{"id":19310,"date":"2023-01-02T03:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T03:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=19310"},"modified":"2023-01-02T03:27:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T03:27:06","slug":"enable-or-disable-live-captions-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/enable-or-disable-live-captions-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Methods to Enable or Disable Live Captions in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do I turn on or off closed captions? Live Captions is a new accessibility feature in Windows 11 which can provide automatic transcription for a movie or audio. This is really useful for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 2 simple methods to enable or disable Live Captions in Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Enable or Disable Live Captions via Settings App<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the Windows key + I to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/common-ways-to-open-settings-app-in-windows-11\/\">launch the Settings app<\/a>. Choose <strong>Accessibility<\/strong> on the left side, and then click <strong>Captions<\/strong> on the right pane.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/accessibility-captions.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"376\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/accessibility-captions.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/accessibility-captions-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>You will see the toggle switch for <strong>Live captions<\/strong>. When turning on Live Captions the first time, it will prompt you to download the live captions language files (about 98.3Mb).\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/turn-on-live-captions.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/turn-on-live-captions.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/turn-on-live-captions-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you want to change the style of the captions, click the &#8220;<strong>Caption style<\/strong>&#8221; drop-down list and you can select &#8220;White on black&#8221;, &#8220;Yellow on blue&#8221;, &#8220;Small caps&#8221; or &#8220;Large text&#8221;.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/change-caption-style.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/change-caption-style.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/change-caption-style-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>When Live Captions is turned on, it will automatically convert video\/audio being played on your computer into easily readable text.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/windows-11-live-captions.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"108\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/windows-11-live-captions.png 540w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/windows-11-live-captions-300x60.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Enable or Disable Live Captions via Action Center<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press <strong>Windows<\/strong> key + <strong>A<\/strong> on your keyboard (or tap the WiFi or Volume buttons in the system tray) to open the Action Center pane. Next, click the <strong>Accessibility<\/strong> icon.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/action-center.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"522\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/action-center.png 400w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/action-center-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the next pane, you can click the toggle next to <strong>Live captions<\/strong> to enable or disable the Live captions feature.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/enable-live-captions.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"527\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/enable-live-captions.png 400w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/enable-live-captions-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I turn on or off closed captions? Live Captions is a new accessibility feature in Windows 11 which can provide automatic transcription for a movie or audio. This is really useful for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. 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