{"id":6042,"date":"2021-05-19T10:42:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T10:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/?p=6042"},"modified":"2021-06-29T08:19:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T08:19:49","slug":"transcripts-live-captions-in-microsoft-teams-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/2021\/05\/19\/transcripts-live-captions-in-microsoft-teams-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcripts &amp; Live Captions in Microsoft Teams Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Microsoft Teams has taken accessibility to a new level and will significantly help you comply with current accessibility legislation at the touch of a button.  Live transcription and live captions can help to significantly improve accessibility on Teams by providing you with the option to display what is being said through Live Closed Captions during the meeting and then you can download the transcript of the meetings afterwards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Microsoft Teams meetings Transcription | Get transcripts and Live captions for your meeting\" width=\"439\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9NSYGcz5aA8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about transcripts and captions watch the video above and the information below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Live transcription<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/support.content.office.net\/en-us\/media\/3d80cd61-40fe-4d3d-aa13-c42288b16601.png\" alt=\"Transcript menu in Microsoft teams\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Live transcription can make your meeting more productive, as well as more inclusive for&nbsp;participants who are deaf or hard-of-hearing or have&nbsp;different levels of language proficiency. Participants in noisy places will also appreciate the visual aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To start live transcription do the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Select&nbsp;<strong>More options<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/support.content.office.net\/en-us\/media\/50427f15-7308-4d8b-81a3-5af26abd85bb.png\" alt=\"Microsoft teams More options icon.\">&nbsp;&nbsp;in your meeting controls and then select&nbsp;<strong>Start transcription<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All participants see a notice that the meeting is being transcribed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The transcript appears on the right side of your screen. The other meeting participants have the option of showing or hiding it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Select&nbsp;<strong>More options<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/support.content.office.net\/en-us\/media\/50427f15-7308-4d8b-81a3-5af26abd85bb.png\" alt=\"Microsoft teams More options icon.\">&nbsp;&nbsp; in the meeting controls and then select either&nbsp;<strong>Show transcript<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>Hide transcript<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For further guidance and support visit the Microsoft support website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/view-live-transcription-in-a-teams-meeting-dc1a8f23-2e20-4684-885e-2152e06a4a8b#bkmk_overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Teams Support for Live Transcription<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Live captions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/support.content.office.net\/en-us\/media\/23a1c169-5c5b-4e90-ad5f-8ebd684b1968.png\" alt=\"The option to turn live captions on in a meeting's call controls\" \/><figcaption><sup>Turn on live captions option in Teams<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With real-time captions, Teams can detect what\u2019s said in a meeting and present the captions below the video feeds. Captions will include speaker attribution\u2014so you&#8217;ll see not only what&#8217;s being said, but who&#8217;s saying it.&nbsp; Click through the pages below to find out more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Live captions can make your meeting more inclusive to participants who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, people with different levels of language proficiency, and participants in loud places by giving them another way to follow along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To use live captions in a meeting, go to your meeting controls and select&nbsp;<strong>More options<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/support.content.office.net\/en-us\/media\/d6c70643-162c-4414-954a-9bcb33ee4bc5.png\" alt=\"More options button\">&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Turn on live captions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To stop using live captions, go to the meeting controls and select&nbsp;<strong>More options<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/support.content.office.net\/en-us\/media\/d6c70643-162c-4414-954a-9bcb33ee4bc5.png\" alt=\"More options button\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Turn off live captions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/use-live-captions-in-a-teams-meeting-4be2d304-f675-4b57-8347-cbd000a21260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Teams Support for Live Captions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions contact the Digital Learning Team at: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:digitallearning@loucoll.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\">digitallearning@loucoll.ac.uk<\/a> and don\u2019t forget to check our blog again tomorrow for the next instalment in our Accessibility bite size blog series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Teams has taken accessibility to a new level and will significantly help you comply with current accessibility legislation at the touch of a button. 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