Accessibility Resources

Accessibility is the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible. Accessibility can be viewed as the “ability to access” and benefit from some system or entity.

Zoom Meetings

The CIS Zoom Accounts have additional functionality, including the ability to provide live captions.

Instructions for enabling closed caption on a CIS Zoom Account

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal
2. In the navigation panel, click Account Management then Account Settings
3. Click the Meeting tab
4. Verify that Closed Caption is enabled
5. If the setting is disabled, click the toggle to enable it. If a verification dialog displays, click Turn On to verify the change
6. (Optional) If you want to make this setting mandatory for all users in your account, click the lock icon , and then click Lock to confirm the setting.
7. With Closed Captioning enabled, the option to enable live transcription should appear directly below as Enable live transcription service to show transcript on the side panel in-meeting. Check this to enable live transcription.
8. Additional instructions for manual or live transcription available here.

PowerPoints

PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 can transcribe your words as you present and display them on-screen as captions in the same language you are speaking, or as subtitles translated to another language. This can help accommodate individuals in the audience who may be deaf or hard of hearing, or more familiar with another language, respectively. There are also position, size, color, and other appearance options for the captions and subtitles to accommodate different environments and audience needs.

Click here to learn more and click here for instructions shared by Casey Branthoover.

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