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Mar. 20th, 2020
Ways to join a Zoom meeting
Mar. 20th, 2020 10:31 amThis article
https://www.howtogeek.com/662339/how-to-join-a-zoom-meeting/
lists multiple ways to join a Zoom meeting.
However, I've found that using my PC involves tweaking way too many settings, so instead have whoever sets up the meeting send me a text with the OneTap link in it.
Troubleshooting I have had to figure out so far:
1. Sometimes if the person sending the text includes other text, aside from the link, in the text, it makes it difficult for me to click on the link.
2. Sometimes when I get into the meeting, Voiceover says that I am muted and it doesn't matter how many times I use the unmute command of *6, I just get repeatedly muted, and at some point my onscreen keyboard gets dimmed and I can't get it undimmed to unmute.
I haven't found a way to tweak the keyboard dimming setting, so every few minutes I flip my phone up and then back down to the horizontal position, which refreshes the keyboard.
There has to be a better way to accomplish this but, since I am using Voiceover, it changes many of the default commands, so it's difficult to find troubleshooting fixes that also work with Voiceover.
Many users who are more confident using an iPhone turn Voiceover off while using other apps, but I'm not at that level yet.
Finally, let me once more plug the national Braille Press nbp.org for providing a pile of technology guides for blind and low-vision users. Anna Dresner's books, in particular, are both detailed and clearly written, and you will definitely get your money's worth from any of her guides.
Note that, although it is called the "Braille" Press, you can get these guides in all sort of accessible formats, including Daisy, and that you can buy these books already loaded ona thumb drive so that you just plug them into whatever device you use to read your books.
https://www.howtogeek.com/662339/how-to-join-a-zoom-meeting/
lists multiple ways to join a Zoom meeting.
However, I've found that using my PC involves tweaking way too many settings, so instead have whoever sets up the meeting send me a text with the OneTap link in it.
Troubleshooting I have had to figure out so far:
1. Sometimes if the person sending the text includes other text, aside from the link, in the text, it makes it difficult for me to click on the link.
2. Sometimes when I get into the meeting, Voiceover says that I am muted and it doesn't matter how many times I use the unmute command of *6, I just get repeatedly muted, and at some point my onscreen keyboard gets dimmed and I can't get it undimmed to unmute.
I haven't found a way to tweak the keyboard dimming setting, so every few minutes I flip my phone up and then back down to the horizontal position, which refreshes the keyboard.
There has to be a better way to accomplish this but, since I am using Voiceover, it changes many of the default commands, so it's difficult to find troubleshooting fixes that also work with Voiceover.
Many users who are more confident using an iPhone turn Voiceover off while using other apps, but I'm not at that level yet.
Finally, let me once more plug the national Braille Press nbp.org for providing a pile of technology guides for blind and low-vision users. Anna Dresner's books, in particular, are both detailed and clearly written, and you will definitely get your money's worth from any of her guides.
Note that, although it is called the "Braille" Press, you can get these guides in all sort of accessible formats, including Daisy, and that you can buy these books already loaded ona thumb drive so that you just plug them into whatever device you use to read your books.