[NFBCS] jaws zoom key

[gabriel vega]

or……… the alternative is for a kind soul to get ahold of the zoom accessibility dev team and explain how or why the verbosity is too much at this point. And less or configuration of what alerts should be announced when and why should be modified.
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> On Jul 15, 2020, at 4:01 AM, Curtis Chong via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good morning:
> 
> For JAWS users, I highly recommend spending the $40 to purchase the Zoom scripts from Hartgen Consultancy. The expenditure is well worth it.
> 
> I hope that both NVDA and Narrator will incorporate support for disabling the announcement of alerts as a user setting.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Curtis Chong
> 
> 
> On Jul 15, 2020, at 4:44 AM, Wes Majerus via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello:
> 
> In JAWS 2019 and 2020, the key you are looking for is Windows+Alt+S as in
> sierra. This is a toggle and it will say "alerts enabled or alerts
> disabled".
> 
> Wes
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow via NFBCS
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 10:51 PM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Brian Buhrow <buhrow at nfbcal.org>; Bryan Schulz <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] jaws zoom key
> 
>   hello.  I had some success with NVDA and Zoom in this regard.  I
> used NVDA-S, which toggles speech mode through various settings.  I still
> have to endure the arrival and departure alerts when I want to use Zoom to
> do something, but if all I'm doing is listening to a meeting, then this
> functionality works.  This key is like turning speech off on VoiceOver, that
> is, VoiceOver is still running, but it doesn't talk.
> Not sure if there is an equivalent command in Jaws.  It would be nice to be
> able to silence the alerts without having to turn the voice off completely,
> but it's a start.
> -thanks
> -Brian
> 
> On Jul 14,  7:38pm, Bryan Schulz via NFBCS wrote:
> } Subject: [NFBCS] jaws zoom key
> } Hi,
> }
> }
> }
> } Did someone have luck with silencing participant entry and exit alerts in
> } zoom today and what key combination did you use?
> }
> } Alt-windows-s or alt-control-s didn't work.
> }
> } The only other keys were insert-space then s and that is basically the
> same } as just unloading jaws.
> }
> } Thanks,
> }
> } Bryan
> }
> }
> }
> }
> }
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