Hello, I'm new in webinars admin. I did a practice with my client and agency today and we were connected with 5 computers. All of them viewed panelist desktop sharing very well, but only three viewed panelist camera and sharing video good (two via LAN and one via WiFi), two of the viewed very poor. We checked the band speed of those with problems and they were good (speed test showed 600 Mbps, both via WiFi). The only common part of the two that had problem with video quality is that they have quite old computers, but what I don't understand is why they viewed desktop sharing of the panelist good and webcam/video sharing poor.

Can you help me to understand why someone had problems and someone not, considering that is not a band speed problem?

Thanks a lot!

There is a sharp increase in the demand for Zoom calls requiring simultaneous interpretation.  While this function has many excellent qualities, in practice we have identified some important gaps.  To respond to this demand and provide quality service, we are forced to implement makeshift patches to compensate for certain limitations in Zoom’s service.  Below is a list of suggestions compiled over the past months of intensive, daily use of Zoom’s Interpretation function. 

The suggestions marked in bold would have the greatest positive impact for all involved. These changes would aid interpreters in using industry best practices, create ease of management/use for meeting hosts, and expand accessibility for people with limited internet access, among other things. They would also encourage us to continue recommending Zoom to our clients, rather than researching other options to recommend.

Management:

• Allow co-hosts to manage interpretation feature 
  • Allow hosts and co-hosts to assign language channels for participants without removing the option for participants to choose their own language channel. 
  • Enable hosts, co-hosts, and interpreters to see which language channel each participant is using and how many people are listening on each channel.

     

    Breakout Rooms:

     

     

    • Offer interpretation option in at least some breakout rooms, or in all if possible
      • Full control by host for interpreter(s) to be placed in any breakout rooms at will  

         

        Interpretation available for all participants:

         

         

        • Make interpretation available to people joining meetings via phone only (having access to the language channels by pressing 1, 2, 3…?). 

           

          Language Channels:

           

           

          • Enable interpreters using the same language combination to hear each other AND to hear interpreters on other language channels
            • This will make switching between interpreter turns immeasurably smoother, improving the experience both for interpreters and for language channel listeners
              • This will enable interpreters to do relay interpretation by interpreting what we hear from interpreters using a different language pair/audio channels, thus enabling Zoom events in more than two languages with ease
                • Enable  interpreters to choose “floor” or “off” channel in order  to be heard by everyone when needed (currently once interpreters are assigned, they cannot speak to the whole floor, only to those who have chosen interpretation and only to one channel at a time)
                  • Enable people watching a cloud recording to view the complete video in a single language while on their smartphone or tablet, or if they’re using a computer, to not have to toggle between the main audio and the language channel.
                  • Slider when original audio is unmuted so listeners can determine the sound level they prefer when listening to original audio and interpretation.

                     

                    Visual:

                    • Allow interpreters to move the language toggle button, in order to prevent chat notifications and subtitles to cover this button, and prevent interpreters from changing channels easily
                    • Ability to rearrange windows (to put interpreter's window next to presenter, or put two interpreters together etc.). Also, ability to prevent window rearrange when someone stops video feed (some way for participants to individually arrange and lock the window order to their preference)
                    • Ability to pin a comment in the chat so that translation can be provided with the original comment, or ability to respond directly to a comment in the chat to provide translation
                    • Avoid accidental “end meeting” when host/co-host intends to “end interpreting”
                      • Move the “end interpreting” button farther away from the “end meeting” button
                      • Differentiate the “end interpreting” button visually from the “end meeting” button 

                         

                        This list for requested improvement represents input from over 30 interpreters listed below working in spoken and signed languages within the language justice framework across the U.S. and beyond. For follow-up on these requests, please contact Jen Hofer ***********, and/or Ron Garcia-Fogarty ***********. 

                         

                        Adriana Pericchi (Kingston, NY)

                        Alejandra Esparza Interpreter (San Diego, CA)

                        Amber Hodson, Sign Language Interpreter (Oakland, CA)

                        Andrea Zamudio (San Diego, CA)

                        Antena Houston (Houston, TX)

                        Antena Los Ángeles (Los Angeles, CA)

                        Jen Hofer

                        Betty Marín

                        Ana Paula Noguez Mercado

                        Katja Schatte

                        Alexia Veytia-Rubio

                        Cairo Community Interpreter Project (CCIP), Cairo, Egypt

                        Alice Johnson

                        Catalina Nieto Interpreting (Albuquerque, NM and Washington, DC)

                        Center for Participatory Change (Asheville, NC)

                        Cenzontle Language Justice Cooperative

                                    Rocio Quintero

                                    Elizabet Hinojosa Ruiz

                                    Leonidas Esperanza

                                    Jackie Fitzgerald 

                                    Patty Urrutia

                                    Monse Ramirez

                                    Andrea Golden

                                    Colectivo Babilla (NYC and Puerto Rico)

                        patri gonzález ramírez

                        Pao Lebrón

                        Cristóbal Guerra Naranjo

                        Comal Language Justice Collective (Dallas, TX)

                        Gloria Delgadillo

                        Maria de Jesus Garza

                        DC Interpreters Collective 

                        DeafHope (National Technical Assistance Provider)

                        Gina Engst Interpreter (Philadelphia, PA)

                        Interpreters Cooperative of Madison (Madison, WI)

                        Steve Herrick

                        Jazmín Rumbaut (Washington, DC)

                        Just Communities Central Coast (Santa Barbara, Ca)

                        Rachel Mehl (New York and Washington DC)

                        Roberto Tijerina (Washington DC)

                        tilde Language Justice Cooperative (Durham, NC)

                        Iliana Santillán

                        Ron Garcia-Fogarty

                        Susan Greenblatt

                        Tony Macias

                        Unbound Language Justice Cooperative

                        Angélica Bachour

                        Catalina Tang Yan

                        Loreto Ansaldo

                        Voices Translation and Interpreting Services (Santa Barbara, CA)

                         

I created a Zoom meeting with required questions that have to be answered by attendees when registering for the event.  I also created the same event in Eventbrite.  After connecting to Zoom from Eventbrite and specifying the meeting I want to attach to, an error message is displayed by Eventbrite  directing me to disable the required questions before the connection can be established.

Disabling the required questions is non-negotiable since the a larger number of attendees will be registering using the Zoom registration link,  and we need to capture the lead information.  The Eventbrite "event" is configured with a maximum of only  25 tickets.

Question:  Is there a workaround to this issue to allow Eventbrite registrants to be automatically registered in Zoom through the integration?

Additional Info: 

I attempted to use Zapier but in setting up the Zap,  Zapier is requiring me to insert attendee biographical information. However that information won't be available until an attendee registers in Eventbrite.   I have a screenshot of the Eventbrite error if that would help.  Not sure how to upload it to this post.

Here is the exact error message;

"This meeting/webinar has required parameters included, it could affect the synchronization of your attendees.  You can disable these parameters by clicking on " Disable Required Questions link"

If the link is not clicked, then the only option on that page is "Back"

Help please.  My Event is this Friday - May 31, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.  Time is running out.