Microsoft Teams Live Captions
by Microsoft
Built-in live captioning inside Microsoft Teams meetings and live events.
TL;DR
Built-in live captioning inside Microsoft Teams meetings and live events.
Best for enterprises standardised on Teams that need accessibility-grade captions on internal events. Pricing: bundled · Microsoft 365 plans.
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Products
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Pricing
bundled · Microsoft 365 plans
Platforms
Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
What it is
Teams Live Captions are the captioning feature inside Microsoft Teams meetings and live events, with speaker attribution and live translation under Microsoft 365 plans.
Best for: Enterprises standardised on Teams that need accessibility-grade captions on internal events.
Watch out for: Quality varies by language; tightly bound to Microsoft 365 admin policies.
Watch out for: Quality varies by language; tightly bound to Microsoft 365 admin policies.
Install / use
microsoft.com/microsoft-teams
Features
| Speaker diarization | Yes |
| Word-level timestamps | No |
| Streaming / real-time | Yes |
| Languages supported | None |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Microsoft Teams Live Captions vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Microsoft Teams Live Captions | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Products | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | bundled · Microsoft 365 plans | free beta |
| Speaker diarization | Yes | Yes |
| Word timestamps | — | Yes |
| Streaming | Yes | No |
| Languages | — | 99 |
| Platforms | Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android | Web, API, MCP |
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