Enable captions

Students are struggling to follow because several accents and low audio levels make speech hard to catch. Enable captions for this meeting so everyone can read along in real time and no one misses critical instructions.

Before turning on captions, surface their accuracy and language options so reviewers know whether captions will help. Show current spoken language detection, expected latency, and how to change language on the fly. Flag likely problem words and invite a quick glossary entry to improve real-time output.

Multiple students messaged they can’t follow because of accents and background noise, and I haven’t turned on captions yet. I’m worried auto-captions will mistranscribe technical terms. Should I enable captions now, ask for a short pause to spell terms, or stop and restart with a prepared glossary? What’s the most practical immediate move?

Across classes, requests for captions happen often and I lose momentum hunting menus mid-session. It undermines inclusion and frustrates students who then disengage. Should I build a class start routine that enables captions every session, assign a student to toggle them, or preconfigure the room settings? Which habit change yields the best balance of reliability and low overhead?