For details, see hide your identity in meeting captions and transcripts. People can choose to not be identified in meeting transcripts. Participants in noisy places will also appreciate the visual aid. Live transcription can make your meeting more productive and inclusive for participants who are deaf or hard-of-hearing or have different levels of language proficiency. Who can start, stop, view, and download a transcript? Overview Share the transcript with mobile participants The text appears alongside the meeting video or audio in real time, including the speaker's name (unless they chose to hide it) and a time stamp. During any Teams meeting, you can start a live transcription of the proceedings.