These instructions explain how to automatically generate live captions in your web browser for any audio that is playing on your computer, including people speaking in a live Collaborate session. These instructions are for Windows only.
Steps
Download the VB-CABLE Driver. (if you want more info on what this is you can find it here).
Right click on the VBCABLE_Driver_Pack43.zip file, select Extract all, and select Extract. This will create a folder called VBCABLE_Driver_Pack43.
Delete the zip file.
Open the VBCABLE_Driver_Pack43 folder, right click on the file VBCABLE_Setup_x64 and select Run as administrator.
Select Install Driver.
Once it's done installing, do not reboot the computer and continue to the next step.
Right-click the Volume button on the taskbar, and then select Sounds.
You should be seeing the Sound Control Panel. If the step above didn't work for you (perhaps you don't have a volume button), try this: on your keyboard, press the Windows-key + R-key combination to open the Run box, type mmsys.cpl, and press Enter.
Select the Playback tab.
Select CABLE Input and select the Set Default button.
Select the Recording tab.
Select CABLE Output and select Set Default.
Select CABLE Output and select the Properties button.
Select the Listen tab.
Enable Listen to this device.
Set Playback through this device to the device that you'd like to listen to Collaborate on, probably your headset.
Select the OK button twice to exit the Sound Control Panel.
Open your web browser and navigate to webcaptioner.com. Select the Start Captioning button at the top right, and select the Start Captioning button at the bottom right.
Web Captioner will display the captions of any voice audio that is playing on your computer, including a live Collaborate session.