Fact · Accessibility and health
Apple says that with Live Captions on a Mac you can switch between captioning the computer's audio and the microphone, for example during an in-person conversation.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“you can switch between captioning the audio coming out of your Mac and the sound picked up by the computer’s microphone (such as during an in-person conversation)”
Live Captions on Mac: Mac User Guide, Apple Inc., Apple Support, n.d., Change what audio is captioned.
Open the original- What it measures
- The microphone option is the setting that matters for talking with someone in the room rather than captioning a video or call.
- What it does not show
- Apple describes the control, not how accurate the captions are in a noisy room.
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