Microsoft Teams meetings to roll out Live Transcription with speaker attribution to more customers

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Published onJune 11, 2021

published onJune 11, 2021

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In March, Microsoft Teams launched a newlive transcription with speaker attribution featurefor scheduled meetings. The AI-powered live transcription support is currently available for select enterprise subscribers, but this capability will expand to more customers later this month.

The live transcription with speaker attribution feature identifies each speaker and delivers real-time transcriptions of the conversation during a Teams meeting. As of now, Live transcription in Microsoft Teams is only available for enterprise customers with licenses for Microsoft 365 E3/E5, Business Standard, and Business Premium SKUs.

The company has recently added a new update to itsMicrosoft 365 roadmapto indicate that it’s making the transcription service available to additional SKUs to make meeting content more accessible to people challenged by hearing issues. The feature is currently being developed and will be rolled out on the Teams desktop clients globally later this month.

With this update, Live transcription with speaker attribution will be supported on the app in English (US) for scheduled Microsoft Teams meetings under the following licenses:

The live transcription experience in Teams should help to improve the accessibility of the app and the productivity of meeting participants. It also enables people to join a meeting in noisy environments. In case you missed it, Microsoft is alsoplanning to expand live transcription supportto unscheduled and channel meetings in Teams in July.

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