Multilanguage translation option in the live captions for Teams meeting

Hello @Gaitan, Liceth,

Thanks for your thoughtful message.  

You're absolutely on the right track with your understanding of multilingual meeting setup. Let me clarify and confirm a few key points for you: 

Firstly, to use the multilingual meeting feature, you must have a Business or Education account with either a Microsoft 365 Copilot license or a Teams Premium add-on. Please check with your IT administrator to confirm whether your organization has one of these licenses. 

The multilanguage option must be enabled when creating the meeting. If it's not turned on at the time of scheduling: 

• Attendees won’t be able to select their spoken or translated language during the meeting. 
• The meeting won't support real-time translation features like captions or subtitles in different languages. 

So, it's best to enable it upfront to ensure accessibility for all participants. 

Who should send the invitation depends on the type of license and meeting platform (e.g., Microsoft Teams, Zoom, etc.), but generally: 

• If you have the appropriate license (e.g., Microsoft Teams Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot), it's safer for you to send the invite. 
• That way, you can control the meeting settings, including enabling multilingual support and ensuring translation features are available. 
• If your guest doesn’t have a compatible license, they might not be able to access translation features unless the host (you) has enabled them. 

If you're unsure about your guest’s license, it's best for you to host and configure the meeting to your needs. 

Hello @Gaitan, Liceth,  

Good day! Thank you for posting your valuable question on Microsoft Q&A forum. 

May I confirm whether your organization currently has a Microsoft 365 Copilot license or a Teams Premium license? 

The multilanguage translation option in live captions is available as part of either the Microsoft 365 Copilot or Teams Premium license. These are add-on licenses that complement most Microsoft 365 Business or Education plans. 

When you organize or attend a meeting with multilingual speech recognition turned on, participants can individually select their preferred spoken languages. This allows the system to generate accurate live captions and transcripts in each participant's preferred language. 

To turn on multilingual speech recognition: 

• Select Calendar  in Teams. 
• Double-click an event. 
• Select Edit . 
  • If you double-clicked an instance of a meeting series, select whether you want to edit This event, This and all following events, or All events in the series. 
• Select Meeting options . 
• In Recording and transcription , turn on the Enable multilingual speech recognition toggle. 
• Select Save. 

Please note that if you're using a personal Microsoft account (such as Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, etc.), the live translation feature in Microsoft Teams meetings is not available. 

If you're using a business or education account without a Microsoft 365 Copilot or Teams Premium add-on, you can still use live captions, but only in one language for the entire meeting. This means the selected caption language will apply to all participants, and individual translation preferences won't be supported. 

For more information about this feature, please check: Interpreter in Microsoft Teams meetings - Microsoft Support 

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