Real-time meeting translation for Microsoft Teams

Why multilingual Teams meetings go wrong

One caption language cannot fit a mixed room

A Teams call that spans a headquarters and regional offices rarely shares one strongest language. Any setting that picks a single language for the whole meeting helps the people who read that language and leaves everyone else translating in their heads. Sageio captions are per-person: each participant picks their own language, and everyone reads the same conversation at once.

Enterprise IT means attendees cannot just install things

In most organisations, external guests and locked-down laptops cannot add apps or browser extensions on the spot. Sageio sidesteps that entirely: the bot joins the meeting as a participant — if your organisation gates the lobby, the host admits it once, like any external guest — and attendees only pick which language they want to read.

The record has to work for every office afterward

When the follow-up is written from notes taken in one language, every other office works from a second-hand version. Sageio delivers a searchable, translated transcript and an AI summary within about five minutes of the call ending, so Tokyo, Berlin and London read the same record, each in their own language.

How to translate a Microsoft Teams meeting with Sageio

1. 1Add the Sageio bot to your Teams meeting — from your Sageio dashboard, point it at the Teams meeting link, or add the bot to the invite. If your organisation gates the meeting lobby, admit it once, like any external guest.
2. 2Each participant picks their own caption language — 20+ languages, chosen per person, not one setting for the room.
3. 3Run the meeting normally. Translated captions appear in about two seconds, so nobody waits on a relay.
4. 4Afterward, a searchable translated transcript and an AI summary arrive within about five minutes, shared at the host’s discretion.

As of July 2026, Sageio translates Microsoft Teams meetings into 20+ languages with per-person live captions, at about two seconds of delay.

Questions

Do attendees need to install anything to see translated captions in Teams?

No. The bot joins the meeting as a participant, and attendees just pick which language they want to read. There is nothing for them to install and no add-in for them to approve — which also means it works for external guests on locked-down machines.

Does it need admin approval or a tenant-wide app install?

The bot joins like any external guest: if your organisation gates the meeting lobby, the host admits it once. You bring it into the meeting the same way you would bring in a guest, not by rolling out an app across the tenant.

Which languages does it support in Teams meetings?

Sageio translates into 20+ languages, with Asian languages — Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese — treated as first-class. Several caption languages can run in the same meeting at once, because each participant chooses their own.

What does it cost to try on a real Teams meeting?

Every plan starts with a free 60-minute trial, no credit card required. After that, Professional is $49/month and Teams is $99 per seat/month (each seat covers up to 5 people).

Go deeper

• How to add real-time translation to a Microsoft Teams meeting
• Running a multilingual all-hands meeting
• Real-time translation for remote teams: a practical guide