Automatic Live Captions for Zoom with Otter.ai

October 29, 2020

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Automatic Live Captions for Zoom with Otter.ai

Article Breakdown

Otter Live Captions for Zoom adds AI closed captioning in real time for Zoom meetings and webinars you host. Participants can click a button to see live captions directly in the Zoom window.

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Otter Live Captions is available to Otter Business subscribers at no additional cost (for a limited time).

Requirements:
• Meeting hosts need Otter Business and Zoom Pro or higher.
• Participants can view live captions for free
• Breakout Rooms are not supported. To transcribe Breakout Rooms, you can use Otter Assistant.

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How to set up Otter Live Captions for Zoom

One-time Setup

To enable Otter Live Captions, please set up Otter Live Notes first by following the instructions in this article: https://blog.otter.ai/zoom

Zoom Host Setup

Here are the step-by-step instructions on how to start Otter Live Captions in a Zoom meeting:

1. Start your Zoom meeting.

2. Confirm that LIVE on Otter.ai Live Notes is shown at the upper left corner of the Zoom window

3. Click the Closed Caption button at the bottom of the Zoom window, then click Copy the API token.

4. Click LIVE on Otter.ai Live Notes > View Stream on Otter.ai Live Notes to open Otter Live Notes in a web browser

5. Click the 3-dot icon at the upper right corner of Otter Live Notes, then paste the API token under Closed Caption for Zoom. Click

6. You should see live captions in the Zoom window shortly.

Known Limitations

Otter Live Captions does not work in Zoom Breakout Rooms.

Workarounds:
1. Use Otter Assistant for Zoom (requires Otter Business plan)
2. One person in each breakout room can do a side-by-side recording and share the Otter link in the Zoom chat window.

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Otter Live Captions for Zoom adds AI closed captioning in real time for Zoom meetings and webinars you host. Participants can click a button to see live captions directly in the Zoom window.

Try a live demo

Otter Live Captions is available to Otter Business subscribers at no additional cost (for a limited time).

Try 10 days free of Otter Business

How to set up Otter Live Captions for Zoom

One-time Setup

To enable Otter Live Captions, please set up Otter Live Notes first by following the instructions in this article: https://blog.otter.ai/zoom

Zoom Host Setup

Here are the step-by-step instructions on how to start Otter Live Captions in a Zoom meeting:

1. Start your Zoom meeting.

2. Confirm that LIVE on Otter.ai Live Notes is shown at the upper left corner of the Zoom window

3. Click the Closed Caption button at the bottom of the Zoom window, then click Copy the API token.

4. Click LIVE on Otter.ai Live Notes > View Stream on Otter.ai Live Notes to open Otter Live Notes in a web browser

5. Click the 3-dot icon at the upper right corner of Otter Live Notes, then paste the API token under Closed Caption for Zoom. Click

6. You should see live captions in the Zoom window shortly.

Known Limitations

Start a 10-day free trial of Otter Business

Hold smart meetings with Otter.ai and never miss a thing

Get the Otter.ai app for Web, iOS , Android, Chrome, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, Google Meet, and try Otter Business for your team.

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