diff --git a/react/features/recording/components/Recording/AbstractStartRecordingDialog.ts b/react/features/recording/components/Recording/AbstractStartRecordingDialog.ts
index f5a3c35694..be09cf06ca 100644
--- a/react/features/recording/components/Recording/AbstractStartRecordingDialog.ts
+++ b/react/features/recording/components/Recording/AbstractStartRecordingDialog.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ export interface IProps extends WithTranslation {
      */
     _conference?: IJitsiConference;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether subtitles should be displayed or not.
+     */
+    _displaySubtitles?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * Whether to show file recordings service, even if integrations
      * are enabled.
@@ -69,6 +74,11 @@ export interface IProps extends WithTranslation {
      */
     _screenshotCaptureEnabled: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * The selected language for subtitles.
+     */
+    _subtitlesLanguage: string | null;
+
     /**
      * The dropbox access token.
      */
@@ -336,8 +346,10 @@ class AbstractStartRecordingDialog extends Component<IProps, IState> {
         const {
             _appKey,
             _conference,
+            _displaySubtitles,
             _isDropboxEnabled,
             _rToken,
+            _subtitlesLanguage,
             _token,
             dispatch
         } = this.props;
@@ -399,7 +411,7 @@ class AbstractStartRecordingDialog extends Component<IProps, IState> {
 
         if (this.state.selectedRecordingService === RECORDING_TYPES.JITSI_REC_SERVICE
                 && this.state.shouldRecordTranscription) {
-            dispatch(setRequestingSubtitles(true, false, null));
+            dispatch(setRequestingSubtitles(true, _displaySubtitles, _subtitlesLanguage));
         }
 
         _conference?.getMetadataHandler().setMetadata(RECORDING_METADATA_ID, {
@@ -434,17 +446,7 @@ class AbstractStartRecordingDialog extends Component<IProps, IState> {
  * @param {Object} state - The Redux state.
  * @param {any} _ownProps - Component's own props.
  * @private
- * @returns {{
- *     _appKey: string,
- *     _autoTranscribeOnRecord: boolean,
- *     _conference: JitsiConference,
- *     _fileRecordingsServiceEnabled: boolean,
- *     _fileRecordingsServiceSharingEnabled: boolean,
- *     _isDropboxEnabled: boolean,
- *     _rToken:string,
- *     _tokenExpireDate: number,
- *     _token: string
- * }}
+ * @returns {IProps}
  */
 export function mapStateToProps(state: IReduxState, _ownProps: any) {
     const {
@@ -452,16 +454,22 @@ export function mapStateToProps(state: IReduxState, _ownProps: any) {
         dropbox = { appKey: undefined },
         localRecording
     } = state['features/base/config'];
+    const {
+        _displaySubtitles,
+        _language: _subtitlesLanguage
+    } = state['features/subtitles'];
 
     return {
         _appKey: dropbox.appKey ?? '',
         _autoTranscribeOnRecord: shouldAutoTranscribeOnRecord(state),
         _conference: state['features/base/conference'].conference,
+        _displaySubtitles,
         _fileRecordingsServiceEnabled: recordingService?.enabled ?? false,
         _fileRecordingsServiceSharingEnabled: isRecordingSharingEnabled(state),
         _isDropboxEnabled: isDropboxEnabled(state),
         _localRecordingEnabled: !localRecording?.disable,
         _rToken: state['features/dropbox'].rToken ?? '',
+        _subtitlesLanguage,
         _tokenExpireDate: state['features/dropbox'].expireDate,
         _token: state['features/dropbox'].token ?? ''
     };
diff --git a/react/features/recording/components/Recording/AbstractStopRecordingDialog.ts b/react/features/recording/components/Recording/AbstractStopRecordingDialog.ts
index 22575091a8..3b9fe832c3 100644
--- a/react/features/recording/components/Recording/AbstractStopRecordingDialog.ts
+++ b/react/features/recording/components/Recording/AbstractStopRecordingDialog.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ export interface IProps extends WithTranslation {
      */
     _conference?: IJitsiConference;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether subtitles should be displayed or not.
+     */
+    _displaySubtitles?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * The redux representation of the recording session to be stopped.
      */
@@ -36,6 +41,11 @@ export interface IProps extends WithTranslation {
      */
     _localRecording: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * The selected language for subtitles.
+     */
+    _subtitlesLanguage: string | null;
+
     /**
      * The redux dispatch function.
      */
@@ -77,22 +87,28 @@ export default class AbstractStopRecordingDialog<P extends IProps>
     _onSubmit() {
         sendAnalytics(createRecordingDialogEvent('stop', 'confirm.button'));
 
-        if (this.props._localRecording) {
-            this.props.dispatch(stopLocalVideoRecording());
-            if (this.props.localRecordingVideoStop) {
-                this.props.dispatch(setVideoMuted(true));
-            }
-        } else {
-            const { _fileRecordingSession } = this.props;
+        const {
+            _conference,
+            _displaySubtitles,
+            _fileRecordingSession,
+            _localRecording,
+            _subtitlesLanguage,
+            dispatch,
+            localRecordingVideoStop
+        } = this.props;
 
-            if (_fileRecordingSession) {
-                this.props._conference?.stopRecording(_fileRecordingSession.id);
-                this._toggleScreenshotCapture();
+        if (_localRecording) {
+            dispatch(stopLocalVideoRecording());
+            if (localRecordingVideoStop) {
+                dispatch(setVideoMuted(true));
             }
+        } else if (_fileRecordingSession) {
+            _conference?.stopRecording(_fileRecordingSession.id);
+            this._toggleScreenshotCapture();
         }
 
         // TODO: this should be an action in transcribing. -saghul
-        this.props.dispatch(setRequestingSubtitles(false, false, null));
+        this.props.dispatch(setRequestingSubtitles(Boolean(_displaySubtitles), _displaySubtitles, _subtitlesLanguage));
 
         this.props._conference?.getMetadataHandler().setMetadata(RECORDING_METADATA_ID, {
             isTranscribingEnabled: false
@@ -117,16 +133,20 @@ export default class AbstractStopRecordingDialog<P extends IProps>
  *
  * @param {Object} state - The Redux state.
  * @private
- * @returns {{
- *     _conference: JitsiConference,
- *     _fileRecordingSession: Object
- * }}
+ * @returns {IProps}
  */
 export function _mapStateToProps(state: IReduxState) {
+    const {
+        _displaySubtitles,
+        _language: _subtitlesLanguage
+    } = state['features/subtitles'];
+
     return {
         _conference: state['features/base/conference'].conference,
+        _displaySubtitles,
         _fileRecordingSession:
             getActiveSession(state, JitsiRecordingConstants.mode.FILE),
-        _localRecording: LocalRecordingManager.isRecordingLocally()
+        _localRecording: LocalRecordingManager.isRecordingLocally(),
+        _subtitlesLanguage
     };
 }
diff --git a/react/features/subtitles/reducer.ts b/react/features/subtitles/reducer.ts
index 99f9bce9cf..e3ac58563d 100644
--- a/react/features/subtitles/reducer.ts
+++ b/react/features/subtitles/reducer.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
  * Default State for 'features/transcription' feature.
  */
 const defaultState = {
-    _displaySubtitles: true,
+    _displaySubtitles: false,
     _transcriptMessages: new Map(),
     _requestingSubtitles: false,
     _language: null