Make Microsoft Teams easier to use

• Accessibility tools for Microsoft Teams

• 5 tips for using Teams when you're deaf or hard of hearing

• Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Teams

Make your Microsoft Teams meetings, calls, and messages accessible

• Accessibility tips for inclusive Microsoft Teams meetings and live events

• Take advantage of the accessibility features in Microsoft Teams for a better meeting or live event experience

• Best practices for setting up and running a Teams meeting or Live event for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Make your Microsoft Teams meetings, calls, and messages accessible to people with disabilities

The following sets of articles are for people with visual disabilities who use a screen reader program with the Microsoft Office products and are a part of the Office Accessibility content set. For more general help, see Microsoft Support home.

Start using Microsoft Teams with a screen reader

• Quick Start Guide: Using Microsoft Teams with a screen reader

• Moving from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams for people that use screen readers

• Using Microsoft Teams with a Screen Reader: Frequently Asked Questions

• Use a screen reader to explore and navigate Microsoft Teams

• Basic tasks using a screen reader with Microsoft Teams

• Learning the layout of Microsoft Teams with a screen reader

• Use Microsoft Teams with the JAWS virtual cursor

Create and modify teams in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to create and modify teams in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to add members to a team in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to set up and use guest access in Microsoft Teams

Work with your team in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to chat in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader with Loop components in a chat in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to make and answer calls in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to check your voicemail in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to like and save messages in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to manage your contacts in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to create a poll in Microsoft Teams

Work with channels in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to create or follow a channel in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to add and use a Stream tab in a Microsoft Teams channel

Check recent activity in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to check recent activity in Microsoft Teams

Work with meetings and live events in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to schedule a meeting in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to join a meeting in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to share your screen in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader with backgrounds in Microsoft Teams meetings

• Use a screen reader to plan and schedule a live event in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to manage Microsoft Teams meetings

• Use a screen reader to moderate a Q&A in a Microsoft Teams live event

• Use a screen reader with your phone for audio in a meeting or live event in Microsoft Teams

Work with PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to attend a PowerPoint Live session in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to share and co-present with PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams

• Video: Present inclusively with PowerPoint

Work with files and Wikis in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to work with files in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to add and use a Wiki in Microsoft Teams

Find conversations, people, or files in Microsoft Teams

• Use a screen reader to search for a conversation, person, or file in Microsoft Teams

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