Connecting to Broadcast Captions

This page discusses connecting to a stream, if you want to broadcast your captions to others, follow the instructions on this page.

Connecting via the Broadcast Interface

Zip Captions allows you to share your captions with users on other devices. This is very useful in a number of situations, these can include:

• In a classroom, to send captions to students devices instead of displaying them on a central screen

• At a conference, where captions could be too small to read, broadcasting allows captions to be seen on participants screens

• In a setting where there is no screen available

To join a broadcast stream:

1. Click on the broadcast button at the top of the screen (this looks like an antenna with circles coming from it)

   
2. Agree to the privacy warning to confirm that you understand that you are going to share your data with others when you start broadcasting. If you are just joining a stream, you won't be sharing your data.

   
3. Type in the Session ID that you have been provided with and click on Connect

   
4. If the session that you are joining requires a Join Code you will now be prompted to enter it, do so, and click on Connect.

   
5. The broadcast will now be shown on your screen.

   
6. When you are finished you can close the window or click Leave Session. If the person streaming the captions closes the broadcast, then your stream will stop.

   

It's possible to connect to a stream via a URL. You can find instructions on how to do that here.