[BlindTlk] A Correction and Some Other Zoom Pro Tips

Tue Jul 14 17:07:23 UTC 2020

Hi all,

If you’re using the latest version of JAWS, it's alt+Windows+s.

If you have an earlier version of JAWS, visit www.hartgen.org/zoom for the
free version of the scripts bundled with JAWS 2020.

Cheers,

Ed

On Tue, 14 Jul 2020, 18:03 Danielle Ledet via BlindTlk, <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Raul,
> What is the key combination to turn off the room alerts in Zoom?
>
> On 7/14/20, Mark Tardif via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > Thank you so much, Chris.  Extremely helpful.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mark Tardif
> > Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Nusbaum via BlindTlk
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 12:17 PM
> > To: nfbmd at nfbnet.org ; nfb-conventions at nfbnet.org
> > Cc: Chris Nusbaum ; blindtlk at nfbnet.org ; nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: [BlindTlk] A Correction and Some Other Zoom Pro Tips
> >
> > Good Afternoon Family:
> >
> > Welcome to the 80th national convention of the National Federation of the
> > Blind, our first ever virtual convention! Now that I have participated
> in my
> > first 2 convention sessions, I'm writing to point out a few Zoom tips
> which
> > have not been mentioned in previous emails from the Maryland tech support
> > team, including one correction of mistaken information in one of my
> recorded
> > tutorials.
> >
> > 1. In my audio tutorial on participating in a Zoom meeting on an iOS
> device,
> > I said that a participant can raise their hand using a button in the
> "More"
> > tab of the app's meeting screen. I just learned that this is no longer
> > correct. To raise your hand, you now have to double tap on the button
> > labeled “Participants." Near the bottom of that screen, there is a
> series of
> > options, one of which is "raise hand." There are also other options in
> this
> > section allowing a participant to answer yes or no or to ask the host to
> > speak faster or slower.  These are no longer labeled as buttons, but you
> can
> > still double tap on them. In order to get to "raise hand" quickly, I
> touched
> > near the center of the bottom of the screen, just above the home button
> (or
> > where the home button used to be).
> > 2. As we enter larger and larger meetings throughout the week, screen
> > readers will inundate us with notifications of people joining or leaving
> a
> > meeting, among other alerts, unless we choose to temporarily mute our
> screen
> > readers. In the case of iOS, VoiceOver will also read any closed
> captioning
> > that is being provided, which can interfere with a participant's ability
> to
> > hear the meeting. To mute these alerts on iOS, turn VoiceOver's speech
> off
> > by doing a 3-finger double tap—that is, tap the screen twice with 3
> fingers.
> > On Windows, if you are using JAWS, press JAWS key + space, then press s
> > after you hear the clicking sound. JAWS will say "speech on demand." You
> can
> > also download an add-on which will allow you to have further control over
> > the alerts you receive by visiting www.hartgen.org/zoom.
> > 3. I know this was discussed in our live Zoom training, but I can't
> > emphasize enough the absolute necessity of muting when not speaking,
> > especially if someone is giving a presentation. To do so on Windows,
> press
> > alt a; on the Mac, press option a; on the mobile app, double tap on the
> > "Mute" button; and on the phone, press star 6. If you are not sure
> whether
> > or not you are muted, check the participants panel (alt u on Windows,
> option
> > u on Mac, "Participants" button on the mobile app).
> > 4. A note on CrowdCompass: In the iOS app, the "Open Zoom" button does
> not
> > directly open the Zoom app as I was expecting it to do. Instead, it opens
> > Safari to an individual meeting's page on the Zoom Web site. So, in
> order to
> > join the meeting, you have to navigate on that page down to the link
> labeled
> > "Launch Meeting." Double tap that link and a popup will appear asking if
> you
> > want to open the next page in Zoom. Double tap the "open" button and you
> > will be placed in the meeting within the Zoom app.
> >
> > I hope this information helps. As always, Brian, Derrick and I are ready
> and
> > happy to take your questions and try to troubleshoot any problems which
> may
> > arise. Enjoy the rest of Seminar Day!
> >
> > Chris Nusbaum
> > (443) 547-2409
> > cnusbaumnfb at gmail.com
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