Article 58GE9 Zoom’s latest accessibility features let you pin and spotlight multiple videos during calls

Zoom’s latest accessibility features let you pin and spotlight multiple videos during calls

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James Vincent
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zoom_accessibility.0.jpg Zoom's latest update will let you pin or spotlight multiple videos during a call. | Image: Zoom via Mashable

Zoom has added new accessibility features that should make the videoconference app easier to use for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or who have visual impairments.

As reported by Mashable and USA Today, the first change to the app is the ability to pin or spotlight multiple videos at once, instead of just one as is currently allowed. This will let people who require sign language interpretations to pin the interpreter's video during meetings, keeping it visible at all times even when the call is in speaker mode. Only nine people on each call can pin multiple videos, which may constrain larger meetings.

Alternatively, the host can choose to spotlight multiple videos for all users, making up to nine different videos visible at...

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