Here is the link to the live captions & subtitles whenever in PowerPoint: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2018/12/03/present-more-inclusively-with-live-captions-and-subtitles-in-powerpoint/
On 2/19/19, Ronald Escrader <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey All , > > FYI.. how to use AI-powered live captions & subtitles whenever in > PowerPoint. > > > > Take a look at the latest in the new live captions and subtitles > features in PPT, and the call to action from the team “Today, we are > encouraging users across Microsoft to start using AI-powered live > captions & subtitles whenever they present with PowerPoint” > > From: Joshua Segeren <[email protected]> > Subject: Microsoft employees: present with live captions & subtitles > in PowerPoint > > When we think of the most impactful presentations—the ones that > educate or influence, inform or enlighten, or profoundly change the > perspectives of people sharing that moment—whether it’s in a > classroom, boardroom, lecture hall, all-hands, living room, or > wherever the ‘stage’ may be—we may sometimes forget that not everyone > in the audience has the same opportunity or ability to participate. > > Today, we are encouraging users across Microsoft to start using > AI-powered live captions & subtitles whenever they present with > PowerPoint, whether from a Windows 10 PC, Mac, or from the browser. We > built this feature natively into the product—inspired by, and building > upon the success of the Presentation Translator add-in—to help make > presentations more inclusive, especially for those in the audience who > may be deaf, hard of hearing, or less comfortable with the language > being spoken. > > The feature is already available for Office 365 Insiders on PowerPoint > Desktop (Win32) and Mac, and we’ve been iterating through data, > feedback and insights from many of you (thank you!). Over the next > couple months, we will drive stability, performance & health, and > complete the last few pieces of user-centered functionality to ensure > incredible experiences that presenters & audiences can trust for the > WW GA rollout. > > More organic, full-length presentations from users across Microsoft > will help us build up ship confidence—so please dogfood, share your > likes & dislikes (and any other feedback), and feel free to forward > this to other internal distribution groups! > > > > > Start using live captions & subtitles in PowerPoint! > For all platforms, we highly recommend using a headset or other > external microphone (e.g. conferencing mic), and a stable/fast > internet connection while presenting with live captions & subtitles. > > PowerPoint Desktop (Win32) > o Make sure you're on Windows 10, and have the latest PowerPoint > build: File > Account > Update Options > Update > • If you're in E+D: by default you will be in the "M365 Inner Ring". > The latest build is 16.0.11409.20000. > • If you're outside of E+D: you will likely be in the Monthly Channel, > Microsoft audience. The latest build is 16.0.11328.20030. > o Start any presentation, and simply click the "Start Subtitles" > button from the menu in Slide Show or Presenter View. > > • Or, you can turn on captions/subtitles for all presentations from > the ribbon (Slide Show tab > Always Use Subtitles) > > o To change caption/subtitle settings, including position, spoken > language, subtitle language, microphone or appearance settings (e.g. > font size), you can do this either from the ribbon (Slide Show tab > > Subtitle Settings), or during the presentation from context menu > (Slide Show or Presenter View menus > Subtitle Settings). > > o Please share feedback via File > Feedback; or, if you are prompted > with a survey toast after a session, you can submit through that. > o More help for the feature is available in the public Office support > article. > > PowerPoint Mac > o Make sure you're signed into the app with your @Microsoft account, > and have the latest build: top menu > Help > Check for Updates > • If you're in E+D: by default you will be on in the "M365 Inner > Ring". The latest build is 16.23.211.0. > • If you're outside of E+D: you will likely be in the DevMain Channel, > Microsoft audience. The latest build is 16.23.206.0. > o Start any presentation, and simply click "Start Subtitles" from the > menu in Slide Show or Presenter View. > > • Or, you can turn on captions/subtitles for all presentations from > the ribbon (Slide Show tab > Always Use Subtitles) - see equivalent > Win32 Desktop screens above > o To change caption/subtitle settings, including position, spoken > language, subtitle language, microphone or appearance settings (e.g. > font size), you can do this from the ribbon (Slide Show tab > Subtitle > Settings) before presenting. - see equivalent Win32 Desktop screens > above > o Please share feedback through the tool in upper-right corner of your > app; or, if you are prompted with a survey toast after a presentation, > you can submit through that. > o More help for the feature is available in the public Office support > article. > > PowerPoint Online > o Make sure you have the most up-to-date version of Edge, Chrome, > Firefox or Opera on your Windows device. > o Open any PowerPoint file created by a user inside Microsoft, or > create a new presentation in PowerPoint Online. > • E.g. you should see domain like "https://microsoft.sharepoint.com"; > or "https://microsoft-my.sharepoint-df.com"; for the M365 Inner Ring. > Files created from other (external) accounts will not yet have access > to the feature. > o Start the presentation, and simply click "Use Subtitles" from the > Slide Show menu > > • Or, you can turn on captions/subtitles for the presentation from the > ribbon (View tab > Use Subtitles) > o To change caption/subtitle settings, including position, spoken > language, or subtitle language, you can do this from the ribbon (View > tab > Subtitles menu dropdown) > > o Please share feedback through "Help Improve Office" at the bottom > right corner of the window. > > Help getting started > o If you have any trouble getting started with the feature, please > contact PowerPoint Live Subtitles – Dogfood. > > Behind the scenes… > In announcing this milestone, we’d also like to share a fun > peek/summary into the scope of this effort, and the journey so far > (huge kudos to everyone involved in the collaboration!): > o 4 engineering teams (E+D Global, PowerPoint, AI Speech, Translator) > across several locations, developing for 3 app platforms in parallel > (Win32, Mac, Online), over a relentless but short 7 months; plus, > invaluable partnerships with Accessibility, EDU, Marketing, PR, and > many other teams > o One of the first major first-party scenario leveraging the new > unified Microsoft Speech stack (unified SDK, unified speech models, > unified backend) > • New middle-tier service as infrastructure to support future Office > voice experiences > • New speech platform capabilities developed in close partnership > between the experience & speech teams, which will scale to benefit > other first- and third-party transcription/captioning/subtitling > experiences: > Automatic language model (LM) generation—including new techniques > (e.g. online interpolation) to reduce model generation time—plus > seamless model “hot-swapping” (during captioning and completely > invisible to the user), to provide accurate transcription of > terminology/names/jargon that are relevant to the presentation subject > “TrueText” post-processing, for automatic punctuation and disfluency > filtering, to provide clearer, more readable captions & subtitles; > plus, profanity filtering > (In-progress) Caption/subtitle output “stabilization” tuned per > input-output language pair, to strike the ideal balance between delay > & stability, and ensure readable, coherent results > (In-progress) Real-time speech/audio/network quality detection, to > inform & make suggestions to users when the ambient conditions may not > yield a great experience > o Support for 12 spoken (input) languages, 62 caption/subtitle text > (output) languages, 97 UI locales > o Over 175 user stories (sub-features) completed + 393 bugs found & > fixed, across all client & services endpoints; 32+ independent feature > gates & change gates (as engineering scaffolds), to de-risk > development & release > o 144 slides in e2e feature spec (each resulting in many more lines of > code!); 80 source UI strings, per platform > o In last 30 days alone: 5300+ users, 47K+ sessions > o 95+ online media placements resulting from the initial public > announcement on International Day of Persons with Disabilities (Dec 3, > 2018) > > Thanks, and happy captioning & subtitling! > > > Warm Regards > Ronald Jason Escrader > -- Ronald Jason Escrader. 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