[NFBMD] A Correction and Some Other Zoom Pro Tips

[Corey Thompson]

On 7/14/20, Chris Nusbaum via NFBMD <nfbmd at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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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Hi Christ,
I was wondering if you could find and email me the pin number for the
job fair? I cannot locate because it is not in any of the information?
Thanks!
Corey Thompson, Sligo Creek Chapter member.