Hi, Thanks for the suggestions. I think my zoom is up-to-date because it updated this evening just before I joined the meeting and had the problem. But I'll try your other workarounds...
Thanks, Catherine On 4/5/23, Herbie Allen <herbie.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > Two things. First, make sure you are updated to the latest Zoom as that > seems to have finally stopped the problem for me at least. The only other > work around I have found is to turn off VO for a couple minutes and then > turn it back on. You will hear announcements while it is off, but they > should go away once back on. Also, unless your group uses it,, if you can > get the admin to disable the chat feature in meetings, that will make all > those announcements go away. They will find that option in the advanced > meeting settings. > >> On Apr 5, 2023, at 13:18, 'Catherine Turner' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Please does anyone know whether/how it's possible to stop the system >> voice on Mac announcing things like "Catherine has joined this >> channel" when using zoom? I've gone into the preferences in zoom, >> accessibility, screenreader and unticked everything, quit and >> re-opened zoom and I'm still getting announcements all the time about >> people having "joined this channel". It's really annoying and makes >> zoom basically unusable on large group calls. Does this happen for >> other people? >> >> Thanks, >> Catherine >> >> -- >> LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/catherine-turner/8/9a6/a0/ >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark >> at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/CABJRpGuHT6MbtBZJzCPRuPmmSBWVE20cdr3Qvr0W%3DmsURPN1NA%40mail.gmail.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/06A03BA4-35DB-47E8-9944-9092EBC7E32E%40gmail.com. > -- LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/catherine-turner/8/9a6/a0/ -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/CABJRpGtXqbc9XWsBTRRVb%2Bg-xKr4KZrALQi1BCgwcd51RcAMrA%40mail.gmail.com.
