Zoom captions

Unless noted, features apply to Mac and Windows.

1. Automated captions only; the host's automated-caption settings determine which of these languages are offered in a given meeting, and one caption (speaking) language is set per meeting.
2. Applies to signing up for a Zoom account (needed to host and enable captions); the free Basic plan is otherwise available to sign up.
3. Desktop app; captions must be available in the meeting. Colour choice is from preset text and background colour options.
4. Only when a participant chooses to save the live meeting transcript; captions are otherwise displayed live.
5. Cloud recordings on paid accounts; account owners/admins manage them, and ordinary users need admin permission to edit or delete cloud recordings.
6. Basic (free) account owners delete in the web portal; paid accounts must cancel the subscription and wait until the billing cycle ends first.
7. Stated as a legal right for people in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK (and portable-format access under some U.S. state laws such as the CCPA); exercised by request, not a self-service export.
8. Captions must be enabled and available in the meeting or webinar.
9. Desktop app during a meeting or webinar with automated captions running.
10. The participant can toggle caption display on or off from the meeting controls when captions are available.
11. All participants in a Zoom meeting or webinar share one caption stream when the host allows captions.
12. Manual captioning must be enabled and the host must type, assign a participant to type, or supply a third-party (e.g. CART) service with the caption API token; the human captioner is not provided by Zoom. When manual captioning is enabled, automated captions cannot be used.
13. In-meeting chat, subject to the host's or admin's settings.
14. Labels come from each participant's meeting display name in a Zoom meeting or webinar.
15. Host settings and meeting plan determine access.
16. Computer recording on the desktop app when enabled and permitted by the host; not supported on iOS, iPad or Android (paid cloud recording is the mobile alternative).
17. Requires Zoom AI meeting summary to be enabled/started by the host on an eligible plan.
18. Cloud recording playback page in the web portal; paid plans with cloud recording.
19. Cloud recordings on paid plans; depends on the user's permissions and sharing settings.
20. Computer (local) recording on the desktop app with this setting enabled; available on Basic (free) and paid accounts.
21. Sharing a cloud recording on a paid plan.
22. Live meeting transcript saved from the desktop app.
23. Stated as transcription best practice; captions transcribe participants' meeting audio from their built-in or external microphones.
24. Only for automated captions processed on device (desktop app 6.5.3+); ordinary cloud captions need no special hardware.