If you have hearing problems, it is now much easier to participate in a Microsoft Teams meeting. Microsoft has introduced a sign language view that allows deaf people and interpreters to prioritize each other during meetings.
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That video feeds will remain in the same places, at sizes large enough to see sign language. Throughout a meeting, you may see up to two additional signers, and the video will remain large even when slides or screen shares are visible.
According to Microsoft, the view also makes preferences “sticky” thanks to a new accessibility settings pane.
Every time a Teams call begins, you won’t have to worry about pinning interpreters or enabling captions. Instead of mulling over options, you can jump right into a meeting.
The sign language view and accessibility pane are currently only available via a user-by-user Public Preview.
According to Microsoft, they will be available to all commercial and government customers in the “coming weeks.” It may take some time for everyone to be able to use the functionality.
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Nonetheless, this promises to greatly simplify meetings for anyone with limited hearing — and may make Microsoft Teams more viable if alternatives like Zoom (which only recently added interpreter support) aren’t up to the task.
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