[CT-NFB] What I discovered about ZOOM

[kristen dockendorff]

Good morning Deb if you would like to practice with me you’re more than
welcome I would certainly be up for a zoom chat if you want to just try it
out with one or two people

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:55 PM Justin Salisbury via CT-NFB <
ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
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> I think it’s great to get in there and play around with Zoom. I have a
> paid Zoom account for work with a few extra bells and whistles, and it
> really can do a lot. I’m told that the free Zoom accounts can only host
> free meetings for up to 40 minutes. That may have changed.
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> In the NFB of Pennsylvania, we have a paid Zoom account that was given to
> us by the national office, by my understanding. We have a few affiliate
> leaders with credentials for it, and we use it to host affiliate-wide
> programming. It can do some nice things for sure, like how we can make the
> Zoom system call certain people to get them into the meetings. This is
> especially helpful with some folks who are newly blind and don’t yet have
> the skills to use their smartphones independently or write down the long
> string of meeting ID and passcode numbers.
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> Stay well, everyone!
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> Justin
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> Justin Mark Hideaki Salisbury
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> Phone: 808.797.8606
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> Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu
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> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury
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> ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury
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> “Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate
> the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who
> feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.”
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> Cesar Chavez
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> *From:* CT-NFB <ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On Behalf Of *Cheri Duquette
> via CT-NFB
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 29, 2020 10:06 PM
> *To:* NFB of Connecticut Mailing List <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>
> *Cc:* cbduquette at comcast.net
> *Subject:* Re: [CT-NFB] What I discovered about ZOOM
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> Thanks for sharing with us! As much as it is important for us to be
> together, with this virus I feel Zoom is going to be around for awhile.
> Good luck!
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> Cheri
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jul 29, 2020, at 7:22 PM, Deb Reed via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
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> Fellow affiliate members,
> So although I had a Zoom app and have attended many meetings both Nfb
> related and personal, I had never actually set up an account. If you wish
> to host a meeting when you go into your Zoom app, click on sign up instead
> of sign in. Then you will be prompted to both enter your email and a
> password. That is as far as I have gotten but I’m looking forward to
> learning the rest and hosting a meeting.
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> Sincerely,
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>  Deb Reed
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> Central CT Chapter President
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> National Federation Of The Blind
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> Phone - 860-973-3679
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> Cell-860-378-5370
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> Email - deb.reed57 at gmail.com
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