[NFB-DB] zoom meetings

[heather]

I wonder if the national can use sprint relay services? If sprint relay still exists after the te-mobile take over! So I heard apple has content that one can read with their braille displays as part of their close captioning, hope that we can use the same technology for the convention this year. I worry because not everyone has braille equipment at home. The equipment may have been at their schools and all the schools are closed till the end of the year. Is I can connect giving out equipment to folks to use at home? I wish there was a way to find out the answers to these questions!  Heather 

From: Doula Jarboe via NFB-DB
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Hi All,

     My state affiliate, Colorado, was the first affiliate doing zoom workshops.  And we’ve been trying to figure out this issue.  I’m not sure if any solution has come up.  I know Cart costs a lot of money.  My understanding is that there’s the ability for someone to type about what is going on verbally.  But someone has to be assigned to that position.  And I don’t know if that’s been tried at all.  Considering that National Convention is going to be virtual, some kind of accommodation will have to be figured out by then.  Anyone else?
Doula
President of the fledgling Colorado Deaf-Blind division
From: NFB-DB <nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of heather via NFB-DB
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Subject: [NFB-DB] zoom meetings

Hello, there have been a lot of zoom meetings.For last weeks zoom meeting on firday, I posted the presidential  speech that was up for discussion off the blind pinpowls list. I wanted to make sure the deaf blind would be part of the discussion. I did not see them providing closed captioning so people who are deaf blind can follow along. Has any had this discussion with national, that they maybe leaving the deaf-blind out of the loop? Chapter meetings and nfb groups need to use the zoom feature that has closed captioning. Does anyone know if this feature even works for those using braille displays? Any devision leaders out there can verify this or not? Stay safe everyone! Heather 


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