diff --git a/src/bot/captionsProcedure.ts b/src/bot/captionsProcedure.ts
index 8a10ad5..f3f55f1 100644
--- a/src/bot/captionsProcedure.ts
+++ b/src/bot/captionsProcedure.ts
@@ -39,21 +39,26 @@ export class CaptionsProcedure {
    * Opens the "More" menu and clicks the captions button, then sets the spoken language.
    */
   async enableCaptionsFlow(): Promise<void> {
-    this._logger.info('Enabling live captions...');
+    this._logger.info('Enabling captions/transcription...');
 
     // First, open the "More actions" menu
     await this._openMoreMenu();
 
-    // Then click on the captions button
+    // Then click on the captions/transcription button
     await this._clickEnableCaptions();
 
-    // Wait for the captions container to appear
+    // Handle language dialog (appears after "Start transcription" in authenticated Teams)
+    const dialogHandled = await this._handleLanguageDialog();
+
+    // Wait for the captions/transcript container to appear
     await this._waitForCaptionsContainer();
 
-    this._logger.info('Live captions enabled');
+    this._logger.info('Captions/transcription enabled');
 
-    // Set the spoken language (Teams defaults to English for anonymous users)
-    await this._setSpokenLanguage();
+    // Only try separate language setting if dialog wasn't already handled
+    if (!dialogHandled) {
+      await this._setSpokenLanguage();
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -98,16 +103,20 @@ export class CaptionsProcedure {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Click the captions button in the menu.
-   * Handles two UI variants:
-   * - Anonymous (light-meetings): direct div[id="closed-captions-button"]
-   * - Authenticated (full Teams): submenu "Captions & transcripts" → "Turn on live captions"
+   * Enable captions or transcription from the "More" menu.
+   *
+   * Strategies in priority order:
+   * 1. Direct captions button (anonymous / light-meetings UI)
+   * 2. "Record and transcribe" → "Start transcription" (authenticated Teams 2025+)
+   *    → triggers spoken-language-selection-dialog handled by _handleLanguageDialog()
+   * 3. "Captions & transcripts" submenu (older authenticated Teams)
+   * 4. "Language and speech" panel toggle (alternative path)
+   * 5. Generic text / DOM scan fallback
    */
   private async _clickEnableCaptions(): Promise<void> {
-    // Log visible menu items for debugging
     await this._logVisibleMenuItems();
 
-    // Strategy 1: Direct captions button (anonymous/light-meetings UI)
+    // ── Strategy 1: Direct captions button (anonymous / light-meetings UI) ──
     const directSelectors = [
       'div[id="closed-captions-button"]',
       '[data-tid="closed-captions-button"]',
@@ -128,15 +137,68 @@ export class CaptionsProcedure {
       }
     }
 
-    // Strategy 2: Authenticated Teams UI — "Captions & transcripts" submenu first
+    // ── Strategy 2: "Record and transcribe" → "Start transcription" ──
+    // Authenticated Teams 2025+: More → Record and transcribe → Start transcription
+    // After clicking, a spoken-language-selection-dialog appears (handled later).
+    const recordMenuSelectors = [
+      '[data-tid="RecordingMenuControl-id"]',
+      'div[role="menuitem"]:has-text("Record and transcribe")',
+      'div[role="menuitem"]:has-text("Aufzeichnen und transkribieren")',
+      'div[role="menuitem"]:has-text("Aufnehmen und transkribieren")',
+    ];
+
+    for (const selector of recordMenuSelectors) {
+      try {
+        const item = await this._page.$(selector);
+        if (item) {
+          await item.click();
+          this._logger.info(`Clicked "Record and transcribe": ${selector}`);
+          await this._page.waitForTimeout(1500);
+
+          // Log the submenu items
+          await this._logVisibleMenuItems();
+
+          // Click "Start transcription"
+          const transcriptionSelectors = [
+            '[role="menuitem"]:has-text("Start transcription")',
+            '[role="menuitem"]:has-text("Transkription starten")',
+            '[role="menuitem"]:has-text("transcription")',
+            '[role="menuitem"]:has-text("Transkription")',
+            'button:has-text("Start transcription")',
+            'button:has-text("Transkription starten")',
+            'div:has-text("Start transcription")[role="menuitem"]',
+          ];
+
+          for (const transSel of transcriptionSelectors) {
+            try {
+              const transBtn = await this._page.$(transSel);
+              if (transBtn) {
+                await transBtn.click();
+                this._logger.info(`Clicked "Start transcription": ${transSel}`);
+                await this._page.waitForTimeout(2000);
+                return; // language dialog handled by _handleLanguageDialog()
+              }
+            } catch {
+              // Continue
+            }
+          }
+
+          this._logger.warn('"Record and transcribe" opened but "Start transcription" not found');
+          await this._page.keyboard.press('Escape');
+          break;
+        }
+      } catch {
+        // Continue
+      }
+    }
+
+    // ── Strategy 3: "Captions & transcripts" submenu (older Teams) ──
     const submenuSelectors = [
       '[data-tid="captions-and-transcripts-button"]',
       '[role="menuitem"]:has-text("Captions & transcripts")',
       '[role="menuitem"]:has-text("Captions and transcripts")',
       '[role="menuitem"]:has-text("Untertitel und Transkripte")',
       '[role="menuitem"]:has-text("Untertitel")',
-      'button:has-text("Captions & transcripts")',
-      'button:has-text("Captions and transcripts")',
     ];
 
