Microsoft Teams Rooms’ AI-powered speaker recognition is now available on all Windows devices.
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Using any microphone type, the intelligent speaker recognition technology is capable of analysing vocal characteristics, which the tech giant calls "voiceprints", such as speaking style, pitch, and tone.
This can help when automatically removing background noise, identifying participants in meeting transcripts, generating Copilot in Teams summaries, and more.
Microsoft announced the news in a recent company blog post: “AI-powered speaker recognition technology has now expanded to all Teams Rooms on Windows devices, regardless of the microphone type.
“This was previously only available with intelligent speaker equipment in the room.
Now, any Teams Room on Windows can enhance meeting experiences with precise speaker attribution and intelligent insights from Copilot."
“Everyone can be recognised and get the most from Copilot with our cloud technology, Teams Rooms devices such as Surface Hub 3, and other devices certified from partners.”
AI-Powered Speaker Recognition
Without speaker recognition, video and audio feeds are assigned locations instead of speakers, making it hard to isolate contributions, summarise individual perspectives, or address action items.
For example, let’s say one participant suggests a change in direction to the approach they are taking on a project.
If an individual has not enrolled, their voice or speaker recognition is not being used, and a Copilot summary would refer to a participant as “Meeting room 101.”
In order to find out who had made this suggestion, someone would have to spend time searching through the meeting recording to find out who it was.
