Accessibility and languages
Captions, transcripts and notes for people who need them, and transcribing meetings in other languages.
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- Accessibility and languagesMeeting notes for people who are hard of hearingMeeting notes for people who are hard of hearing: an agenda in advance, captions during, a transcript to check what was missed, and a named note-taker.
- Accessibility and languagesMeeting transcripts as a workplace accommodation or adjustmentHow asking for meeting transcripts as a reasonable accommodation works under the ADA and Britain's Equality Act, and why others must know it is recorded.
- Accessibility and languagesNote taking with dyslexia: listen in the meeting, read laterNote taking with dyslexia works better when you listen in the meeting and read later - a transcript at your own pace, macOS reading tools, and short summaries.
- Accessibility and languagesTranscribing a meeting held in two languagesMultilingual meeting transcription on a Mac works one language at a time. What happens to the other language, and how to fix a transcript in the wrong language.
- Accessibility and languagesTranscribing a meeting in French on a MacTo transcribe a French meeting on a Mac on the device, set the Mac's language to French, record, and check the transcript. The steps, variants and limits.
- Accessibility and languagesTranscribing a meeting in German on a MacTo transcribe a German meeting on a Mac on the device, set the Mac's language to German and record. The steps, the three variants and German recording law.
- Accessibility and languagesTranscribing a meeting in Japanese on a MacTo transcribe a Japanese meeting on a Mac on the device, set the Mac's language to Japanese and record. The steps, and where names and kanji need checking.
- Accessibility and languagesTranscribing a meeting in Mandarin or Cantonese on a MacTo transcribe a Chinese meeting on a Mac on the device, set the Mac's language and record. The Mandarin and Cantonese variants Apple lists, and what to test.
- Accessibility and languagesTranscribing a meeting in Spanish on a MacTo transcribe a Spanish meeting on a Mac on the device, set the Mac's language to Spanish and record. The four variants Apple lists, the steps and the limits.