Apple iPhones, as well as other devices from the company, have emerged a lot in recent years when it comes to accessibility-related features. The company continues to add more and more features to iOS and iPadOS to ensure a better user experience for everyone.
One such accessibility feature that Apple has introduced on the iPhone and iPad is real-time subtitles. The feature, which is currently in beta, does what the name suggests. Offers a caption box on the device screen that transcribes audio to iPhone or iPad.
In this step by step guide, we will show you how to enable Live Subtitles feature on your Apple iPhone running the latest iOS 16 operating system.
How to enable Live Captions feature on Apple iPhone
Step 1: Open the Settings applications on your Apple iPhone.
Step 2: When the app opens, scroll down and tap the “Accessibility” option.
Step 3: There, scroll down and tap on the “Hearing” option from the list.
Step 4: Next, tap “Live Captions (Beta) and then turn on the toggle for live captions in the System section.
That’s all. After following the step by step guide mentioned above, the Live Captions feature will be enabled on your Apple iPhone. If you like, you can also enable Real-Time Subtitles for FaceTime and RTT.
When the feature is enabled, you will see a dialog box at the bottom, which is a real-time subtitle prompt, and whenever the device recognizes voices starting to speak, including yours, it will start transcribing the content so as to to be able to read it. The dialog can also be customized and has four buttons: Hide, Pause, Microphone and Expand.