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How to enable Live Captions in visionOS 2

Apple has released visionOS 2.1 for the Apple Vision Pro. There are no new features, but the update includes “important” bug fixes.

With visionOS 2, the Live Captions feature provides users with real‑time transcriptions of speech, audio, and video content. 

With Live Captions, you can get a real-time transcription of spoken audio. Use Live Captions to more easily follow the audio in any app, such as FaceTime or Podcasts, and in live conversations around you.

However, you should note that Live Captions is not available in all languages, countries or regions. Apple says that the accuracy of Live Captions may vary and shouldn’t be relied upon in high-risk or emergency situations.

To set up and customize Live Captions

  1. Go to Settings pastedGraphic.png > Accessibility > Live Captions, then turn on Live Captions.
  2. Tap Appearance to customise the text, size and colour of the captions.
  3. By default, live captions are shown across all apps. To get live captions only for certain apps, like FaceTime, turn them on below In-App Live Captions.

To use Live Captions

With Live Captions turned on, Apple Vision Pro automatically transcribes the spoken audio in apps — or from dialogue around you. You can do any of the following:

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