# AI Captions

Zip Captions supports AI Cloud based captions which are more accurate than our regular captioning offering. We are currently using the Azure AI Speech to Text Service from Microsoft.

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AI Captions are only available for paying subscribers on Patreon. 

Join Zip Captions on Patreon [here](https://patreon.com/zipcaptions). 

View the pricing structure for AI Captions [here](https://zipsolutions.org/pricing.html). 
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To get started with AI Captions you must first enable them in the settings. 

1. Click on the **three lines** 
2. Click on **Settings**
3. Click on the **Engine** option
4. Click on the drop down menu\ <img src="/files/XIbv3NLX4X3GpXxOF1Pf" alt="" data-size="original">
5. Choose **Azure Cognitive Services** from the drop down list\
   ![](/files/aviaupyrq5InBT8fhi1u)
6. You will see your current balance shown under the description, this is shown in hours and minutes. This is updated live as you use your tokens assigned.
7. You can improve the accuracy of your captioning by choosing a dialect for the chosen language.  *(Language dialects are shown based on the language chosen for your interface and captioning language from the* [***Look & Feel***](https://zipcaptions.app/settings?tabIndex=0) *menu)*
8. Click **Save** to enable your captioning engine. The Save button will now be greyed out. \
   ![](/files/YhqvGPVE3Lcoxja8XyUu)
9. &#x20;You will now see the Microphone button has been converted to the AI Microphone<br>

   <figure><img src="/files/K0rEUiYMKjHDDakAHLUw" alt=""><figcaption><p>The microphone button shows the AI stars when the AI engine is enabled</p></figcaption></figure>
10. To switch back to the regular captioning engine, simply choose the **Browser** option from the drop down list and click on **Save**.


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```
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