# Enable captions when meeting is created with API

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-captions-when-meeting-is-created-with-api/59048>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [October 18, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-captions-when-meeting-is-created-with-api/59048 "2021-10-18T20:59:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![ptrin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/ptrin/32/7847_2.png) [@ptrin](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ptrin)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-captions-when-meeting-is-created-with-api/59048/1 "2021-10-18T20:59:42Z")

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**Description**  
Is it possible to enable captions by default when a meeting is created using the API?

**Which App Type (OAuth / Chatbot / JWT / Webhook)?**  
JWT

**Which Endpoint/s?**

> **[Create a meeting - Meetings - Zoom API - API Reference](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingcreate)**
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> Use this API to create a meeting for a user. For user-level apps, pass the me value instead of the userId parameter.
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> A meeting's start\_url value is the...

**Additional context**  
For accessibility we’d like to automatically enable captions on all meetings created with the API.

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**Author:** ![ptrin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/ptrin/32/7847_2.png) [@ptrin](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ptrin)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-captions-when-meeting-is-created-with-api/59048/2 "2021-10-20T14:39:29Z")

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Since this was moved to ‘Feature Requests’ I’m assuming that this is not an existing setting which can be passed into the meeting settings object.

The alternative is to enable captions/transcripts by default for every meeting on the account, which I’ve asked about here, is that possible?

> **[Zoom Community](https://community.zoom.com/t5/Meetings/Is-it-possible-to-enable-live-transcription-for-all-meetings-of/td-p/19366)**
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> The Zoom Community: A collaborative place for customers to find solutions, ask questions, and connect with peers.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/enable-captions-when-meeting-is-created-with-api/59048/3 "2021-11-20T00:39:46Z")

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Closed on November 20, 2021, 12:39am UTC

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