Webex Live Captions

by Cisco

Live caption and translation features inside Cisco Webex Meetings.

TL;DR

Live caption and translation features inside Cisco Webex Meetings.

Best for enterprises and governments standardised on Cisco for video collaboration. Pricing: bundled · Webex plans.

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Pricing
bundled · Webex plans
Platforms
Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android

What it is

Webex bundles live captioning and translation as part of Cisco's collaboration suite, with admin controls for compliance-sensitive enterprises and public-sector customers.

Best for: Enterprises and governments standardised on Cisco for video collaboration.
Watch out for: Language coverage varies; feature gating depends on subscription tier.

Install / use

webex.com

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Webex Live Captions vs Whipscribe

FeatureWebex Live CaptionsWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
Pricingbundled · Webex plansfree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestamps—Yes
StreamingYesNo
Languages—99
PlatformsWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, AndroidWeb, API, MCP

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Whipscribe is a managed faster-whisper + whisperX service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.