Coming soon to Microsoft Teams

November 20, 2024

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Real-time AI-powered translation to communicate in other languages. It even simulates your voice. Expect the initial version with support for up to nine languages early next year. Bonus: Soon, Teams will recap visual content (like PowerPoint slides) shared on-screen during a meeting. Thank goodness … I hate presentations.

Tags: AI (artificial intelligence), Microsoft Teams, presentations, translation

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