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Google Meet captions on Mac
Turn on live captions for accessibility, and use a notes workflow that doesn’t require frantic typing.
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Google Meet “captions” are different from “dictation”. Captions show subtitles for what’s being said in the meeting. Dictation is speech-to-text for entering text at your cursor.

Enable live captions in Google Meet (desktop)

Join a Google Meet call in your browser.

Look for the Captions/CC button in the meeting controls.

Turn captions on (they typically apply for you locally).
If you need subtitles in another language, Meet also supports translated captions in some configurations.

A practical notes workflow (Mac)

Keep captions on for accessibility and to catch missed phrases.

Use a notes doc (Notion/Docs/Obsidian) for your running summary.

Dictate short bullet points during natural pauses instead of typing continuously.

If you want system-wide dictation with a hold-to-dictate hotkey, use  Voice Type .

Sources

Google Meet Help: Use live captions in Google Meet

Google Meet Help: Use translated captions in Google Meet








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