Updated September 7, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Updated August 4, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Updated April 01, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Live Captions in all available languages will now be available on Teams Meetings on web browsers. CART Captioning support will also be available on web browsers. Chrome/Edge/Safari on Win/Mac/Linux platforms will be supported. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 84906, 84001.
Users will now be able to view captions coming from a CART provider (real-time captioning) within the Microsoft Teams meeting on Chrome and Edge. Meeting organizers and participants will be able to ask their captioning providers to stream captions to Microsoft Teams.
Live Captions in all available languages are now available for web users of Teams Meetings.
Effected Workload
Table of Contents
Microsoft Teams
When this will happen
- Live captions for web: We expect the rollout to begin in mid-June (previously late March) and expect the rollout to be completed by early July (previously mid-April). – Complete
- CART captions for web: We expect the rollout to begin in early June (previously early April) and expect the rollout to be completed by mid-January (previously mid-August).
How this will affect your organization
Users will now have all live captions and CART caption options that are available on the desktop version of the app available when they join via web browser.
What you need to do to prepare
IT Admins should update documentation for their organization as necessary.
Message ID: MC317766
Published: 25 January 2022
Updated: 07 September 2022
Platform: Linux, Mac, mobile, Online, US Instances, Web, Windows Desktop, World tenant
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
