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Microsoft Teams: Voice tethering

Launched Microsoft Teams DesktopMacWeb
General availability
2026-03
Preview
Added
05 Feb 2026
Last modified
05 Aug 2026 22:47 UTC
First archived
25 Aug 2026
Release rings
General Availability, Targeted Release
Clouds
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC

Description

The voice tethering feature builds on the recent introduction of Sign Language Mode. It ensures that when an interpreter voices for a D/HH signer, captions and transcripts attribute the spoken content to the signer rather than the interpreter. This provides accurate representation in meetings and makes it clear who is contributing to the conversation. It also improves downstream meeting intelligence such as Copilot so that notes, summaries, action items, and insights are attributed to the correct participant.

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