     for (const selector of submenuSelectors) {
@@ -147,12 +209,10 @@ export class CaptionsProcedure {
           this._logger.info(`Clicked captions submenu: ${selector}`);
           await this._page.waitForTimeout(1500);
 
-          // Now look for "Turn on live captions" inside the submenu/panel
           const enableSelectors = [
             'button:has-text("Turn on live captions")',
             'button:has-text("Live captions")',
             'button:has-text("Live-Untertitel aktivieren")',
-            'button:has-text("Liveuntertitel")',
             '[role="menuitem"]:has-text("Turn on live captions")',
             '[role="menuitem"]:has-text("Live captions")',
             '[role="menuitemcheckbox"]:has-text("captions")',
@@ -181,8 +241,7 @@ export class CaptionsProcedure {
       }
     }
 
-    // Strategy 2b: "Language and speech" submenu (authenticated Teams 2025+)
-    // In the new Teams, captions are under "Language and speech" → toggle inside panel
+    // ── Strategy 4: "Language and speech" panel toggle ──
     const langSpeechSelectors = [
       '[data-tid="LanguageSpeechMenuControl-id"]',
       'div[role="menuitem"]:has-text("Language and speech")',
@@ -197,7 +256,6 @@ export class CaptionsProcedure {
           this._logger.info(`Clicked "Language and speech": ${selector}`);
           await this._page.waitForTimeout(2000);
 
-          // Log panel toggles for debugging
           const panelToggles = await this._page.evaluate(() => {
             const switches = document.querySelectorAll(
               'input[role="switch"], [role="switch"], input[type="checkbox"]'
@@ -212,7 +270,6 @@ export class CaptionsProcedure {
           });
           this._logger.info(`Panel toggles: ${JSON.stringify(panelToggles)}`);
 
-          // Find and click the live captions toggle
           const toggleResult = await this._page.evaluate(() => {
             const switches = document.querySelectorAll(
               'input[role="switch"], [role="switch"], input[type="checkbox"]'
@@ -234,31 +291,14 @@ export class CaptionsProcedure {
                 return { found: true, clicked: false, info: `already on: ${label || tid}` };
               }
             }
-            // Fallback: any button/link mentioning captions
-            const btns = document.querySelectorAll('button, [role="menuitem"], [role="option"], a');
-            for (const btn of Array.from(btns)) {
-              const text = ((btn as HTMLElement).textContent || '').toLowerCase();
-              if (
-                text.includes('turn on live caption') ||
-                text.includes('liveuntertitel aktivieren') ||
-                text.includes('liveuntertitel einschalten')
-              ) {
-                (btn as HTMLElement).click();
-                return { found: true, clicked: true, info: text.substring(0, 60) };
-              }
-            }
             return { found: false, clicked: false, info: '' };
           });
 
           this._logger.info(`Captions toggle result: ${JSON.stringify(toggleResult)}`);
-
           if (toggleResult.found && toggleResult.clicked) {
             await this._page.waitForTimeout(1500);
           }
-
-          // Close the panel
           await this._page.keyboard.press('Escape');
-
           if (toggleResult.found) return;
 
           this._logger.warn('Language panel opened but no captions toggle found');
@@ -269,32 +309,9 @@ export class CaptionsProcedure {
       }
     }
 
