Zoom’s video meetings just got more interactive: 5 new features to check out

Zoom has announced new features that will make video communications more accessible for people to connect. The video-conferencing platform has been working with various organisations to make the solution as A11Y-friendly as possible. The A11Y Project is a community-driven effort to make digital accessibility easier.

Zoom has five new features that are going to help contribute towards that end including spotlight videos, keyboard accessibility, closed captioning etc. Here’s what you need to know –

Spotlight or pin multiple videos for meetings

Many video meeting solutions highlight the video of the speaker, which can change many times through a meeting. This can make meetings with an interpreter extremely difficult to follow if the highlighted video or order changes.