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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.
To use live captions in a meeting, go to your meeting controls and select the 3 dot icon and click on Turn on live captions (preview).
Begin speaking and the captions will appear on your screen.
Please note, if you are recording the meeting, these captions are not retained by Teams in the recording. Faculty embedding their recordings into their Moodle course must first
Should you wish to upload the video to your Individual Personal Mastershell or term course, videos must first be converted to YouTube using the procedure published in the Faculty Resource Center titled Making ADA Compliant Videos with Closed Captioning.
To turn off live captions in a meeting, go to your meeting controls and select the 3 dot icon and click on Turn off live captions (preview).
To make sure your live captions are as accurate as possible, try to follow these best practices:
Speak clearly, slowly, and directly into the mic. As your distance from the mic increases, captions may become less accurate.
Avoid locations with background noise.
Avoid having multiple people speak at the same time.