accessibility screen reader zoom web conferencing

On MacOS, you must have version 5.2.1 or higher.

You must have version 5.2.1 of Windows in order to install Zoom.

In the case that you do not have a screen reader, you can make use of the one that comes with your operating system (for example, Windows 10 Narrator or macOS VoiceOver).

I have installed a screen reader on my computer.In Becka11y’s 2015 post, “Recording a Screen Reader Demo”, they discuss options for PC users: Camtasia (paid, one-time license) and BB Flashback Express (freemium).Prerequisites for using screen reader alerts on Zoom End the meeting and wait for your demo video to compileĪnyone can sign up for a free Zoom account, but I’m interested in learning about other options for recording screen reader audio.Select “More” from the Zoom meeting toolbar and select “Stop Recording”.When you’re done with your demo, select “Stop Share” from the Zoom meeting toolbar.Select “Record Without Audio” to record JUST the screenreader audio OR select “Unmute Myself” to include your commentary.Select “Record” from the Zoom meeting toolbar and then “Record on this computer”.Select “Share Screen” from the Zoom meeting toolbar.In this fixed up, re-recorded demo I compare navigating Stanford’s Bento search application with a screen reader before and after some markup fixes. This makes sense! If you’re giving a presentation about something other than accessibility, you may not want the audience to hear all the details of how you navigate your computer.

In Zoom, you need to explicitly choose to “Share computer sound” for others in the meeting to hear screen reader audio.

I set out to re-record my flopped demo and my usual go-to tool, QuickTime, only provides options for microphone audio input. I was surprised to learn that by default, most applications will not include the audio from a screen reader. The first time I tried to demonstrate a screen reader live, my colleagues on Zoom heard silence, occasionally interrupted by me talking about markup. You can talk about best practices in theory but sighted people react more viscerally to a cascade of useless link text blasting in their ear. A quick way to demonstrate the impact of non-accessible markup is by sharing a screen reader demo.

Accessibility screen reader zoom web conferencing