If you are going to join Zoom meetings on a computer, it is a good idea to download the Zoom client as it is more accessible than the website and has more features. N.B. If you are using a computer where you are not the admin, you may need to ask the admin of the … Read more
Starting an instant meeting Open the Zoom app. If you don’t have it, you will need to install it from the App Store. If asked to Sign in, either sign in with Google, Apple or email. This is required to create a Zoom account. Once you are on the main screen, click “New meeting”. On … Read more
One of the pleasant surprises about lockdown has been how good technology lessons can be when done remotely. They have been much better than I would have thought possible! I have really enjoyed the lessons, and they have been nearly as good as having them in person. My top tips are: Zoom is great, and … Read more
These three meeting platforms all have several accessibility features and are all very popular, but which is the most accessible for young braillists? Zoom Accessibility rating: 9/10 Zoom have tried very hard to make their meeting platform accessible to everyone, and they have added a lot of accessibility features to their mobile and desktop apps … Read more
This is a recovered post from Blogger. Posted: 13 Jun 2019 03:14 AM PDT Rating: 4 of 5 Description: WhatsApp is a free accessible messaging service which is good to have but sometimes the odd accessibility bug crops up. e.g. there used to be a bug that when you swiped through recipients there was an … Read more
WhatsApp is a very popular app a bit like Skype. You have probably heard of WhatsApp groups. There are often lots of WhatsApp groups that friends use to chat to each other. At my school, there is even one called “Almost every Year 7” that has pretty much all Year 7’s who are on WhatsApp. … Read more
This is a recovered post from Blogger. __________ Below we have put together a guide on the basics of using Skype: Skype is available on BrailleNote Touch, BrailleNote Touch +, iPhones, iPads and laptop Skype is an app that you can ue to call people and chat with them. You can have Skype chats and … Read more
This is a recovered post from Blogger. __________ Everyone is suddenly using Zoom. How do I use it and how accessible is it? Posted: 19 Apr 2020 07:05 AM PDT Sorry I haven’t posted anything for a while. I will be posting guides for how to use other chat apps soon. — Since lockdown started, … Read more
This is a recovered post from Blogger. __________ In this post I will be talking about Google Meet, which is the platform that I have been having all my lessons on during lockdown. It has also been one of the ways I chat with friends. If you want to be able to follow along with … Read more
== Google Meet – Setup guide and top tips I have been using Google Meet for all my remote lessons during lockdown. As my school kept to their timetable that they use in school, I had several meetings every day. I used my iPad to join the lessons, and my Touch and computer to complete … Read more