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If you are D/HH and use Microsoft Teams with 1+ interpreters, can you describe what your setup looks like? Do your interpreters turn on their video in Teams and you spotlight/pin them or do you use a separate application (e.g. Skype) as a backchannel to view/interact with them?

ICYMI, Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) integration into Microsoft Teams is now available in the public cloud. GCC in the next few weeks. If you use CART and Teams, give this a try during your next meeting and let us know what you think! blogs.microsoft.com/accessibility/…

CART captioning is now available in Microsoft Teams Meetings for Office 365 customers in GCC! This will be available in GCC-H/DoD early next year. techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/public-sect…

We’ve been having a lot of discussions internally about the customization of captions in our products. I like white text on an opaque black background. Sometimes white text with black outlining so they’re not blocking as much. I know preferences can vary wildly. What are yours?

Two immediate thoughts: (1) automatically generated captions don’t count, and (2) no profanity filtering, either.

We did a live webinar last week where we provided some tips on how to work with sign language interpreters and captions while using Microsoft Teams. The recording is now available.

I have had the opportunity to be involved in the Live Captions project from the beginning. A lot of people across different groups in the company worked hard to make this a reality. I’m excited to see that it’s finally available in Windows Insider builds. blogs.windows.com/windows-inside…

I will be in Prague during the last week of April visiting the Microsoft office there. I'd love to be able to connect with the Deaf community in Czechia, Belgium, or elsewhere in Europe to learn more about how you use Microsoft Teams. Any leads would be greatly appreciated!

If someone tells you that your feature/product is not accessible, your position should never be to explain to them why you think they are wrong. They never are. Instead, own it. Work with them to understand the barriers to usage. Fix them. Don't make the same mistakes again.

It was great to see that the NHL added a sign language interpreter to the Gary Bettman Stanley Cup press conference video. I hope they continue to do this. nhl.com/news/nhl-feeli…

The Microsoft Teams Live Translated Captions in Meetings feature is now available in public preview! This adds the ability to automatically translate Live Captions from the spoken language of the meeting to any of the translation languages that we support. techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-t…

I’m excited to announce the availability of one of the first elements of the vision for building the best-in-class experience for the D/HH in Teams. This new experience was driven by and with the members of the community. We’re just getting started. Lots of goodness to come.

Happy International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPWD2022. Celebrating all those working to build an accessible and equitable world. Folks like these..

This is starting in a few minutes! I'll be there to answer any questions you have.

One of the best events of the year, IMO.

"I may not necessary know or understand everyone's struggle, but that does not change my goal of making the world a more #accessible place for everyone." - Chris Sano ✨ Everyone can be part of this goal. #AbilitySummit

This was such a fun discussion. Thanks, Melissa Elmira Yingst, for being a fantastic host and Howard A. Rosenblum for joining us!

PowerPoint Live now has closed captions! It helps those who are deaf or hard of hearing, have difficulty processing auditory information, have a language barrier, or join the meeting from a loud environment to understand video content better. Details: msft.it/6018gGDmM

Some updates from the accessibility side of Microsoft Teams. You can now do some basic customization of the presentation of your captions in Teams meetings as well as toggle the profanity filter for Live Captions/Transcription. techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-t…