Ten things to improve conference call accessibility

WFH has made video conference accessibility more critical than ever, especially for participants with disabilities. Try to avoid these pitfalls.

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All of us are suffering from zoom fatigue at the moment. But people with disabilities frankly have it harder. My in-person meetings have shifted to 100 % video calls. After 5 to 6-hour blocks of topics that can shift every 30 minutes, I always have a headache at the end of the day from trying to concentrate and understand the tiny print that can’t be magnified on my side compounded by listening with dogs barking and children asking “is the call over yet” in the background.

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Imagine being deaf or having a significant hearing loss that makes hearing a conference call presenter difficult. Here are things you can do to avoid creating issues for your participants with…