How do Live Captions work?
While recording a class or lecture, Live Captions provide a live transcript of spoken content. Captions will appear a couple of lines at a time, and will disappear as new audio is recorded.
Live Captions are now available in multiple languages, so your students can access captions when class is delivered in Spanish, German, Dutch, or many other languages.
After class, you can still transcribe your whole class in the same way you do now.
Key details about Live Captions
- Captions will appear a couple of lines at a time
- You can request a full transcript after class in the same way as before
- Available in multiple languages including Spanish, French, German, Hindi, and many more.
- Only available on Glean's web app
Working with Live Captions
We’ve created a quick demo to show you how easy it is to use Live Captions.
While recording a class or lecture, you can click the Live Captions button and Glean will automatically start captioning spoken content.
How do Live Captions help you?
Are you hard of hearing, or perhaps you struggle to concentrate during class? Live Captions make it easy to follow along with spoken content and make sense of what your lecturers are saying.
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Support hard of hearing students
Live Captions means that deaf and hard of hearing students can now be supported with Glean, and benefit from our structured note taking process.
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Help learners maintain focus in class
Learners that find it difficult to focus in class benefit from captioning, meaning the app is now better suited for students who struggle with attention, concentration, and information processing.
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FAQs
We've put together a selection of FAQs to answer any questions you might have at this stage.
Will you be adding live transcription?
We are continually evolving how Glean makes in-class content more accessible based on student and department feedback. While there are no firm plans at this time, this is something we may introduce in the future.
What is the delay between the lecturer speaking and the transcript being generated?
The delay is approximately between 300 and 500 milliseconds.
Can I use Live Captions on mobile?
Live Captions is currently only available on the web app.
What languages is Live Captions available in?
Live Captions are currently available in Bahasa (Indonesian), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian.