As Convention draws near an email will be sent to everyone who registered with links to the meetings.

Please check the email you registered with, also check your Spam folder if you don’t find it in your regular email.

All sessions will be recorded in the language of presentation.

Yes. This event is accessible by registration only.

Please register at: https://oavirtualconvention.org

A sliding scale to allows attenders to pay what they can afford.

The suggested minimum donation is $5.00.  Your financial support allows us to carry the message of OA recovery. We provide scholarships for people who find the suggested minimum contribution is a hardship.

Absolutely! There is a special group of meeting geared toward those new to the fellowship.

No. You may attend via the web without installing zoom or having a zoom account. You may also listen by phone or by smart phone. (Foreign language translation and closed-captioning may not be available on phones).

No. You can join by phone to listen, you can join by tablet to attend, or you use to join any way you call in or access via an internet connection.

Yes.  You use a phone to join a Zoom meeting or webinar, allowing you to dial in to a virtual meeting without a computer. This is useful when:

• you do not have a microphone or speaker on your computer
• you do not have a iOS or Android smartphone
• you cannot connect to a network for video and VoIP (computer audio)

Host or co-host will disable the capability for all participants to unmute themselves. To cut down on  chaos. It is also a smart security tactic. If you wish to speak during designated sharing time, please raise your virtual hand and you will be called upon in order by the Host.

No, you are not required to have your camera/video on.

1. In your meeting/webinar controls, click Interpretation . 
2. Click on the language that you would like to hear.
3. (Optional) To hear the interpreted language only, click Mute Original Audio.

Notes:

To take advantage interpretation, you must join the meeting audio through your computer audio/VoIP. Language interpretation is not available using the dial-in or call me phone audio features.

• As a participant joining a language channel, you can broadcast back into the main audio channel if you unmute your audio and speak.

If closed captioning or live transcripts are available during a meeting, you can view these as a participant. They can also be viewed while in a Zoom Room.

Windows | macOS | Linux

View closed captioning or live transcription during a meeting or webinar

1. Sign in to the Zoom desktop client.
2. Join a meeting or webinar.
3. In the meeting controls toolbar, click the Show Captions icon .
4. (Optional) Click-and-drag the captions to move their position in the meeting window. 

Note: On Linux closed captioning is available, but live transcription is not yet available.

Set your speaking language

You may be prompted to set the speaking language when you enable captions. The speaking language selection impacts all participants. English is the default language, but other languages can be selected. This tells the system which language it will hear you speak in and generates captions in that language. If you speak in language A, but Zoom is set to expect language B, the captions generated will be inaccurate.

1. In the meeting controls toolbar, next to Show Captions , click the up arrow icon . 
2. Click Speaking language, then select a language.

On the pop-up, confirm the language you want to set as the spoken language, then click Save. 
Zoom will transcribe captions in the chosen language for all participants.

Ask in the Chat room. There will be a monitor. Please remember to put any Questions for the Presenters in the Q&A section.

If your question can’t be answered in the Chat, please go to the HELP DESK. https://oavirtualregion.org/help2024/

Captions are an available option in the convention sessions. To use them, follow these steps:

To view closed captioning during a meeting or webinar

1. Join a meeting or webinar.
2. In the meeting controls toolbar, click the Show Captions icon .

Adjust closed captioning size

1. In the meeting controls, click More , then click Captions.
2. Under Your Caption Settings, click Caption settings. 
   The Accessibility desktop client settings window will appear.
3. Under Closed Caption, move the slider to adjust the caption size .

How to view captions in another language

If the speaker is presenting in another language, and you want the captions to be generated into your language, Zoom can translate the captions into your preferred language. This is done in real-time, during the meeting, and can be set by each individual participant.

1. Next to the Show Captions button, click the up button ..
2. Under the Translate to section of the menu, click on the language you want the captions translated to.
   Click the More option to see more available languages.
   Once a different language is chosen, the captions will be generated and translated into that language for you. Other participants can choose a language for their captions independently of your chosen language.

Note: Choice of Translate to language will be saved and applied to future meetings. (If you care to, disable afterwards, as this is for you only.