[BlindTlk] A Correction and Some Other Zoom Pro Tips

Tue Jul 14 19:08:33 UTC 2020

Hi:

How do you get into the exhibit hall?

>From the Crowd Compass app, when I click on the exhibit hall from the
agenda and I hit the visit the exhibit hall button it wants me to
enter a password even though I am already logged in through the app.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Kerri

On 7/14/20, Danielle Ledet via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> That's that magic key combo! Thanks again. I wrote it down this time.
>
> On 7/14/20, Edward Green via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 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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