-    // Strategy 3: Generic text-based fallbacks
-    const textFallbacks = [
-      'button:has-text("Turn on live captions")',
-      'button:has-text("Live captions")',
-      'button[aria-label*="captions" i]',
-      '[role="menuitem"]:has-text("captions")',
-      '[role="menuitemcheckbox"]:has-text("captions")',
-    ];
-
-    for (const selector of textFallbacks) {
-      try {
-        const button = await this._page.$(selector);
-        if (button) {
-          await button.click();
-          this._logger.info(`Clicked captions (text fallback): ${selector}`);
-          await this._page.waitForTimeout(1000);
-          return;
-        }
-      } catch {
-        // Continue
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Strategy 4: DOM scan — find any element mentioning "caption" in the open menu
+    // ── Strategy 5: DOM scan for anything containing "caption" / "transcri" ──
     const found = await this._page.evaluate(() => {
-      const keywords = ['caption', 'captions', 'untertitel', 'live caption'];
+      const keywords = ['caption', 'captions', 'untertitel', 'live caption', 'transcri', 'transkri'];
       const candidates = document.querySelectorAll(
         '[role="menuitem"], [role="menuitemcheckbox"], [role="menuitemradio"], button, li, div[role="option"]'
       );
@@ -312,22 +329,138 @@ export class CaptionsProcedure {
     });
 
     if (found.clicked) {
-      this._logger.info(`Clicked captions via DOM scan: "${found.clicked}"`);
+      this._logger.info(`Clicked via DOM scan: "${found.clicked}"`);
       await this._page.waitForTimeout(1500);
 
-      // Check if this opened a submenu — look for "Turn on" or "enable" inside
       const turnOnBtn = await this._page.$('button:has-text("Turn on"), [role="menuitem"]:has-text("Turn on")');
       if (turnOnBtn) {
         await turnOnBtn.click();
-        this._logger.info('Clicked "Turn on" in captions submenu');
+        this._logger.info('Clicked "Turn on" in submenu');
         await this._page.waitForTimeout(1000);
       }
       return;
     }
 
