://zoom.oit.uci.edu/transcription/.
Michael Dennin
Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning
Dean, Division of Undergraduate Education
Sarkis Daglian
Director, Client Services
Office of Information Technology
Karen Andrews
Director, Disability Services Center