[technology taskforce] Zoom participant limits

Fri Mar 20 05:37:32 UTC 2020

Zoom takes accessibility seriously it seems: https://zoom.us/accessibility

One issue that came up when Amadeu who is vision impaired asked a 
question in the public forum on PIR was that he was required to unmute. 
He stated that Voiceover was giving speech output on everything on the 
screen so it took him a while to locate the unmute button. I can't 
understand why the host couldn't do the unmuting.

Gunela

Judith Hellerstein wrote on 20/03/2020 02:06 :
> Hi All,
> 
> Also the matrix that Diplo did is good but they do not rate the 
> accessibility of the plans that they tested.  If this field is added as 
> I suggested to them their results would differ remarkably. They were 
> still promoting Adobe Connect and Webex which are some of the most 
> inaccessible plans for people with screen readers or ones using apple's 
> voice over or other related technology . Also the Chat feature in zoom 
> is clickable while it is not in any of the other web providers.
> 
> Here is the chart from the zoom website. This is the cost of adding 500 
> or 1000 to the current number of participants your plan offers.ICANN 
> chose not to purchase the additional add on plan for their current 
> subscription but we could push them to do it for the next virtual meeting
> 
> You have the option to purchase up to 1,000 participants with our Large 
> Meeting add-on. Basic (free) plan is not eligible for Large Meeting.
> 
>   * Participants
>   * 500
>   * 1000
> 
>   * Pro/mo/host
>   * $64.99
>   * $104.99
> 
>   * Business/mo/host
>   * $69.99
>   * $109.99
> 
>   * Enterprise/mo/host
>   * $69.99
>   * $109.99
> 
> Best,
> 
> Judith
> 
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> On 3/19/2020 10:09 AM, Glenn McKnight wrote:
>> Hi
>> I am working with the Third Age Network and asking directly on the 
>> Zoom meeting capacity  and they are suppose to send accurate 
>> information per pay plan
>> https://zoom.us/pricing
>>
>> All Business features +
>>
>> Enterprise includes 500 participants
>>
>> Enterprise Plus includes 1,000 participants
>>
>> Unlimited Cloud Storage
>> Dedicated Customer Success Manager
>>
>> Executive Business Reviews
>> Bundle discounts on Webinars and Zoom Rooms
>>
>> On Hipchat  i was suppose to have a demo with them a week ago but i 
>> was tied up with the ISOC BOT meeting but would be interested in a 
>> demo if anyone is interested to join it.  Of particular interest is 
>> the Interpreter  feature
>>
>> Another resource is the one Diplo created
>>
>> https://www.diplomacy.edu/conference-tech-lab
>>
>> One thing they have is this  Online  survey which might be a good idea 
>> for us to replicate
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdjhWOxMuki0xJ24dBALHgft6DOKJze2eC3OsyqqBaEKoa6SQ/viewform 
>>
>>
>> G
>>
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>>
>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 8:07 AM Judith Hellerstein 
>> <judith at jhellerstein.com <mailto:judith at jhellerstein.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi Olivier
>>     It seems that icann did not want to pay more. I was in a zoom room
>>     Meeting that had close to 600 people. It was a lecture but the
>>     host allowed for people to comment. I ask Joly about the limits
>>     and he said even the cheaper pro accounts could have 500 or 1000
>>     people if they paid extra for it. The group was not using webinar
>>     From that and looking at the prices is that icann did not want to
>>     pay for more than what was available in their plan
>>
>>     Best
>>     Judith
>>
>>     Sent from my iPhone
>>     Judith at jhellerstein.com <mailto:Judith at jhellerstein.com>
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>>
>>     On Mar 19, 2020, at 4:59 AM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
>>     <ocl at gih.com <mailto:ocl at gih.com>> wrote:
>>
>>>     Dear colleagues,
>>>
>>>     during the ICANN meeting we saw full Zoom meeting rooms limited
>>>     at 300 people and Webinar rooms assumed to be higher than that
>>>     perhaps thousands of people.
>>>     Are the limits technical limits, or are they they imposed by the
>>>     subscriptions that ICANN got? I note the pricing which appears to
>>>     point out that more than 300 people are possible for a full Zoom
>>>     room?
>>>     https://zoom.us/pricing
>>>
>>>     Kindest regards,
>>>
>>>     Olivier
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