 Have you ever been in a situation where you needed to watch a video with the audio turned off? Like in the middle of your math class or one of those never ending boring business meetings? The live captioning feature in Google Chrome can help you in these and other situations. Let's see how to use it. Open Google Chrome. On the top right corner, go to the three dots here. Then click on Settings. A new window is opened. Now click on Advanced and then on Accessibility. Toggle the live caption option to enable the feature here. That's it. Now you will be able to get the live transcription of any video or podcast even with the audio turned off. If the toggle doesn't show right away, try restarting the browser and checking if you have Google Chrome version 89 or above. Did you know that the history behind captions goes way back to the first films that only displayed readable text plates to narrate the plot? This was great for the deaf and people who were hard of hearing and even people who could hear well like these more than the talkies or movies with synchronized sound that had less action and movement. It wasn't until 1927 that the movie The Jazz Singer put the talkies on the map and made Hollywood the world's cultural and commercial leader it is today. Well that was just shy of 100 years ago and it's not just Google that is taking on this technology. A cool alternative to live captioning in Chrome is Otter.ai. Otter.ai gives you 600 minutes of live captioning and full audio transcription every month. Why don't you give both live Chrome and Otter.ai a try and let us know what you think and where you use them. Burn to Learn is working to help you understand the changes in technology as they happen. Stay in the know. Subscribe today.