How to Change Live Captions Language in Windows 11
Live Captions in Windows 11 translate spoken audio from videos, podcasts, and calls into text on your screen in real time. This built-in accessibility tool lets you read along as people talk, even if you are not listening out loud.
Windows 11 supports Live Captions in more than 20 different languages, including Spanish, French, German, and Japanese. You can switch the caption language at any time through the system settings menu with just a few clicks.
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
To change the live captions language windows 11 setting, open the live captions tool and pick a new language from the settings menu. You can do this by pressing Win+Ctrl+L to start captions, clicking the gear icon on the bar, and choosing your language from the drop-down list.
- 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?
If your preferred language does not appear in the menu, you need to install it on your computer first. Windows 11 requires you to download a separate language pack through the main system settings before live captions can recognize and translate that speech.
If you need a language that is not listed, follow our guide on adding other languages for Live Captions to download the necessary packs.
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.
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