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Who needs Teams Premium for live translated captions to work?

Anonymous
2025-05-20T08:06:31+00:00

I have seen the below guidance on live translated captions:

If you have Teams Premium License, you can use live translated captions. Live translated captions allow users to see captions translated into the language they’re most comfortable with.

To use live translated captions:

  1. Turn on live captions in your meeting.
  2. Next to the meeting captions, selectSettings*.*
  3. Make sureSpoken languageis correct.
  4. SelectCaption language*.*
  5. Choose the language you want your captions translated to.

However it is not clear to me who needs the Teams Premium license in order for this function to work.

Is it:

A) Just the Meeting Owner
B) The Attendee(s) wanting to see the captions in a different language
C) Both the Meeting Owner and the Attendees

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EmilyS_726 17,985 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2025-05-21T02:30:52+00:00

Hello,

It is option A - only the meeting organizer/host user needs the license.

Also, Premium license is an add-on license. You need to have a legit base license first, meaning you need to have a business license, Teams Essential or any of the Microsoft 365 business that includes Teams first. It cannot be used on a personal Microsoft account.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-20T13:44:00+00:00

    Dear Steve Price3

    Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Community. We are happy to assist you.

    According to our official documentation "If the meeting organizer is licensed with Teams premium, Live translated captions will be available for all meeting participants. Meeting organizer should be licensed with Teams premium license for participants to use this capability of feature" so you'd only need the license for your meeting organizer.

    If you find our suggestions helpful, I hope you can marked as answer for this question which will definitely help others in the community who have similar queries to find solutions to their problems faster. 

    If you have any other questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask 

    Best regards, 

    Jess - MSFT | Microsoft Community Moderator

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