Thanks for sharing. I asked this question elsewhere, and no one else has trouble with Zoom chat. Everything I hear is along the lines of this response at rblind: that Zoom makes it easy for all users to show or hide the chat as needed.

Maybe you’re right about guidelines and moderation. At the very least, maybe it would be good to add a statement to the accessibility talk at the beginning of the meeting. Like:

• Tell people how to enable captions.
• Tell people how to download presentation files to view at their own speed.
• And also tell people how to turn off the chat if it is too distracting.

Thanks for sharing. It sounds like all the technology is in place for people to use or hide the chat as needed.

O-H