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July 8, 2022
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Speaker View

  • July 8, 2022
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Would someone please explain the Speaker View to me? At my first meeting, I could see the small pictures of each person at the top (Gallery View) and when someone spoke, I saw their face in the larger view below. When I spoke, however, I continued to see the small picture of me in the Gallery above but did not see my face in the larger view below. Perhaps this is the way it's supposed to work, but the leader of my first meeting didn't know if my face should appear below (on my monitor) when I said something. Thanks for your help.

 

Bill

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    YaBoiB
    Community Champion | Employee
    Community Champion | Employee
    July 8, 2022

    Hello Bill, 
    My name is Brandon. Thanks for joining the Zoom Community! Speaker view should be that whomever is speaking should be in the larger viewpoint. What could have happened in your meeting is that someone may have pinned their video panel. When a video panel is pinned in a speaker view then that persons video is focused as the main speaker view. It is built that way for meetings when you have a special speaker that you want the entire meeting to remain focused on. 

    Here is a quick reference that you can use to learn more about pinning and spotlighting. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rly4y7ya9k

     

    I hope that this helps. 

     

    Regards, 

    Brandon

    Newcomer
    July 8, 2022

    Let me add that the leader had not pinned one person, as if they were the prime speaker. The video of everyone who spoke appeared in the larger view below except me.

    Newcomer
    July 9, 2022

    Would someone please answer my question? I'm trying to find out if my face should appear on my monitor when I speak at a ZOOM meeting. I've only attended one meeting and the leader was not "pinning" anyone. Everyone's face appeared in the larger view when they spoke except mine. 

    YaBoiB
    Community Champion | Employee
    Community Champion | Employee
    July 11, 2022

    Hello @Qwertyportne

     

     Yes, your video thumbnail should show up unless you have your video disabled. If your video was disabled at the time of the meeting then it will not show up in the gallery view or speaker view. 

     

    Brandon