# Improving Accessibility: The ability to turn on captions/transcript with the API

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/improving-accessibility-the-ability-to-turn-on-captions-transcript-with-the-api/67975>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [April 23, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/improving-accessibility-the-ability-to-turn-on-captions-transcript-with-the-api/67975 "2022-04-23T05:53:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/improving-accessibility-the-ability-to-turn-on-captions-transcript-with-the-api/67975/1 "2022-04-23T05:53:11Z")

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We would be able to make our meetings more accessible if we could turn on captions with the API.

This is particularly useful in join-before-host meetings where there are no hosts but someone wants captions.