New to Zoom? Need some disability access support?
- A good friend of Zoom, Johnathan Mosen has created an audiobook for how to use Zoom on Windows with a screen reader. In light of the situation we are in, he has kindly made his audiobook free for download: https://mosen.org/zoom/
- A quick list of important accessibility-related keyboard commands: https://zoom.us/accessibility/faq#faq9
- A full list of keyboard shortcuts supported by Zoom: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205683899-Hot-Keys-and-Keyboard-Shortcuts-for-Zoom
- For users who are deaf and speak sign language, consider using the Pinning/Spotlighting feature to keep the videos of interpreters in the same place https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362743-Pin-Video
Here is a list of Zoom Meeting commends for the Mac and Windows based platforms. If the screen readers on either platform have not been modified significantly, these commands work well.
Command + J: Join meeting
Command + Control + V: Start meeting
Command + J: Schedule meeting
Command + Control + S: Screen share via direct share
Command + W: Prompt to end or leave meeting
Control your audio and video:
Command + Shift + A: Mute/unmute audio
Command + Control + M: Mute audio for everyone except the host
Command + Control + U: Unmute audio for everyone except host
Space: Push to talk “this is helpful if you mute yourself and occasionally need to respond to a question or verbally vote. The spacebar will unmute temporarily.”
Command + Shift + V: Start/stop video
Command + Shift + N: Switch camera
Command + Shift + S: Start/stop screen share
Command + Shift + T: Pause or resume screen share
Recording the meeting:
Command + Shift + R: Start local recording
Command + Shift + C: Start cloud recording
Command + Shift + P: Pause or resume recording
Command + T: Screenshot
Control your view:
Command + Shift + W: Switch to active speaker view or gallery view
Control + P: View previous 25 participants in gallery view
Control + N: View next 25 participants in gallery view
Command + U: Display/hide participants panel
Command + Shift + H: Show/hide in-meeting chat panel
Command + I: Open invite window
Command + W: Close the current window
Command + L: Switch to portrait or landscape view
Ctrl + T: Switch from one tab to the next
Command + Shift + F: Enter or exit full-screen
Command + Shift + M: Switch to minimal window
Ctrl + Option + Command + H: Show/hide meeting controls
Communicate with others:
Option + Y: Raise hand/lower hand
Ctrl + Shift + R: Gain remote control
Ctrl + Shift + G: Stop remote control
Command + K: Jump to chat with someone
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