[2024 Updated!] How to Add Captions to Zoom Recordings

Zoom meetings have become an essential tool for global collaboration, but understanding diverse accents and languages in recordings can be challenging. Ensuring your Zoom recordings are accessible and accurately transcribed is important. This article will guide you on how to add subtitles to Zoom recordings for better comprehension.

Part 1: Turn on Live Transcription and Record Zoom Meetings

Zoom is an online and offline meeting application. To add subtitles for meetings using Zoom's built-in features, you need to use two key features in Zoom: the Zoom recordings feature and auto-generated closed caption.

Only the host can turn on closed captions, and participants do not have this permission. Therefore, if the host does not enable closed options, the meetings will not have live transcription available.

If you turn on subtitles and then start recording a video, these subtitles and captions will also appear in the video recording. But Zoom subtitles are generated by AI and sometimes may not fully understand what the speaker is saying. This can cause gaps in these subtitles or incorrectly generated subtitles.

Part 2: Record Zoom meetings and add subtitles automatically

If you are a participant in a Zoom meeting, and the host does not enable closed caption, the alternative is to record Zoom meeting and later on add closed captions. And here we use HitPaw Edimakor.

No need to record the meeting using the Zoom functions and then save it as a video recording on your device. HitPaw Edimakor, as an AI-powered video editor, offers a screen recorder feature and saves recordings directly within the program for you to add subtitles immediately, streamlining the process and enhancing your workflow.

Now let’s see how to use Edimakor to record Zoom meetings and add captions to Zoom Recordings.

Step 1: Install and run Edimakor

Install Edimakor and run the program on your computer. And click on Create a Video.

Step 2: Start recording Zoom meeting

Join or start your Zoom meeting. In Edimakor, select Screen Recorder to capture the Zoom session. Click the record button to start recording your meeting.

Step 3: Add captions to Zoom recording automatically

Once the meeting ends, stop the recording. The recorded video will be saved in Edimakor. Go to Subtitles > Auto Subtitling to generate subtitles for the recording.

Step 4: Export Zoom recording with subtitles

Review and edit the captions for accuracy. Click on the Export button to save the edited video in your desired format with the subtitles embedded.

Part 3: FAQs on Zoom Meetings Closed Captioning

Conclusion

In summary, adding subtitles to Zoom recordings is now easier than ever. If you were unable to add closed captions during the live meeting, don't worry—HitPaw Edimakor can handle the job perfectly for you. This powerful tool allows you to effortlessly record Zoom meetings and then automatically add subtitles to your recordings.