ZOOM: Can NVDA announce state of mute/unmute?
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Milton Charlton
During a ZOOM session I would like to hear the status of mute/unmute. When I press down the spacebar, NVDA starts to announce “unmute” but does not complete speaking the word “unmute”. When I let up the spacebar NVDA announces “mute”. It is often impractical to hold down the spacebar to speak. If I manage to click on the mute/unmute icon, NVDA does not announce anything. I know there is a red slash though the icon but that is too hard to see. Similarly, if I use ALT-A to change the state of mute/unmute, NVDA does not announce this. I feel I am missing something here and therefore seek your advice. Is there a way to make this work better? It would also be really handy to have a way to announce the state of mute/unmute without actually changing the state by the controls mentioned above. Something like a hotkey that causes the state of mute/unmute to be spoken would be great. Sometimes during a session I just want to know if I am muted or unmuted because I may have forgotten the status. Thanks. This is a great forum!! Milton
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Gene
Use the short cut command alt a to switch between mute and unmute. I don't know why you don't hear the status spoken fully when you do what you do. When I use alt a with NVDA, I hear the status spoken correctly.
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From: Milton Charlton Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2021 11:25 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] ZOOM: Can NVDA announce state of mute/unmute? During a ZOOM session I would like to hear the status of mute/unmute. When I press down the spacebar, NVDA starts to announce “unmute” but does not complete speaking the word “unmute”. When I let up the spacebar NVDA announces “mute”. It is often impractical to hold down the spacebar to speak. If I manage to click on the mute/unmute icon, NVDA does not announce anything. I know there is a red slash though the icon but that is too hard to see. Similarly, if I use ALT-A to change the state of mute/unmute, NVDA does not announce this. I feel I am missing something here and therefore seek your advice. Is there a way to make this work better? It would also be really handy to have a way to announce the state of mute/unmute without actually changing the state by the controls mentioned above. Something like a hotkey that causes the state of mute/unmute to be spoken would be great. Sometimes during a session I just want to know if I am muted or unmuted because I may have forgotten the status. Thanks. This is a great forum!! Milton Virus-free. www.avast.com
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Arlene
Hi, all you do is hold down the alt key and hit a. You will be muted. When you unmute do the same thing. I tried with both jaws and NVDA. When I mute Jaws will say your audio is muted. NVDA says muted. You know you are muted. When you unmute, NVDA will say unmuted. Jaws will say your audio is unmuted.
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From: Milton Charlton
Sent: February 25, 2021 9:26 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] ZOOM: Can NVDA announce state of mute/unmute?
During a ZOOM session I would like to hear the status of mute/unmute. When I press down the spacebar, NVDA starts to announce “unmute” but does not complete speaking the word “unmute”. When I let up the spacebar NVDA announces “mute”. It is often impractical to hold down the spacebar to speak. If I manage to click on the mute/unmute icon, NVDA does not announce anything. I know there is a red slash though the icon but that is too hard to see. Similarly, if I use ALT-A to change the state of mute/unmute, NVDA does not announce this. I feel I am missing something here and therefore seek your advice. Is there a way to make this work better? It would also be really handy to have a way to announce the state of mute/unmute without actually changing the state by the controls mentioned above. Something like a hotkey that causes the state of mute/unmute to be spoken would be great. Sometimes during a session I just want to know if I am muted or unmuted because I may have forgotten the status. Thanks. This is a great forum!! Milton
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Actually, all you do is hold space. This will unmute like a PTT.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Arlene
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2021 9:59 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] ZOOM: Can NVDA announce state of mute/unmute?
Hi, all you do is hold down the alt key and hit a. You will be muted. When you unmute do the same thing. I tried with both jaws and NVDA. When I mute Jaws will say your audio is muted. NVDA says muted. You know you are muted. When you unmute, NVDA will say unmuted. Jaws will say your audio is unmuted.
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From: Milton Charlton
During a ZOOM session I would like to hear the status of mute/unmute. When I press down the spacebar, NVDA starts to announce “unmute” but does not complete speaking the word “unmute”. When I let up the spacebar NVDA announces “mute”. It is often impractical to hold down the spacebar to speak. If I manage to click on the mute/unmute icon, NVDA does not announce anything. I know there is a red slash though the icon but that is too hard to see. Similarly, if I use ALT-A to change the state of mute/unmute, NVDA does not announce this. I feel I am missing something here and therefore seek your advice. Is there a way to make this work better? It would also be really handy to have a way to announce the state of mute/unmute without actually changing the state by the controls mentioned above. Something like a hotkey that causes the state of mute/unmute to be spoken would be great. Sometimes during a session I just want to know if I am muted or unmuted because I may have forgotten the status. Thanks. This is a great forum!! Milton
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molly the blind tech lover
Pressing alt +a will mute/unmute your audio.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Milton Charlton
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2021 12:26 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] ZOOM: Can NVDA announce state of mute/unmute?
