Teams will be more inclusive in the coming weeks: sub titles arrive

Talking about Microsoft applications to facilitate teamwork is talking about Teams. It is a tool, one of the winners during the pandemic along with Zoom that makes it easier that workers and professionals can remain connected despite the distance

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With the arrival of Teams, Microsoft has been gradually launching different improvements. Integrate with GitHub, support for the List function, the Together Mode to make calls more enjoyable or the increasing limit of participants. Improvements to which are added those that the company has unveiled at Ignite 2020 and that will make the platform even more immersive and inclusive"

Live sub titles

To facilitate access for all types of people, regardless of whether they have a different type of ability, comes support for live captions with speaker attribution during a Microsoft Teams meeting. To make it easy for everyone to understand the discussion and participate, Teams will now feature live captions and transcripts with presenter attribution

This function is available in individual calls and even in interactive meetings of up to 1,000 participants with the possibility of reaching up to 20,000 participants. These features can be enabled via the control bar within the call or meeting window, and will be available in the coming months.

Together mode with more scenes

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More variety came to an option such as the Together mode. This is a view in Teams meetings that is intended to facilitate immersion make it appear as if participants are sitting in the same room (will include multiple auditoriums, conference rooms and a cafeteria) than the rest of the participants to make it easier to pick up on the non-verbal cues that are so important in relationships. Together Mode will launch later this year."

Enhanced search experience

An improved search experience is coming using Microsoft Search and will be available by the end of 2020. Searching in Teams will now be more effective, whether it's messages, people, or files . The process will be faster and more intuitive for everyone, including people with different disabilities.

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The page that displays search results has been redesigned and now provides better context and faster results, with relevance driven by artificial intelligence based on the people and content you interact with most in Teams and other Microsoft 365 services. In addition, assistive technology users will be able to use the shortcut with the combination Ctrl + F> "

Wellness and he alth

As a consequence of the blurring between work and personal life, situations are taking place that harm our physical and mental he alth. To help address these situations Microsoft is providing insights on wellness and productivity in Microsoft Teams. It's about discovering opportunities to prevent burnout and fatigue.

For Microsoft 365

In addition, in the case of Microsoft 365 the company has announced improvements such as Play My Emails, an option allows you to listen and respond to news of the inbox in a hands-free way with the help of voice commands and Cortana, also thinking of facilitating the work for people with some type of different capacity. Play my Emails is already available in Outlook for iOS and Android in English in the United States and will begin rolling out in the coming months in English in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and India.

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Another innovation is the voice commands in Outlook Mobile Now you can use your voice to write emails, schedule meetings and make calls, all from Outlook mobile. It is enough to touch the microphone and give the appropriate order as can be Send an email to Jose to inform me that I am late>."

These are some of the novelties that we will see in Teams in the coming months to make it a more inclusive and immersive tool and that all users have maximum ease of use.

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