Microsoft has introduced ‘sign language view’, a new meeting tool and experience in Teams that will assist the hearing-impaired community, interpreters, and others who use sign language.
Users can enable sign language view either on the fly during a meeting or as a setting that persists across all their calls. Other participants can also be pinned or highlighted without intruding on the signers’ space.
The company said, “When sign language view is enabled, the prioritised video streams appear at the right aspect ratio and at the highest available quality. You can enable sign language view either on the fly during a meeting or as a setting that persists across all your calls.”
Other participants can also be pinned or highlighted without encroaching on the signers’ space. The company also made preferences “sticky”, which means there will be no more fiddling with features and views when a user joins a meeting.
The sign language view and accessibility pane are currently available only through a Public Preview available on a user-by-user basis. The tech giant will roll out to all commercial and government customers in the coming weeks. To enable sign language view across meetings by default, in Microsoft Teams, go to Settings and more, then select Settings > Accessibility and then turn on Sign Language.
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