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Want to help with EmacsConf 2021? Here's how you can make it even better!

# Tech checks

Many sessions will have live question and answer sessions via Big Blue
Button, and everything works more smoothly when the speakers are all
set up and ready to go: their audio works, their screen can be shared
properly, and so on.  You can help by testing their setup beforehand.

You can test your own connection at <https://test.bigbluebutton.org>
. If that works for you, you can be a tech check volunteer.  Let us
know what your availability is and we can match you up with speakers
who want to doublecheck their setup before the conference.

Here are some notes on the tech check process:

- Can you hear me? Can I hear you?
- Explain process
- Test audio, webcam, screensharing, collaborative pad
  - Music demos and other things that use system audio will need to be
    prerecorded (or done through virtual loopback device, maybe?
    Technical risk.)
  - Multi-monitor setups might not be handled well by BBB; share
    window instead of desktop
  - Possible picture-in-picture approach to maximize screen real estate if needed
    - Linux: share desktop, run cheese, set Always on Top
- Check if comfortable checking into IRC: #emacsconf-org
- Get phone number for emergency contact, store in private wiki
- Write down IRC nick, name pronunciation, and pronouns for inclusion in the public wiki
- Encourage webcam for Q&A, although make it clear that it's totally optional

# Alternate streams

Do you have a pretty good network connection and a computer capable of
livestreaming?  Consider becoming an alternate streamer!  You can pick
one or more of your favorite sessions from the [[schedule]] and get
set up for doing an extended stream, allowing more time for Q&A and
live demonstrations.

# Captions

Want to help make videos easier for people to enjoy during the
conference, or find and learn from afterwards?  Please volunteer to
help caption recorded talks!  You'll get a sneak preview of a talk,
and possibly auto-generated captions that you can use as a starting
point. [subed.el](https://github.com/rndusr/subed/) mode makes it
easier to adjust the timings or edit the text.

# Volunteer

Thought of another way to help?  Sure, suggest away.

To volunteer, please e-mail <emacsconf-submit@gnu.org>.  We'd love to
hear from you!

Thanks for contributing to EmacsConf 2021!