VB Audio for Mac: A Step-by-Step Guide

Are you looking for a way to caption audio on your Mac using VB Audio? Look no further! In this article, we will walk you through the process of setting up VB Audio on your Mac and configuring it to work with Web Captioner.

First things first, you'll need to download and install VB-CABLE for MacOS. Once installed, open Audio MIDI Setup by pressing Cmd + Space and selecting it from the dropdown menu. Click the plus button in the lower left corner and select Create Multi-Output Device.

Next, select VB-Cable as the audio device in the microphone dropdown at the top of the screen. If you're using a program with its own speaker/output device setting, make sure it's set to use 'CABLE Input' as its output device. In Google Chrome, navigate to Settings > Privacy and security > Site Settings and select Microphone from the Permissions tab.

Click OK to close the sound settings windows and then open Sound Settings by pressing the Windows key and typing Sound Settings. Select VB-Cable_Setup_圆4 and right-click on it to select Run as Administrator. If you need Web Captioner to caption both this program's audio and your microphone at the same time, see our article on captioning audio from another program and your microphone at the same time.

To make it listen to audio coming from another program, like a prerecorded video playing in a browser tab, you will need to reroute that program's audio into a microphone input. Web Captioner can only listen to audio coming from a microphone.

By following these steps, you'll be able to use VB Audio for Mac with Web Captioner and caption audio coming from your computer instead of your microphone. With this setup, you'll be able to adjust the level of the audio if needed and select the device that you use to listen to audio normally.

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