[NationalHarbor] Fw: [NFB-Talk] A Correction and Some Other Zoom Pro Tips

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

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From: Chris Nusbaum via nFB-Talk
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: [NFB-Talk] 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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