Use a screen reader with the Microsoft Teams Help section and to learn what's new in Microsoft Teams

This article is for people who use a screen reader program such as Windows Narrator, JAWS, or NVDA with Microsoft 365 products. This article is part of the Microsoft 365 screen reader support content set where you can find more accessibility information on our apps. For general help, visit Microsoft Support.

Use Microsoft Teams with your keyboard and a screen reader to use the Help section. We have tested it with JAWS and NVDA, but it might work with other screen readers as long as they follow common accessibility standards and techniques. You'll learn how to find help topics, access training resources, and how to find out about new Microsoft Teams features. You can also send suggestions for new features and report problems about your Microsoft Teams experience.

Notes: 

  • New Microsoft 365 features are released gradually to Microsoft 365 subscribers, so your app might not have these features yet. To learn how you can get new features faster, join the Office Insider program.

  • To learn more about screen readers, go to How screen readers work with Microsoft 365.

  • Recent versions of JAWS no longer have the virtual PC cursor mode set as default for Microsoft Teams. For instructions on how to switch the virtual PC cursor mode on, go to Enable the JAWS virtual cursor.

  • To quickly access the keyboard shortcuts list from within Microsoft Teams, press Ctrl+E, type the forward slash character followed by the word keys, and then press Enter.

In this topic

Browse help topics

The Topics view of the Help section contains short text articles introducing you to various aspects of the Microsoft Teams experience and instructing how to perform a variety of actions. When you open the view, a selection of suggested topics is presented to you, but you can also search for topics using a keyword or keywords.

Browse video tutorials

The Training view of the Help section contains short video tutorials covering Microsoft Teams features.

Learn about new Microsoft Teams features

The What's new view of the Help section contains a list of new feature announcements for Microsoft Teams.

Suggest a feature

With the Suggest a feature option, you can contact the Microsoft Teams team with your own suggestions.

Report a problem

If you encounter a problem while using Microsoft Teams, you can submit a report about it directly from the Help section.

See also

Use a screen reader to explore and navigate Microsoft Teams

Learning the layout of Microsoft Teams with a screen reader

Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Teams

Basic tasks using a screen reader with Microsoft Teams

Set up your device to work with accessibility in Microsoft 365

Technical support for customers with disabilities

Microsoft wants to provide the best possible experience for all our customers. If you have a disability or questions related to accessibility, please contact the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk for technical assistance. The Disability Answer Desk support team is trained in using many popular assistive technologies and can offer assistance in English, Spanish, French, and American Sign Language. Please go to the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk site to find out the contact details for your region.

If you are a government, commercial, or enterprise user, please contact the enterprise Disability Answer Desk.

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