Description
We are pleased to announce Closed Captions in PowerPoint Live are now available in Public Preview in Microsoft Teams. Closed Captions in PowerPoint Live is a new feature that aims to help those who are Deaf or hard of hearing, have difficulty processing auditory information, have a language barrier, or who are simply joining the meeting from a loud environment, to better understand the auditory content being shared. Meeting attendees will now have the option to turn on closed captions for any video that includes a closed captions file.
Flighting status
Available to everyone in Public Preview channel.
How to enable
PowerPoint users who are looking to create accessible presentations can easily add closed captions to any embedded PowerPoint video directly from within PowerPoint for Windows and macOS.
To add closed captions:
- Select the video and select Insert Captions from the Playback Ribbon
- In the Insert Captions dialog box, select the WebVTT file or files that should be included
- Select Insert
Turn on closed captions
When the PowerPoint presentation is shared using PowerPoint Live in a Microsoft Teams meeting, the closed captions option will be available for viewers to turn on.
To turn on closed captions:
- In PowerPoint Live, click on the closed captions button on the video player
- Select the preferred language from the dropdown menu
- Closed captions are now turned on
Enable closed captions
Once turned on, the video closed captions will appear at the bottom of the slide for only the individual attendee, empowering each attendee to choose the closed captions setting that’s best for them without distracting other attendees who may prefer to have closed captions turned off. Closed captions make PowerPoint presentations more accessible and benefit everyone who watches videos, especially those watching videos in their non-native language, people learning to read, and individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Closed captions enabled
When no closed captions are available for a video, the closed captions button will be unavailable to select.
Closed captions unavailable
Note 1: If you need information about enabling the public preview itself, see “Enable the public preview for Teams” below.
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Enable your Teams client for the public preview
- First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs.
- Users then choose to join the public preview individually. See Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) for instructions.
Summary of public preview features
For a history of features in the Teams public previews, see Microsoft Teams Public Preview - Microsoft Tech Community
Send us your feedback
Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback. This is on the bottom left of your client.
U.S. customers can also provide feedback – on any Microsoft product, not just this one – through the Disability Answer Desk (DAD) via videophone at (+1 503-427-1234). We look forward to continuing the conversation.
Thank you,
Preview Team
Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft Teams