[NFB-DB] Using Zoom

[Tracie Inman]

Maurice:
 I am in constant contact with my affiliate President, Denise Valkana.
According to Denise our chapter President is looking for volunteers to
Caption the meeting via the chat box. The affiliate has not offered to pay
for the  CART to caption meetings. This is already a very difficult
situation. I have not been able to attend a single chapter meeting with
accessibility since they started meeting virtually due to lack of access.
My question is, and maybe this is something the DeafBlind division should
be addressing, WHY doesn't Zoom offer captioning through the platform
itself? If other online platforms such as YouTube and Hulu and Netflix can
Caption and provide descriptive video why can't Zoom? I think it is time to
bring this matter up to the division.  Something needs to be done.

Maurice, I would be delighted to have you assist in attempting to educate
Kaye Baker. Email me of flist and we can talk.

Thanks,
Tracie

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 4:51 AM Jack Zimmerman via NFB-DB <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Way to much of that going on you can bet! Sorry you had deal with that
> Tracie! Things are difficult enough for us!!
>
> Jack and BECKY  :-)
> sent  from  our  iPhingers
>
> On Sep 5, 2020, at 5:30 PM, Tracie Inman via NFB-DB <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
> Hello:
>  I use the Zoom platform with Captions and Transcript. If the Captions are
> too fast to keep up, then I open the Transcript and view the transcript to
> catch up with the conversation. However, my Jacksonville Chapter President
> refused to pay for Captions for their Zoom meetings. She stated "It (the
> cost)  is too much for the Chapter to consider".  It made me and another
> Chapter member who is Deafblind feel as if we are an "expense".
>
> - Tracie Inman
>
> On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 6:06 PM delcenia brown via NFB-DB <
> nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>>
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone on this list would share how you are using the
>> zoom platform.  Any suggestions or tips for using the Zoom platform is
>> appreciated. How have you manage to utilize the zoom and the following:
>> close caption, chat box and adjust the volume. For me Sometimes it is hard
>> to hear everyone clearly on the call. And a bit challenging to use the chat
>> feature with voice over while people are talking .  I do not use captioning
>> or interpreters. However, I was wondering if I could use the close caption
>> with voice over and listen that way. Also, what is Cart? So, Which is
>> better a computer, iPad or iPhone.  Thanks in advance for your response.
>>
>>
>>
>> Delcenia
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