Live Transcription (automated captioning) not an option on Business Accounts?

[at_brown]

We have a business account, I'm looking to enable the automated captioning/live transcription option for an upcoming meeting, but it is not listed as an option in our settings. I only have the option for manual captions.

If I log into a personal, unaffiliated account the option is there, but on our business account it is not.

Does anyone know the reason for this? I've not been able to find any documentation nor any user questions addressing this issue, everything seems to say that I should have automated captioning as an option.

Appreciate any help you can offer, thanks!

[Ray_Harwood]

Hey, @at_brown.

Chances are your account admin needs to enable it. Check out the process on this Zoom Support article “Enabling or disabling closed captioning“:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/4409683389709 

You might also review this article “Managing closed captioning and live transcription”, more for hosts   as opposed to admins:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/207279736-Managing-closed-captioning-and-live-transcriptio... 

If the admin does this and you still can’t enable it or if you have any other related questions, come back here and let me know. Sometimes the articles can be a little technical, but hopefully your admin has dealt with these before.

[at_brown]

Thanks, Ray,
I actually went through those support articles looking for an answer before asking. I am an admin (I had them make me one so I could troubleshoot this), so have access to all the settings.

I attached screen shots of my settings - both at the user and admin levels. Where there should be "Automated Captions" there is nothing. 
I attached a screenshot of my basic account settings as a reference.

I may be missing something, but not sure what or where. 
Thanks 

[TaiChi]

My automated captioning worked the other day and now I can't even get the icon. However, at the meeting I had this morning, my "guests" were able to see the captions. I've used this computer and Zoom for 2 years and can't figure out the problem.

Very frustrated

[Ray_Harwood]

Hi, @TaiChi,

I'll help, if you can provide some additional information.

• Type of account: Basic or Licensed; if Licensed,  Pro, Business, Education, etc.
• Type of device and operating system used
• Version of Zoom Client application installed
• Have you verified that Automated Captions is enabled for your account?  At  Personal Settings (https://zoom.us/profile/setting), go to Automated Captions:
  

If this is not set or greyed out, please see this Zoom Support article for additional help:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/8158289360141-Enabling-automated-captions 

[TaiChi]

I have Pro, HP laptop (I will have to look to find the OS, etc.). It is weird because it worked last week when I taught a class. This morning it only shows the captions to my students, not me. I'm the one who needs the captions more than them.

[Ray_Harwood]

Hey, @TaiChi,

I thought of another thing that you should look at. When you have the zoom meeting open, go to the More menu on the lower right of the main menu bar at the bottom and see if it’s buried in there. Sometimes, if there’s not enough room on the menu bar, it’ll dump extra icons over into the More button’s submenu.

[at_brown]

An update in case anyone else tries to get this question answered (& maybe a little venting).

TLDR: No automated captions for accounts that are HIPAA compliant.

After a week of back and forth with support they finally decided that the feature is not available on our account because Automated Captions is not HIPAA compliant (& our account is). This was my suspicion, but no one I talked to knew this might even be an option.

Our Zoom rep stated we should be able to use captioning (we can use manual and 3rd-party captioning, but not Zoom Automated Captions) and sent me to support. It seems no one knows that Zoom Automated Captioning is separate from Manual Captioning and none of the knowledge base articles state that Automated Captions might not be available for some accounts.

I wish it was available for our account, but moreso I would like this information to be added to Zoom's articles on captioning.

[Ray_Harwood]

Thanks for your perseverance on this, @at_brown.  I've entered a comment on the Zoom article about automated captions saying that the limitations and prerequisite sections should include notice that automated captions are not available for HIPAA-compliant accounts.  Hopefully that will save some others from trudging down the same path you had to take. 

And thanks for coming back and sharing your findings!

[sdbpast]

I want to know why automatically generated captions are not available for HIPPA compliant accounts.   I understand that saving the transcript is a privacy violation, but how are deaf and hard of hearing people supposed to participate if there are no options to enable captioning during the meetings?

[at_brown]

Just in the last 2 weeks I have started receiving an alert when using zoom to meet with clients that they have enabled closed captioning, and the option to use it has appeared on my end as well (though I've not used it).

 I don't know if it's there for everyone with HIPPA compliant accounts, but I'm assuming it is available to all of us now - that or it's an accident and it will go away with my next update.

[CarrieHall]

Hi I have two pro accounts, one's personal and the closed captioning/live transcript works just fine but I have another one that's used for a non profit I run, and it no longer works, I don't have the option of turning on live transcripts anymore.

In my settings it's still enabled, but yet it doesn't work.

This is a huge hindrance because many autistic  individuals have auditory issues and really rely on captions (I'm hard of hearing so I really need the captions.

[Ray_Harwood]

Answered on the main post here:

https://community.zoom.com/t5/Meetings/Unable-no-longer-able-to-enable-live-transcription-Closed/td-...

[Bri · Accepted solution]

Hi! Prerequisites for Live Transcriptions require a Pro, Business, Education, or Enterprise account.

In addition, if your entity requires and has signed a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with Zoom, the Live Transcription service can be available if enabled on your account. Please contact your sales representative to confirm the status of a signed BAA and the availability of the feature for your account.