> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.langdock.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Watermark and transcription notices

> Let everyone in a meeting know you're transcribing it. Set up the Langdock watermark camera and learn how the Teams chat notice works.

## Tell participants you're transcribing

Always tell everyone in the meeting that you're transcribing it, and make sure they agree before you start. When transcription starts, Meetings reminds you with **Transcription started.** and asks you to make sure everyone knows and agrees to being transcribed. If your workspace hides transcripts, the reminder says **Recording started.** instead.

Depending on your workspace settings, Langdock can also make the transcription visible to other participants:

* **Watermark camera:** Your video shows a Langdock badge, so others can see the meeting is being transcribed. See [Set up the watermark camera](#set-up-the-watermark-camera).
* **Teams chat notice:** When you transcribe a meeting in the Microsoft Teams desktop app, Langdock posts a transcription notice in the meeting chat. See [Teams chat notice](#teams-chat-notice).

Your workspace admin turns these on in [Transparency](https://docs.langdock.com/en/admin/manage-meetings/transparency.md).

## Set up the watermark camera

> [!NOTE]
>
> The watermark camera is available in the desktop app on macOS 14 or later and on Windows 11.

If your workspace requires the watermark, Meetings shows a banner: "Required by your workspace. Langdock only transcribes while the camera ending in "Langdock Watermark" is selected in your meeting." Select **Set up now** to open the **Langdock Watermark** dialog.

**1. Install the camera extension**

Under **Install camera extension**, select **Add extension**. On macOS, turn the extension on in System Settings when asked. On Windows, choose **Yes** when Windows asks for admin permission.

**2. Allow camera access**

Under **Allow camera access**, select **Enable camera**, then select **Continue**.

**3. Try it in a meeting app**

Select **Open a test meeting**. Langdock opens an empty meeting and a small guide shows which camera to pick.

**4. Select the watermark camera**

In the meeting's camera menu, select the camera ending in **Langdock Watermark**. When you see **Watermark set up**, you're done.

Keep this camera selected in all your meetings. Your own video may look mirrored, so the badge can appear flipped to you. Others see it correctly.

* If the camera is missing from the list, quit the meeting app or browser completely and open it again.
* The watermark camera only works while the Langdock desktop app is running. Turn on launch at login to keep it available.
* To check the camera later, use **Test watermark camera** in [Personal settings](https://docs.langdock.com/en/using-langdock/meetings/personal-settings.md#general).

> [!WARNING]
>
> On Windows, installing the watermark camera needs admin rights. If your company manages your computer and you can't approve the prompt, ask your IT team. A later camera update may ask for admin permission again.

### If you switch away from the watermark camera

If your workspace requires the watermark and you switch to another camera or turn your camera off during a call, Meetings warns you with **Langdock will stop transcribing** and a countdown, for example **Stopping in 60s**. Select the watermark camera in your meeting to keep transcribing.

If the countdown ends, transcription stops. Select the watermark camera, then [resume](https://docs.langdock.com/en/using-langdock/meetings/transcribing.md#stop-and-resume) transcription.

In-person transcriptions, with no meeting app running, aren't affected.

## Teams chat notice

When your workspace has the Teams chat notice turned on and you transcribe a meeting in the Microsoft Teams desktop app, Langdock posts a transcription notice in the meeting chat. If it can't post the notice, Meetings shows **Tell participants you're recording**, so you can let everyone know yourself.

For the notice to work:

* Use the new Microsoft Teams desktop app on macOS or Windows. Classic Teams and Teams in a browser aren't supported.
* Keep the meeting chat open in the call window.
* Don't leave unsent text in the chat box.
* On macOS, allow Accessibility access for Langdock.


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