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Webex Live Captions & AI Real-Time Translation

Cisco Webex is the platform of choice for enterprise IT teams, regulated industries, and large-scale webinars — yet its built-in captioning is often unavailable to attendees, locked behind host settings, or absent entirely for free-tier accounts. Webex live captions change that. Live Subtitles runs alongside any Webex meeting or webinar and displays real-time AI captions directly on your Windows screen, with no bot, no plugin, and no approval from Cisco IT required.

How to add live captions to Webex in 3 steps

1. Download Live Subtitles from the Microsoft Store and launch the app.
2. Select "System Audio" as source — captures Webex audio automatically, no microphone needed.
3. Join any Webex meeting or webinar — captions appear in a floating overlay that stays on top of all windows.

Why enterprise Webex users need independent live captions

Many organizations that standardized on Webex after migrating from legacy conferencing tools run into the same accessibility gap: Webex's native AI captioning requires specific subscription tiers, host enablement, and in some cases Control Hub configuration by an administrator. Individual attendees — especially those in regulated industries or international offices — often have no reliable way to enable captions on their own.

Live Subtitles solves this at the endpoint level. Because it reads system audio, it works entirely independently of what the Webex host has configured:

• No Webex bot joining the meeting and appearing in the participant list.
• No Control Hub or site-admin settings to change.
• No Cisco IT ticket to raise — install the app from the Microsoft Store and it works immediately.
• Useful for Webex Meetings, Webex Webinars, and Webex Events regardless of the host's plan.

Real-time translation for international Webex webinars

Large enterprise webinars routinely draw audiences from dozens of countries. A product launch or all-hands delivered in English may be attended by colleagues or customers whose first language is Japanese, Spanish, German, or Arabic. Live Subtitles dual subtitle mode handles this: the original speech appears on the top line, your chosen translation language appears below — both at the same time, with no delay.

This is especially valuable for webinar-style Webex Events where Q&A is text-based and attendees cannot easily ask the presenter to repeat themselves. Following along in your own language removes that friction entirely.

Supported: 50+ speech recognition languages and 50+ translation target languages including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, Turkish, and Ukrainian.

Works across all Webex session types

Live Subtitles captures system audio, so it works with every kind of Webex session without any session-type-specific configuration:

• Webex Meetings (scheduled and Personal Room)
• Webex Webinars and Webex Events
• Webex Training sessions
• Webex one-on-one and group calls from the Webex app
• Recorded Webex sessions played back on your PC

The floating overlay stays on top of the Webex window so captions are always visible without switching applications.

The practical choice for IT-managed Webex environments

For enterprise IT teams that have rolled out Webex as the standard video conferencing platform, employee accessibility needs do not always align with what has been licensed or configured centrally. Live Subtitles gives individual employees a self-service solution that requires no group policy changes, no VPN exception, and no addition to the approved-software registry beyond a standard Microsoft Store application. It is fully contained on the endpoint and does not transmit meeting audio to any server controlled by the meeting host or IT department — audio is processed locally or through the user's own speech recognition provider.

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