Right now we’re happy to announce Closed Captions in PowerPoint Dwell, a brand new characteristic in Microsoft Groups conferences that goals to assist those that are Deaf or onerous of listening to, have problem processing auditory info, have a language barrier, or who’re merely becoming a member of the assembly from a loud atmosphere, to higher 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.
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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 ought to be included
- Choose Insert
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When the PowerPoint presentation is shared utilizing PowerPoint Dwell in a Microsoft Groups assembly, the closed captions choice will probably be accessible for viewers to activate.
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To activate closed captions:
- In PowerPoint Dwell, 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
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As soon as turned on, the video closed captions will seem on the backside of the slide for less than the person attendee, empowering every attendee to decide on the closed captions setting that’s greatest for them with out distracting different attendees who could favor 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 onerous of listening to. Study extra about how one can make PowerPoint displays extra accessible with closed captions!
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When no closed captions can be found for a video, the closed captions button will probably be unavailable for contributors to pick out.
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Assist us proceed to enhance
This characteristic is only the start – one step alongside a for much longer street. We’re dedicated to making a Groups assembly expertise that isn’t simply accessible, however pleasant, for Deaf and onerous of listening to contributors. And for that, we’d like your enter and engagement. The only method to offer suggestions is by way of the Assist menu inside Groups itself. U.S. clients may also present suggestions – on any Microsoft product, not simply this one – by way of the Incapacity Reply Desk (DAD) by way of videophone at (+1 503-427-1234). We look ahead to persevering with the dialog.
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