Sep 07 2022 03:30 PM - edited Sep 07 2022 03:33 PM
Users are now able to choose the Live Captions in the language they prefer, with the help of Microsoft Cognitive Service Speech Translation Capabilities. This will help users fully participate in meetings where the spoken language may not be their most comfortable language to use.
Previously, users were able to select just the spoken language, and the Live Captions appeared in the same language as they selected. You can find more information about Live Captions here.
With this new feature, users who turn on Live Captions are able to see options for Live Translated Captions in the “Subtitles” menu. By selecting a translation language, users will see the Translated Captions in the language they selected.
List of supported spoken languages:
English (US), English (Canada), English (India), English (UK), English (Australia), English (New Zealand), Arabic (Arab Emirates), Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Chinese (Simplified China), Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Czech (Czechia), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), French (Canada), French (France), Finnish (Finland), German (Germany), Greek (Greece), Hebrew (Israel), Hindi (India), Hungarian (Hungary), Italian (Italy), Japanese (Japan), Korean (Korea), Norwegian (Norway), Polish (Poland), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian (Romania), Russian (Russia), Slovak (Slovakia), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Turkey), Ukrainian (Ukraine), Vietnamese (Vietnam)
List of supported translation languages:
Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, French (Canada), German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Please note that some of the languages above will be in preview state when launching.
Available to everyone in Public Preview channel.
Join a meeting or start a call. Select the “More” icon in the meeting toolbar and press the “Turn on Live Captions” button. Click the three dots in the Live Captions pane at the bottom of the screen and choose the spoken language. You will see live captions in the selected language on the screen. Go to Subtitles menu and select a language to which you want to translate the Live Captions.
Note 1: If you need information about enabling the public preview itself, see “Enable the public preview for Teams” below.
Note 2: To be able to use this feature, users who want to use Live Translated Captions need to be in Public Preview. Other users are not required to be in Public Preview.
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Thank you,
Preview Team @Jan_Steberl
Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft Teams
Sep 07 2022 11:01 PM
This is a really nice accessibility development
Sep 08 2022 01:01 AM
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Thank you for testing Live Translated Captions in Public Preview and providing feedback. Team continues to look into ways how to improve Live Captions and Transcription experience. You can also submit feature asks in Feedback Portal (Microsoft Teams · Community).
Sep 20 2022 03:41 AM
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Sep 27 2022 12:29 AM
Looks like it is in the production environment of my Tennant.
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Oct 21 2022 11:28 AM
@bishwasg this is not the intended usecase. 1 spoken language , and the attendees can have caption in their own language.
Oct 31 2022 01:38 PM
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