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Accessibility 101: Virtual Meeting Accessibility for Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams

In this set of Accessibility 101 articles, Ability Central introduces you to virtual meeting accommodations on platforms like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams.

A white woman with braided brown hair, a pink turtleneck, and a cochlear implant hearing aid sits at her well-decorated desk in a modern home office. She waves at her computer camera while she joins a virtual meeting.

Welcome back to Ability Central’s “Accessibility 101” series, where the team at Ability Central identifies and offers solutions to the most common accessibility pitfalls we’ve seen in the workplace. In this set of articles, we introduce you to accommodations for virtual meetings on platforms like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams.

The shift to virtual workplaces and meetings offers huge opportunities for remote teams, especially for team members with communication disabilities. 

Flexible work schedules and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices make it easier than ever for people in the disability community to stay connected and engaged with their peers.  

Unfortunately, we’ve all played Digital Meeting Bingo. (The free space is somebody saying, “You’re muted.” 😉) Poor planning or a lack of accessibility education makes it harder to keep virtual spaces accessible and inclusive. 

In this Virtual Meetings collection, part of our Accessibility 101 series, you’ll learn how to make online meetings inclusive and accommodating for Deaf and disabled teammates. 

What we cover

We take deep dives into accessibility features in Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams to examine:

  • What steps to take before your meeting

  • Common accommodation requests and how to address them in advance

  • How to improve accessibility and inclusivity during meetings for people with disabilities

  • What to cover in your post-meeting follow-up

To read the full Accessibility 101: Virtual Meetings collection, see: 

Read the full series

To view the entire Accessibility 101 series, including our resources for in-person meetings and video presentations, see: 

Accessibility 101: How to Make Virtual Meetings Accessible with Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet

Accessibility 101: How to Make In-Person Meetings Accessible

Accessibility 101: How to Make Video Presentations Accessible

Let’s get started!

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