Online Meeting Accessibility

Here is some helpful information for getting accessibility help on a teams call with RTD.

Access to an ASL interpreter:

Turn on Sign language mode

You can enable Sign language mode during a meeting.

To turn on Sign language mode during a meeting:

1. Go to your meeting window and select More actions > Settings.

2. Open Accessibility settings.

3. Turn on Sign language mode toggle button.

4. Choose your role as a signer or interpreter.

Note

You only need to select your role once. Teams will remember your choice for future meetings.

Identify yourself as a Signer or Sign Language Interpreter

Once the Sign language mode is turned on, you can identify yourself as a Signer or a Sign language interpreter in Teams. Your selected role will be visible to others during meetings.

· I am a Signer: Select this if you are a Deaf or Hard of hearing participant who uses sign language to communicate.

· I am a Sign Language Interpreter: Select this if you provide real-time sign language interpretation for others during meetings.

Your selected role will be visible to other meeting participants and helps Teams adjust your meeting view accordingly.

Closed captioning

Teams has built-in closed captioning you can turn on from your meeting controls.

Turn captions on and off

· To start using live captions, select More actions in your meeting controls. Select Language and speech > Show live captions .

· To stop using live captions, select More actions in your meeting controls. Select Language and speech > Hide live captions .

Customize captions

Customize your caption font size and color, increase the number of lines displayed, and change the positioning of the captions in the meeting window.

1. Select Caption settings > Caption styles next to the captions on your screen.

2. Choose the color, position, and style you want to see your captions in.

To use live translated captions:

1. Turn on live captions in your meeting.

2. To the right of captions, select Caption settings > Language settings .

3. Make sure Meeting spoken language is correct.

4. Turn on the Translate to toggle.

5. In the dropdown menu, select the language you want your captions translated to.

Important

Microsoft reserves the right to restrict or place limitations on the use of Speaker Coach, with reasonable notice, in order to limit excessive use and/or fraud, and to maintain optimal service performance.

Language Support

Supported languages in Teams:

English (US), English (Canada), English (India), English (UK), English (Australia), English (New Zealand), Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Arabic (United Arab Emirates), Albanian (Albania), Bulgarian (Bulgaria), Catalan (Catalan), Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Croatian (Croatia), Czech (Czechia), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Estonian (Estonia), Filipino (Philippines), Finnish (Finland), French (Canada), French (France), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Greek (Greece), Hebrew (Israel), Hindi (India), Hungarian (Hungary), Icelandic (Iceland), Indonesian (Indonesia), Italian (Italy), Japanese (Japan), Kazakh (Kazakhstan), Korean (Korea), Latvian (Latvia), Lithuanian (Lithuania), Malay (Malaysia), Maltese (Malta), Norwegian (Norway), Polish (Poland), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian (Romania), Russian (Russia), Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia), Slovak (Slovakia), Slovenian (Slovenia), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Turkey), Ukrainian (Ukraine), Vietnamese (Vietnam), Welsh (United Kingdom).

Supported translation languages in Teams:

Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, French (Canada), German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese