Enable meeting translation in Microsoft Teams to allow each meeting participant to speak, and read captions, in their preferred language in real time.
Before you get started, make sure your organization has met the following requirements:
- You have installed DeepL Voice for Microsoft Teams app and accepted permissions
- You have accepted DeepL permissions
The DeepL Voice app is available to use on Microsoft Teams desktop, web, and mobile apps.
Learn more about DeepL Voice for Meetings.
Enable meeting translation
In order to enable meeting translation for all meeting participants, you need the following:
- A Teams license (with any Microsoft Business plan)
- An active DeepL Voice for Meetings license
To enable meeting translation in meetings hosted by your organization, do the following:
- Join/start a meeting
- Click the Apps icon
- Search for and select the DeepL Voice app
- Select your preferred languages (see more details below)
- Click Start translation
- Enter your DeepL login credentials
- Click Admit to add the DeepL Voice app to the participant list - this will begin the audio transcription and translation
You are automatically assigned the translation manager role
Once you have enabled meeting translation, all meeting participants can access meeting translation.
Translation manager
When using DeepL Voice for Microsoft Teams, there is 1 assigned translation manager, who has access to extras settings .
- The role is assigned to the user who invites the DeepL bot
- Voice for Meetings license holders can request the translation manager role in Settings
If requested, the translation manager role is transferred from one user to another.
Translation controls
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Pause translation
The pause translation feature removes the bot from the meeting, so for sensitive topics, users can be reassures that their speech is not being recorded.
Troubleshooting
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Send message
Send a message in the Microsoft Teams meeting chat with a link to open DeepL Voice in a separate browser window (a message is automatically sent when the bot joins the meetings, but this allows you to manually resend the message).
Individual settings
All meeting participants can access individual settings by clicking the cog icon in the DeepL Voice app panel.
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Your language:
Set your spoken language (see supported languages) -
Translate into:
Set a language for captions -
See transcription:
See transcription in addition to translation -
Don't translate:
See transcription only (without translation)