Live Captions Usability Improvement in Teams Meetings

Originally posted by Microsoft Apr 10, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

The new Caption Settings pane now allows better discovery and easier navigation. Users have the ability to customize the size and color of their font as well as the height and position of the caption window with the option to scroll to review captions of what has been said, up to one minute ago.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 107782.

When this will happen:

Public Preview: We will begin rolling out early May and expect to complete by mid-May.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out mid-May and expect to complete by early June.

GCC-High and DoD: We will begin rolling out late June and expect to complete by late July.

How this will affect your organization: 

Users can access the options in meetings via More … > Language and speech > Turn on live captions > Click on new Settings ⚙️ in the captions section > Caption settings 

The following options are now supported: 

• Changing spoken language 
• Changing caption language (Live translated captions is part of Teams Premium) 
• Adjusting colors, height, position (top, bottom), and font size 

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What you need to do to prepare: 

There is no action needed to prepare for this change. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.

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