Practical guide
Microsoft accessibility guides
Choose a documented setting or a practical review task. Check the platform and requirements in each guide.
Read a Teams meeting with live captions
Show spoken words as text during a meeting. You can use captions without asking Copilot to summarise the conversation.
Read guideKeep a Teams transcript for meeting follow-up
Use a transcript when you need to revisit spoken information. A summary is useful only when you can check it against a record.
Read guideAsk Copilot about selected PowerPoint Live text
As an attendee, select slide text and read an explanation beside the presentation when this feature is available.
Read guideWrite alt text that explains an image’s purpose
Review the description for the reader who cannot see the image. A list of visible objects may miss its point.
Read guideGenerate and review alt text in Word and PowerPoint
Request an image description, then edit it for the document’s context. A separate Copilot licence is not required.
Read guideWhich Microsoft product?
Teams captions and transcription are separate from Copilot. AI-generated alt text belongs to Word and PowerPoint. Copilot+ PC describes a device category. Each guide states when a Copilot licence is relevant.