Right this moment we’re happy to announce Closed Captions in PowerPoint Stay, a brand new characteristic in Microsoft Groups conferences that goals to assist those that are Deaf or arduous of listening to, have issue processing auditory data, have a language barrier, or who’re merely becoming a member of the assembly from a loud setting, to raised perceive the auditory content material being shared. Assembly attendees will now have the choice to activate closed captions for any video that features a closed captions file.
PowerPoint customers who wish to create accessible displays can simply add closed captions to any embedded PowerPoint video immediately from inside PowerPoint for Home windows and macOS.
So as to add closed captions:
- Choose the video and choose Insert Captions from the Playback Ribbon
- Within the Insert Captions dialog field, choose the WebVTT file or recordsdata that needs to be included
- Choose Insert
When the PowerPoint presentation is shared utilizing PowerPoint Stay in a Microsoft Groups assembly, the closed captions possibility might be accessible for viewers to activate.
To activate closed captions:
- In PowerPoint Stay, click on on the closed captions button on the video participant
- Choose the popular language from the dropdown menu
- Closed captions are actually turned on
As soon as turned on, the video closed captions will seem on the backside of the slide for under the person attendee, empowering every attendee to decide on the closed captions setting that’s finest for them with out distracting different attendees who could choose to have closed captions turned off. Closed captions make PowerPoint displays extra accessible and profit everybody who watches movies, particularly these watching movies of their non-native language, individuals studying to learn, and people who’re deaf or arduous of listening to. Be taught extra about make PowerPoint displays extra accessible with closed captions!
When no closed captions can be found for a video, the closed captions button might be unavailable for contributors to pick.
Assist us proceed to enhance
This characteristic is just the start – one step alongside a for much longer highway. We’re dedicated to making a Groups assembly expertise that’s not simply accessible, however pleasant, for Deaf and arduous of listening to contributors. And for that, we want your enter and engagement. The only manner to supply suggestions is through the Assist menu inside Groups itself. U.S. prospects may also present suggestions – on any Microsoft product, not simply this one – by the Incapacity Reply Desk (DAD) through videophone at (+1 503-427-1234). We stay up for persevering with the dialog.
