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Microsoft Teams Speaker Coach

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Speaker Coach provides private, personalized insight into how you spoke during your meeting or presentation, as well as a summary afterwards. Live insights are only seen by you and are not saved in recorded meeting transcripts. The AI coach will provide feedback for the following areas:

  • Filler words
  • Pace
  • Sensitive language
  • Inclusivity
  • Pitch
  • Speech refinement

Note: This feature is currently only supported in the English language. The Teams app language must be set to English.

How to turn on Speaker Coach during normal Teams meeting

  1. Select More options (...).
  2. Select "Turn on Speaker Coach".
  3. Once Speaker Coach is turned on, speak as you normally would to get insights.
Screenshot of Teams setting where users can turn on Speaker Coach

How to turn on Speaker Coach while presenting a Power Point presentation in a Teams meeting

  1. Share your PowerPoint deck. For instructions on how to start sharing, read Share PowerPoint slides in a Teams meeting.
  2. After your PowerPoint loads, select Turn on Coach underneath your main slide. 
  3. Once Speaker Coach is turned on, speak as you normally would and Speaker Coach will offer suggestions.
Screenshot of Speaker Coach icon in Teams PowerPoint presentation

Speaker Coach Reports

Get an overview of how you spoke during your meeting or presentation after it ends with Speaker Coach reports. Learn important details like your total speaking time, use of repetitive language, and much more. You can also save the report for future reference.

  • The report will also be available to view and download on the Details tab of the meeting event in your calendar.
Screenshot of a Speaker Coach report in Microsoft Teams channel

How to Access your speaker coach report after a meeting

Select the notification you receive after the meeting ends.
Select the Speaker Coach tab in the meeting's chat conversation.

Note: This information is private and only visible to you.

How to turn on Speaker Coach automatically for all meetings

Open a Speaker Coach report from a past meeting.
In the report, turn on the Automatically start Speaker Coach in meetings toggle.

Notes:

  • This setting only applies to the individual device. To apply automatic Speaker Coach settings to multiple devices, turn the setting on in each device.
  • Signing out of Microsoft Teams resets this setting.

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting and FAQs can be found by going to the following link: Preview: Speaker Coach in a Teams meeting.

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