Microsoft Teams: Live transcription for Teams Rooms on Windows

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows will soon allow users to start/stop transcription and view it directly on the device, requiring a Teams Rooms Pro license. Rollouts begin mid-February 2025, with different dates for GCC, GCC High, and DoD. Admins can manage transcription permissions and settings. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows: We are excited to announce that users can soon start and stop transcription as well as view the meeting transcript directly from Teams Rooms on Windows devices. This feature requires a Teams Rooms Pro license. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 423088. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025 General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete by mid-April 2025. How this will affect your organization: Before the rollout: When joining a meeting on Teams Rooms on Windows, users must also join the meeting on a companion device to start transcription. Also, even when transcription has been started, users can’t view the transcript from the front of room display. After the rollout: Users can select More > Record and transcribe > Start transcription or Stop transcription directly from the Teams Rooms on Windows device. Start/stop transcription is supported in any meeting where a participant belongs to the same tenant as the organizer. When users transcribe a Meet now or Whiteboard session initiated from a Teams Rooms on Windows device, users must ensure that they invite themselves to the meeting so that they can access the transcript after the meeting through the meeting chat on their Teams desktop or mobile app. After transcription is started, users can show/hide the transcript panel on the front of room display in any meeting layout: Select More > Record and transcribe > toggle On/Off Show transcript. Select View > Front row > open the left/right panel dropdown > select/unselect Transcript. Users can also set the meeting spoken […]

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