Updated April 12, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This new feature will enable users, with edit permission to a video stored in OneDrive for Business or a SharePoint document library, to upload, download, and delete captions in the WebVTT file format. This feature will also let users download a Teams Live Transcript as a WebVTT file. They will then be able to edit that file in a text or VTT editor and re-upload it to provide more accurate captions and transcript for their recording.
Any viewer of the video with a transcript will be able to display it as closed captions inside the video player and as a transcript in the transcript pane next to the video.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85610.
Note: We will not be moving forward with rolling this out to organizations in GCC, GCC-High or DoD at this time. We are planning on these in the future and will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. We apologize for any inconvenience.
You can upload, download, and delete captions in the Web VTT file format for a video in SharePoint or OneDrive. This will enable you to edit transcript files generated by Teams live transcript or Stream via downloading the file, editing in a text or VTT editor, and re-uploading it. The VTT file will be displayed as captions inside the video player and as a transcript in the transcript pane next to the video.
When this will happen
- Targeted release (entire org): will start rolling out early March and be complete by end of March.
- Standard: will start rolling out in early April and be complete by early May (previously late April).
How this will affect your organization
A user who does not have a transcript, but has edit permission on a video will be able to navigate to Media Settings in the player and use the Transcript and captions setting to upload captions. Users will also be able to download and delete the caption file.
Any viewer will be able to enable captions during playback via the Closed Captions button and will be able to see transcript in transcript pane.
You might want to notify your users about this new capability and update your training and documentation as appropriate.
Message ID: MC312492
Published: 08 January 2022
Updated: 12 April 2022
Alex Lim
Alex Lim is a certified IT Technical Support Architect with over 15 years of experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex IT systems and networks. He has worked for leading IT companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco, providing technical support and solutions to clients across various industries and sectors. Alex has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and a master’s degree in information security from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also the author of several best-selling books on IT technical support, such as The IT Technical Support Handbook and Troubleshooting IT Systems and Networks. Alex lives in Bandar, Johore, Malaysia with his wife and two chilrdren. You can reach him at [email protected] or follow him on Website | Twitter | Facebook
