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2043 Using Zoom with a Screen Reader (Oct. 21, 2020)

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Show Notes

You can get Heather Thomas’ book, “Getting Started With Zoom Meetings: A Guide for JAWS, NVDA, and iPhone” from The Carroll Center for the Blind at:
https://carroll.org/product/getting-started-with-zoom-meetings/

Other useful books from the Carroll Center can be found at their store:
https://carroll.org/store

You can reach Heather Thomas directly by sending an e-mail to:
heather.thomas@carroll.org

The main web site for the Carroll Center for the Blind is:
http://carroll.org
You can also contact the Carroll Center by phone at 617-969-6200 or by sending an e-mail to info@carroll.org
You can also connect with the Carroll Center for the Blind on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google+, and You Tube

The main web site for Zoom is:
https://zoom.us

To contact Zoom's accessibility team send an e-mail to:
access@zoom.us

Below is a link to a previous episode of Eyes On Success in which we talked with a representative from Zoom about their service and its accessibility. Click on the link to find a summary of that episode along with links to the audio and show notes for that episode:
Show #2003: Communicating with Zoom (Jan. 15, 2020)