Introduction

In this article we are going to discuss how you can block live captions in Google meet using xFanatical Safe Doc. The feature of turning on and accessing live captions in Google meet have brought about a positive change for users with hearing impairments, but this feature can be particularly distracting for students because they might not focus on what the teacher is saying in the class and rather focus on the subtitles running below. These captions might not always be correct and may give false information to students, this leads to confusion and loss of learning.

Safe Doc Blocks the Captions in Google Meet

         Safe Doc Blocks the Captions in Google Meet

User Story Backing Why we Should block Live Caption in Google Meet?

Problem : Mrs. Fletcher, a high school teacher, noticed that there are many mistakes in the class notes prepared by her students. She investigated the cause behind it and found out that students turned on the captions while attending the Google meet, this distracted them from the core discussion happening in the classroom and often those captions provided wrong interpretation of what the teacher was saying.

Solution : Mrs. Fletcher, Discussed this problem with the school administration and a decision of deploying xFanatical Safe Doc was taken to block live captions in Google meet.

Outcome : After the Successful Deployment of the Safe Doc policy, students were barred from turning on live captions while in Google meet. This significantly improved the learning process and students were more focused in the class they were attending online.

What is a xFanatical Safe Doc?

xFanatical safe doc is a comprehensive browser extension that is used for maintaining a focused and secure online learning environment for young students. This extension provides robust tools to  administrators and teachers, so that they can easily manage and restrict access to various unwanted features of Google workspace for education (GWAF), ensuring a safe and productive digital learning environment can be established.

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Block Live Captions in Google Meet using xFanatical Safe Doc

How to block Live Caption in Google Meet using xFanatical Safe Doc

Step 1 : Install Safe Doc :  The first step is to install Safe doc in your Google Workspace environment.

Step 2 : Configure Safe doc settings : Once you have successfully installed Safe Doc, you can start configuring its settings in accordance to your requirements.

Step 3 : Access Google Admin Console : Now, navigate to the Google Admin Console. In the Google Admin Console, click on Devices followed by Chrome. Then, select Apps and Extensions and click on Users and Browsers.

Step 4 : Copy the required policy and paste it : 

Locate the policy that you wish to apply and copy it. The policy will display in a specific format similar to the example provided below:

"BlockMeetCaptions": {

  "Value": true

}

Step 5: Save the Policy: 

After copying the policy, click the Save button to apply it.

How to configure Safe Doc?

First of all, ensure the deployment of Safe Doc on your students' Chrome browsers, and review the xFanatical Safe Doc Configuration document. Subsequently, incorporate the BlockMeetCaptions policy into your Safe Doc configuration, setting its value to true.

Conclusion

Hopefully after reading this article you have understood how and why to block live captions in Google meet, and maintain a productive learning environment for your students. Please follow all the steps in the correct order so as to get the desired results and if you face any problem or have any query related to this article please feel free to comment below we will connect with you as soon as possible.

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