Microsoft Teams: Voice tethering

Summary

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.

Status
Launched
General availability target
Mar 2026
Preview target
Not published
Products
Microsoft Teams
Clouds
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC
Release phases
General Availability, Targeted Release
Platforms
Desktop, Mac, Web
Added to the roadmap
5 Feb 2026
Last changed
5 Aug 2026 · 53d ago
recently changed
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