During a ZOOM session I would like to hear the status of mute/unmute. When I press down the spacebar, NVDA starts to announce “unmute” but does not complete speaking the word “unmute”. When I let up the spacebar NVDA announces “mute”. It is often impractical to hold down the spacebar to speak. If I manage to click on the mute/unmute icon, NVDA does not announce anything. I know there is a red slash though the icon but that is too hard to see. Similarly, if I use ALT-A to change the state of mute/unmute, NVDA does not announce this. I feel I am missing something here and therefore seek your advice. Is there a way to make this work better? It would also be really handy to have a way to announce the state of mute/unmute without actually changing the state by the controls mentioned above. Something like a hotkey that causes the state of mute/unmute to be spoken would be great. Sometimes during a session I just want to know if I am muted or unmuted because I may have forgotten the status. Thanks. This is a great forum!! Milton
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It will, but I find holding space and talking is a lot quicker at times. Especially if I need to say something quick. I was taught that during a class.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of molly the blind tech lover
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2021 12:49 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] ZOOM: Can NVDA announce state of mute/unmute?
Pressing alt +a will mute/unmute your audio.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Milton Charlton
During a ZOOM session I would like to hear the status of mute/unmute. When I press down the spacebar, NVDA starts to announce “unmute” but does not complete speaking the word “unmute”. When I let up the spacebar NVDA announces “mute”. It is often impractical to hold down the spacebar to speak. If I manage to click on the mute/unmute icon, NVDA does not announce anything. I know there is a red slash though the icon but that is too hard to see. Similarly, if I use ALT-A to change the state of mute/unmute, NVDA does not announce this. I feel I am missing something here and therefore seek your advice. Is there a way to make this work better? It would also be really handy to have a way to announce the state of mute/unmute without actually changing the state by the controls mentioned above. Something like a hotkey that causes the state of mute/unmute to be spoken would be great. Sometimes during a session I just want to know if I am muted or unmuted because I may have forgotten the status. Thanks. This is a great forum!! Milton
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Sylvie Duchateau
Hello, Alt+A works fine here, NVDA announces that audio is muted or not. You can also open the participants list in typing alt+u, arrow down to your name and NVDA will tell you if you are muted or not. Best Sylvie De : nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> De la part de Arlene via groups.io
Hi, all you do is hold down the alt key and hit a. You will be muted. When you unmute do the same thing. I tried with both jaws and NVDA. When I mute Jaws will say your audio is muted. NVDA says muted. You know you are muted. When you unmute, NVDA will say unmuted. Jaws will say your audio is unmuted.
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From: Milton Charlton
Sent: February 25, 2021 9:26 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] ZOOM: Can NVDA announce state of mute/unmute?
During a ZOOM session I would like to hear the status of mute/unmute. When I press down the spacebar, NVDA starts to announce “unmute” but does not complete speaking the word “unmute”. When I let up the spacebar NVDA announces “mute”. It is often impractical to hold down the spacebar to speak. If I manage to click on the mute/unmute icon, NVDA does not announce anything. I know there is a red slash though the icon but that is too hard to see. Similarly, if I use ALT-A to change the state of mute/unmute, NVDA does not announce this. I feel I am missing something here and therefore seek your advice. Is there a way to make this work better? It would also be really handy to have a way to announce the state of mute/unmute without actually changing the state by the controls mentioned above. Something like a hotkey that causes the state of mute/unmute to be spoken would be great. Sometimes during a session I just want to know if I am muted or unmuted because I may have forgotten the status. Thanks. This is a great forum!! Milton
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Jarek.Krcmar
Hi, if you press a hotkey Alt + A, Nvda anounces Audio mute, if you press the hotkey seccondly, Nvda anounces Audio Unmute. Jarek Dne 25.02.2021 v 18:25 Milton Charlton
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Zoom has lots of hotkeys built in like this that the original poster should look up and learn.
On 2021-02-26 3:08 a.m., Sylvie
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