An upcoming replace will see Microsoft Groups get a welcome accessibility enhance by tweaking the best way its video transcription works with recorded conferences.

An entry added to the corporate’s Microsoft 365 roadmap (opens in new tab) outlines how, “Transcription can be turned on along with Recording if the ‘File robotically’ assembly possibility is on.” 

What this implies for finish customers and admins is that, when a gathering organizer allows ‘File robotically,’ speech transcription can be enabled by default (so long as it’s allowed by admins). 

Microsoft Groups transcription

Microsoft hopes that this alteration will assist to make assembly recordings extra accessible, whereas requiring no extra enter or setup from organizers.

Within the first occasion, this function seems set to be coming to desktop variations of the Microsoft Groups app – an surroundings the place most enterprise customers veer in direction of. That’s to not say that internet and cell variations could not get related options sooner or later.

In a bid to make its platform as accessible as attainable, Microsoft is pushing the replace by means of the event course of shortly, and common availability is ready to be by the tip of August 2022.

Microsoft Groups updates

Because the pandemic, competitors amongst video conferencing suites has been heated as all of them combat for the highest spot. As such, any new options have shortly been copied and replicated by all the large gamers.

For exmaple, Microsoft Groups appears to have imitated one among Zoom’s get together items, which permits the video calling platforms to document and ship brief video clips to colleagues, which may be useful if any individual is away however you don’t need them to overlook an vital firm announcement.

Amongst loads of different new options which have arrived just lately or are set to reach sooner or later, Microsoft has additionally expressed its dedication to Apple’s M-series Mac customers, with higher help for the gadgets powered by the corporate’s silicon chips.

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