Meeting accessibility staging system

Abstract

Examples provide an accessibility manager enabling a persistent floating secondary stage for presentation of user-configurable content during a video conferencing meeting. A primary stage is provided during each video conferencing meeting. The primary stage includes a roster of meeting attendees and an area for displaying shared content. The user creates configurable settings which are used at every meeting to generate a customized secondary stage. The secondary stage is an overlay which persists on the user interface even if the primary stage is minimized as the user multi-tasks during the meeting. The secondary stage displays video feed for one or more selected meeting attendees, such as an interpreter. When an interpreter speaks on behalf of the user, the user receives the active speaker attribution. The configurable settings permit the user to control the secondary stage video feed quality, sizing, aspect ratio, display location, captioning, role designation and active speaker designation.

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . A system comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory comprising computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions configured to cause the processor to:
 generate a primary stage associated with a video conferencing meeting, the primary stage comprising a plurality of video feeds associated with a plurality of meeting attendees; 
 tether a support provider user to a primary user; and 
 provide an active speaker attribution to the primary user within the primary stage when the support provider user speaks during the video conferencing meeting on behalf of the primary user. 
   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the active speaker attribution includes a light, a halo, or a circle around a video feed or an icon representing the primary user. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the computer-readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to:
 generate a floating secondary stage that provides a separate concurrent video call window for the primary user to communicate with the support provider user.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the computer-readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to:
 persist display of the floating secondary stage.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the floating secondary stage includes a video feed associated with the support provider user. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the video feed associated with the support provider user is automatically included within the floating secondary stage when the support provider user joins the video conferencing meeting. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the computer-readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to:
 determine that the primary user is assigned to a break-out room or an overflow room during the video conferencing meeting; and   based on said determining, automatically assign the support provider user to the break-out room or the overflow room.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the primary stage and the floating secondary stage are generated at start of the video conferencing meeting. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the floating secondary stage enables a pre-meeting call, a post-meeting call, or both while still being tied to the video conferencing meeting. 
     
     
         11 . A method for providing active speaker attribution for a video conferencing meeting, the method comprising:
 designating a support provider user to a primary user;   determining that the support provider user is speaking; and   upon determining that the support provider user is speaking, generating an active speaker attribution, the active speaker attribution identifying the primary user as an active speaker of the video conferencing meeting.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 determining that captions or a transcript is being provided during the video conferencing meeting; and   attributing speech of the support provider user to the primary user in the captions or the transcript.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 displaying a primary stage associated with the video conferencing meeting, the primary stage comprising a plurality of video feeds associated with a plurality of meeting attendees; and   displaying a secondary stage associated with the video conferencing meeting, the secondary stage providing a separate concurrent video call window for the primary user to communicate with the support provider user.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the primary stage and the secondary stage are generated at start of the video conferencing meeting. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the secondary stage enables a pre-meeting call, a post-meeting call, or both while still being tied to the video conferencing meeting. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising persisting display of the secondary stage. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 determining that the primary user is assigned to a break-out room or an overflow room during the video conferencing meeting; and   based on said determining, automatically assigning the support provider user to the break-out room or the overflow room.   
     
     
         18 . A computer storage device having computer-executable instructions for providing active speaker attribution for a video conferencing meeting, the computer-executable instructions, upon execution by a processor, cause the processor to:
 generate a primary stage associated with the video conferencing meeting, the primary stage comprising a plurality of video feeds associated with a plurality of meeting attendees;   tether a support provider user to a primary user;   determine that the support provider user is speaking on behalf of the primary user; and   upon determining that the support provider user is speaking, provide an active speaker attribution identifying the primary user as an active speaker within the primary stage.   
     
     
         19 . The computer storage device of  claim 18 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to:
 generate a secondary stage that provides a separate concurrent video call window for the primary user to communicate with the support provider user.   
     
     
         20 . The computer storage device of  claim 19 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to:
 persist display of the secondary stage.   
     
     
         21 . The computer storage device of  claim 19 , wherein the secondary stage enables a pre-meeting call, a post-meeting call, or both while still being tied to the video conferencing meeting.