Facebook Live Captions

Name: Facebook Live Captions
Author: Meta

by Meta

Auto-captioning support for live broadcasts on Facebook.

TL;DR

Auto-captioning support for live broadcasts on Facebook.

Best for houses of worship, creators and brands streaming live to Facebook who want a baseline caption layer. Pricing: free with Facebook Live.

What it is

Facebook Live supports auto-captions plus ingestion of external caption feeds via its Live Producer interface, used by churches, creators and brands for accessibility on social live streams.

Best for: Houses of worship, creators and brands streaming live to Facebook who want a baseline caption layer.
Watch out for: Best-effort accuracy; broadcasters with regulatory exposure still use a parallel CART or LEXI-style feed.

Install / use

facebook.com/live

Features

Speaker diarization	No
Word-level timestamps	No
Streaming / real-time	Yes
Languages supported	None
HIPAA eligible	No

Facebook Live Captions vs Whipscribe

Feature	Facebook Live Captions	Whipscribe
Category	Products	Transcription APIs
Pricing	free with Facebook Live	free beta
Speaker diarization	—	Yes
Word timestamps	—	Yes
Streaming	Yes	No
Languages	—	99
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	Web, API, MCP

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