Short Version
Copilot in OneDrive, Teams, Word, Outlook and Copilot Notebooks will turn files and meetings into an audio overview, creating a listening experience that’s easy to follow. Due May to June 2025.
Details
You will soon be able to use Copilot to generate an audio overview of documents, meetings, and files. The Copilot chat pane will offer an audio overview with several options to fine-tune how it is presented to you: choose between one or two speakers, adjust the tone from concise to playful, and select a preferred length: short, medium, or long.
App-specific details from Microsoft:
Word: “To generate an audio overview in Word, open the Copilot chat pane and ask Copilot to generate an audio overview. Podcast-style overviews will be available in Word on web and desktop in English only in May. The ability to configure the audio overview format will be available in Word on web and desktop in English only in the coming months”.
Watch the Microsoft demo here.
Teams: “To generate an audio overview in Teams, navigate to the Meet app and select the ‘audio overview’ tab. Choose the transcribed meeting or multiple meetings, and select ‘Generate audio overview.’ Audio overview for Copilot in Teams will be available on mobile and Windows desktop in English only in June 2025”.
OneDrive (web): “To generate an audio overview in OneDrive web, select the Copilot icon for the file, then select ‘Generate an audio overview.’ Copilot will generate a narrated summary of the file highlighting the key points. Users can choose to switch to a podcast-style discussion from the ‘…’ menu on the overview player, and Copilot will regenerate the overview in the style of a podcast discussion between two hosts. You can also generate an audio overview from the chat pane. This will be available for Copilot in OneDrive on web in English only in May and coming soon to mobile in June 2025”:
Copilot Notebooks: “To generate an audio overview in Copilot Notebooks, select ‘Generate audio overview’ near the top of the notebook. Copilot will generate a podcast-style discussion of the referenced files with key insights. This capability will be available in Copilot Notebooks on web in English only in May 2025”.
Outlook linked files: Due from May 2025:
Availability
Due May to June 2025 (see above for details).
Source, related links, and references
MC1061100.
Roadmap IDs: Word 487423, OneDrive 478649, Outlook 485747, Copilot Notebooks 487854, Teams 490051.
Image(s): Microsoft.
Page originally published
27th May 2025 and kept up to date.
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