[NAGDU] Zoom Alerts Quite annoying!

[Danielle Ledet]

Hey thanks! Raul, you came thru for me! I use NVDA and Pam Allen
mentioned the Alt+Windows+S and it seemed to work for me using NVDA.
Thanks Tracy for the Insert+S with NVDA too. One of these should do
the trick.

On 7/14/20, Raul A. Gallegos (NFB) via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi, thanks to Susan for that. Another thing, if you are using the most
> current version of Jaws, there are special scripts, so you can press
> ALT+WINDOWS+S to do this. I use NVDA on Windows, so this will not work
> for me. The next best thing is to sign into your Zoom account and update
> your Zoom meeting settings to not play sounds of people leaving and
> joining the meeting. The speech will still speak these but the sounds
> will not play.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
>
> Raul A. Gallegos
> Vice President: National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Vice President: National Federation of the Blind Houston Chapter
> (832) 554-7285  |  rgallegos at nagdu.org
>
> "Blindness is a characteristic, not a handicap." -- Dr. Kenneth Jernigan
>
> On 7/14/2020 11:57 AM, Susan Jones via NAGDU wrote:
>> This is the answer I received from Chris Nussbaum of Maryland:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
>> via NAGDU
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 10:51 AM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>> Cc: Tracy Carcione
>> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Zoom Alerts Quite annoying!
>>
>> I use Jaws, and I sometimes turn off speech in Zoom.  Insert-space, then
>> s.
>> It says "speech on demand", so I think you can ask it to say something,
>> but
>> it doesn't automatically speak anything.
>> With NVDA, I use insert-s to change to speech off or speech beeps.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle Ledet
>> via NAGDU
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 10:28 AM
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Danielle Ledet
>> Subject: [NAGDU] Zoom Alerts Quite annoying!
>>
>> Hey ya'll,
>> How do I disable the alerts announcing who is entering and leaving?
>> Pam Allen gave it out on one fo the Presidential releases and I have
>> forgotten. If I have to listen to this constant chatter it won't be an
>> enjoyable convention experience! Thanks for any help in advance!
>>
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