[J3] (SC22WG5.6163) [ukfortran] RE: Impact of coronavirus on WG5 meeting

[N.M. Maclaren]

On Mar 10 2020, Malcolm Cohen wrote:
>
> 2. Staring at a Skype screen for hours on end is pretty much a 
> non-starter. Those who are blessed with access to "video walls" can have 
> quite effective virtual conference, those trying to use tiny laptop 
> screens are going to be rather less effective.

I am not currently active, and so am irrelevant, but it is worth noting 
that at least Skype and some other such mechanisms are completely unusable 
for many people with poor hearing. Inter alia, they are not lip-synched 
properly, and very often distort the voices badly. That's partially 
testable in advance by listening to news broadcasts when they show someone 
reporting in such a way.

I don't know how many likely attendees will be similarly restricted.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.