-    // Nothing found
     await this._page.keyboard.press('Escape');
-    this._logger.warn(`Could not find captions option. DOM scan matches: ${JSON.stringify(found.allMatches)}`);
+    this._logger.warn(`Could not find captions/transcription option. DOM scan: ${JSON.stringify(found.allMatches)}`);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Handle the "What language is everyone speaking?" dialog.
+   * This dialog appears after clicking "Start transcription" in authenticated Teams.
+   *
+   * DOM structure (from user-provided HTML):
+   *   [data-tid="spoken-language-selection-dialog"]  — alertdialog
+   *     button[data-tid="callingCaptions-spokenLanguages"] — combobox (current lang)
+   *     button[data-tid="calling_captions_change_language_dialog_confirm_button"]
+   *     button[data-tid="calling_captions_change_language_dialog_cancel_button"]
+   */
+  private async _handleLanguageDialog(): Promise<boolean> {
+    try {
+      const dialogSelector = '[data-tid="spoken-language-selection-dialog"]';
+      await this._page.waitForSelector(dialogSelector, { timeout: 8000 });
+      this._logger.info('Spoken language selection dialog appeared');
+
+      // Read current language from dropdown button
+      const dropdownSelector = 'button[data-tid="callingCaptions-spokenLanguages"]';
+      const dropdown = await this._page.$(dropdownSelector);
+
+      if (dropdown) {
+        const currentLang = await dropdown.evaluate(
+          (el) => el.textContent?.trim() || '',
+        );
+        this._logger.info(`Dialog current language: "${currentLang}"`);
+
+        // Check if the language is already correct
+        const targetNames = this._getLanguageDisplayNames();
+        const isCorrect = targetNames.some((name) =>
+          currentLang.toLowerCase().includes(name.toLowerCase()),
+        );
+
+        if (!isCorrect) {
+          this._logger.info(`Need to change language to: ${targetNames.join(', ')}`);
+
+          // Open dropdown
+          await dropdown.click();
+          await this._page.waitForTimeout(800);
+
+          // Select the correct option
+          let selected = false;
+          for (const name of targetNames) {
+            if (selected) break;
+            const optionSelectors = [
+              `[role="option"]:has-text("${name}")`,
+              `li:has-text("${name}")`,
+              `div[role="option"]:has-text("${name}")`,
+            ];
+            for (const optSel of optionSelectors) {
+              try {
+                const option = await this._page.$(optSel);
+                if (option) {
+                  await option.click();
+                  this._logger.info(`Selected language: ${name} (via ${optSel})`);
+                  selected = true;
+                  break;
+                }
+              } catch {
+                // Continue
+              }
+            }
+          }
+
+          if (!selected) {
+            this._logger.warn('Could not select language in dialog dropdown');
+          }
+          await this._page.waitForTimeout(500);
+        } else {
+          this._logger.info('Language already correct in dialog');
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Click "Confirm"
+      const confirmSelectors = [
+        'button[data-tid="calling_captions_change_language_dialog_confirm_button"]',
+        'button:has-text("Confirm")',
+        'button:has-text("Bestätigen")',
+      ];
+
+      for (const sel of confirmSelectors) {
+        try {
+          const btn = await this._page.$(sel);
+          if (btn) {
+            await btn.click();
+            this._logger.info(`Clicked "Confirm" in language dialog: ${sel}`);
+            await this._page.waitForTimeout(1500);
+            return true;
+          }
+        } catch {
+          // Continue
+        }
+      }
+
+      this._logger.warn('Language dialog found but could not click Confirm');
+      return false;
+    } catch {
+      // No dialog appeared — using captions mode, not transcription
+      this._logger.info('No language selection dialog appeared (may be using captions mode)');
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get display names for the configured language (used in dropdown selection).
+   */
+  private _getLanguageDisplayNames(): string[] {
+    const languageDisplayNames: Record<string, string[]> = {
+      'de-DE': ['German (Germany)', 'Deutsch (Deutschland)', 'German'],
+      'de-CH': ['German (Switzerland)', 'Deutsch (Schweiz)', 'German'],
+      'en-US': ['English (United States)', 'English (US)', 'English'],
+      'en-GB': ['English (United Kingdom)', 'English (UK)'],
+      'fr-FR': ['French (France)', 'Français (France)', 'French'],
+      'fr-CH': ['French (Switzerland)', 'Français (Suisse)'],
+      'it-IT': ['Italian (Italy)', 'Italiano (Italia)', 'Italian'],
+    };
+    return languageDisplayNames[this._language] || [this._language];
   }
 
   /**
@@ -360,19 +493,35 @@ export class CaptionsProcedure {
       'div[data-tid="closed-caption-renderer-wrapper"]',
       'div[data-tid="live-captions-renderer"]',
       '[data-tid="caption-area"]',
+      // Transcript panel (authenticated Teams "Record and transcribe" flow)
+      '[data-tid="transcript-pane"]',
+      '[data-tid="transcript-view"]',
+      '[data-tid*="transcript"]',
     ];
 
     for (const selector of containerSelectors) {
       try {
-        await this._page.waitForSelector(selector, { timeout: 15000 });
-        this._logger.info(`Found captions container: ${selector}`);
+        await this._page.waitForSelector(selector, { timeout: 10000 });
+        this._logger.info(`Found captions/transcript container: ${selector}`);
         return;
       } catch {
         // Try next
       }
     }
 
-    this._logger.warn('Could not find captions container - captions may not have enabled or may use a different selector');
+    // Log visible data-tid elements for debugging
+    const tids = await this._page.evaluate(() => {
+      const els = document.querySelectorAll('[data-tid]');
+      return Array.from(els)
+        .map(e => e.getAttribute('data-tid') || '')
+        .filter(t => t.includes('caption') || t.includes('transcript') || t.includes('subtitle'))
+        .slice(0, 10);
+    });
+    if (tids.length > 0) {
+      this._logger.info(`Related data-tid elements found: ${JSON.stringify(tids)}`);
+    }
+
+    this._logger.warn('Could not find captions/transcript container with known selectors');
   }
 
   /**
@@ -823,11 +972,13 @@ export class CaptionsProcedure {
         }
       }
 
-      // Try specific caption container selectors first
+      // Try specific caption/transcript container selectors first
       const containerSelectors = [
         'div[data-tid="closed-caption-renderer-wrapper"]',
         'div[data-tid="live-captions-renderer"]',
         '[data-tid="caption-area"]',
+        '[data-tid="transcript-pane"]',
+        '[data-tid="transcript-view"]',
       ];
 
       let targetNode: Element | null = null;