Now, when you speak into the microphone, you will see the transcript of what you are saying and the participant will see this translated, real time, in the language of their choice.
It is important that on this screen, they choose the language they would like to display the text in. They will be met by the screen shown below.
When participants are ready to join, either by using the QR code or by going to Microsoft Translator and entering the conversation code. On the right of the screen is a handy QR code which you can ask participants to scan so they can join the session. This is the code you give to the participants in your presentation so they can join and receive the translations. You’ll notice a few features similar to other pieces of software, for example at the top of the page you can see the ‘Conversation Code’. You should then be taken through to your conversation homepage. Head over to the Microsoft Translator website and choose ‘Start the conversation’.Ĭhoose your name, language you will be speaking in, and tick the ‘I am using the product in a classroom’ checkbox. So how do we go about getting it all set up? Thankfully, it’s a super simple setup.
Sounds good right? Getting started with Microsoft Translator One presentation audio but multiple closed captioning languages. Imagine you are presenting a PowerPoint presentation, over Zoom, in English, while a student in Greece is seeing the presentation transcribed in Greek, a Norwegian student is listening to the same presentation, enjoying the instant Norwegian captions, and a Chinese speaking student is watching the same video, taking notes from instant Chinese captioning.
Microsoft Translator is a free service which transcribes text to audio and changes the output into a multitude of languages, instantly and accurately.
Whilst closed captioning is helpful for providing a speech to text service, from, what if we could translate these closed captions into different languages? That’s where Microsoft Translator comes in.Ĭreated as a ‘Garage’ project, an initiative Microsoft implemented so that their staff could get some funding for their own, off topic ideas, Microsoft Translator started as a small idea and has recently hit the mainstream market. Over the last few years closed captioning has come on in leaps and bounds Zoom’s built-in closed captioning service can provide instant, accurate captions that are useful for students and staff alike.