[NFBofAlaska] Greatly improve Zoom accessibility with NVDA Add-on

[Michael Lauf]

Zoom Add-on to improve accessibility with  NVDA

Web page to download, keyboard commands and more info:
https://addons.nvda-project.org/addons/zoomEnhancements.en.html

Download  stable version
https://addons.nvda-project.org/files/get.php?file=zoom

NVDA compatibility: 2018.4 to 2020.2

This add-on improves the experience of using Zoom for NVDA users by providing keyboard shortcuts to  Handle alerts for Different events While In a meeting, and make the process of remote control much more  accessible.

Keyboard shortcuts for controlling alerts In meetings:
NVDA + Shift + A: cycles between different modes of reporting alerts. The following modes are  available:
Report all alerts mode, where all alerts are reported as usual
Beep for alerts, where NVDA will play a short beep for every alert displayed in Zoom
Silence all alerts, where NVDA will ignore all alerts
Custom mode, Where the user can customize which alerts they want to have and which not. This can be  done using the settings dialog of the add-on, or by using the dedicated keyboard shortcuts for that

The following shortcuts can be used to toggle on / off the announcements of each type of alert  (note that this will be effective when custom mode is selected):

NVDA + Ctrl + 1: Participant Has Joined/Left Meeting (Host Only)
NVDA + Ctrl + 2: Participant Has Joined/Left Waiting Room (Host Only)
NVDA + Ctrl + 3: Audio Muted by Host
NVDA + Ctrl + 4: Video Stopped by Host
NVDA + Ctrl + 5: Screen Sharing Started/Stopped by a Participant
NVDA + Ctrl + 6: Recording Permission Granted/Revoked
NVDA + Ctrl + 7: Public In-meeting Chat Received
NVDA + Ctrl + 8: Private In-meeting Chat Received
NVDA + Ctrl + 9: In-meeting File Upload Completed
NVDA + Ctrl + 0: Host Privilege Granted/Revoked
NVDA + Shift + Ctrl + 1: Participant Has Raised/Lowered Hand (Host Only)
NVDA + Shift + Ctrl + 2: Remote Control Permission Granted/Revoked
NVDA + Shift + Ctrl + 3: IM chat message received
Note that you need to leave reporting all alert types selected (in Zoom accessibility settings) to  have the add-on function as expected.

Keyboard shortcut for Opening add on Dialogue
NVDA + Z Opens the add-on dialog !
Using this dialog you can :
See which alerts are announced and which aren't
Select the types of the alerts you want to be announced
Choose alerts reporting mode
Save custom changes

Remote control

After a remote control permission is granted, NVDA + O will move the focus in /Out of the remote  controlled screen
Note that the focus should be on one of the meeting controls to be able to remote control the other  screen

An Important note
Currently the feature of custom alerts mode where the user can choose which alerts they want to  have and which not works with Zoom only when the user interface language is set to english.

Last edited September 6, 2020