How to Change Live Captions Language in Windows 11
Live Captions in Windows 11 turn any spoken audio on your PC into text right on your screen. You can use this built-in feature to read along with videos, podcasts, and calls.
Windows 11 supports Live Captions in over 20 languages, including Spanish, French, German, and Japanese. Changing the caption language takes just a few clicks in the settings menu.
Press Win+Ctrl+L to open Live Captions, click the Settings icon, select Caption language, and choose your preferred language. This ensures accurate transcriptions for audio in different languages.
How to Switch Live Captions Language
Press Win+Ctrl+L to turn on Live Captions. Click the gear icon on the floating captions bar to open settings . Select your preferred language from the Caption language drop-down menu.
- Turn on Live Captions by pressing
Windows + Ctrl + L. - Look for the Settings icon (gear symbol) in the Live Captions bar on your screen and click it.
- Click on Caption language.
- Choose the language you want from the list.
Choosing a language prompts Windows 11 Live Captions to display a confirmation message on the captions bar. This message verifies that Live Captions are ready to show in your selected language, a feature available since Windows 11 build 22000.
Why Change Live Captions Language?
- If you speak more than one language, you can pick the captions language that's easiest for you.
- If you watch videos or listen to audio in another language, switching captions helps you understand better.
- It makes the captions more accurate because they match the spoken language.
Need More Help?
Windows 11 Live Captions support multiple languages. Missing desired languages require adding more packs to the system. Expanding available language choices for real-time speech-to-text (transcription of spoken words into written text) involves following a separate guide. That guide walks through adding new languages so Live Captions can work with them.
Windows 11 Live Captions use multiple languages. Adding new languages for Live Captions requires following instructions in the guide titled "Add Other Languages for Live Captions." This guide helps users expand language options available for real-time speech-to-text transcription.
Summary
Windows 11 Live Captions show spoken words from computer audio as text. Changing the Live Captions language in Windows 11 happens through settings within the Live Captions window.
How do I change the language in live captions?
If you need a new language that is not currently listed, download additional language packs through the main Windows Settings app.
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