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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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.

Install / use

microsoft.com/microsoft-teams

Features

Speaker diarizationYes
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Microsoft Teams Live Captions vs Whipscribe

FeatureMicrosoft Teams Live CaptionsWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
Pricingbundled · Microsoft 365 plansfree beta
Speaker diarizationYesYes
Word timestamps—Yes
StreamingYesNo
Languages—99
PlatformsWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, AndroidWeb, API, MCP

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