Zoom
E41442
Zoom is a built-in macOS accessibility feature that magnifies on-screen content to make it easier for users with low vision to see and interact with their display.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zoom canonical | 6 |
| Zoom (video conferencing software) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T321743 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zoom Context triple: [macOS, supportsAccessibilityFeature, Zoom]
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A.
Zoom Video Communications
Zoom Video Communications is a technology company best known for its widely used cloud-based video conferencing and online collaboration platform.
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B.
Webex
Webex is Cisco’s cloud-based suite of video conferencing, online meeting, and team collaboration tools used by businesses and organizations worldwide.
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C.
Skype
Skype is a widely used internet-based communication service that enables voice calls, video chats, and instant messaging across computers and mobile devices.
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D.
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration and communication platform by Microsoft that provides chat, video conferencing, file sharing, and integration with other Microsoft 365 services for teams and organizations.
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E.
Surface Hub
Surface Hub is Microsoft's large interactive whiteboard and collaboration device designed for meetings, presentations, and team productivity in business and educational environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zoom Target entity description: Zoom is a built-in macOS accessibility feature that magnifies on-screen content to make it easier for users with low vision to see and interact with their display.
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A.
Zoom Video Communications
Zoom Video Communications is a technology company best known for its widely used cloud-based video conferencing and online collaboration platform.
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B.
Webex
Webex is Cisco’s cloud-based suite of video conferencing, online meeting, and team collaboration tools used by businesses and organizations worldwide.
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C.
Skype
Skype is a widely used internet-based communication service that enables voice calls, video chats, and instant messaging across computers and mobile devices.
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D.
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration and communication platform by Microsoft that provides chat, video conferencing, file sharing, and integration with other Microsoft 365 services for teams and organizations.
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E.
Surface Hub
Surface Hub is Microsoft's large interactive whiteboard and collaboration device designed for meetings, presentations, and team productivity in business and educational environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
accessibility feature
ⓘ
screen magnifier ⓘ software feature ⓘ |
| activationMethod |
keyboard shortcuts
ⓘ
modifier key plus scroll ⓘ trackpad gestures ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
entire display
ⓘ
selected region of the display ⓘ |
| availability | preinstalled on macOS ⓘ |
| category |
Accessibility
ⓘ
Vision accessibility ⓘ |
| configurableParameter |
follow keyboard focus behavior
ⓘ
maximum zoom level ⓘ minimum zoom level ⓘ screen image smoothing ⓘ zoom style ⓘ |
| configurableVia |
Accessibility settings
ⓘ
System Settings ⓘ
linked to:
macOS System Settings
|
| developedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Zoom (video conferencing software)
ⓘ
linked to:
Zoom
|
| function |
assists users with low vision
ⓘ
enables screen magnification ⓘ enlarges user interface elements ⓘ magnifies on-screen content ⓘ |
| goal |
enhance accessibility for users with visual impairments
ⓘ
improve readability of on-screen content ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Apple macOS
ⓘ
linked to:
macOS
|
| isBuiltIn | true ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | macOS ⓘ |
| partOf |
macOS Accessibility
ⓘ
linked to:
macOS Accessibility API
|
| platform | macOS ⓘ |
| runsOn | Mac computers ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
cursor follows focus
ⓘ
keyboard shortcuts for zooming ⓘ scroll gesture with modifier key to zoom ⓘ smooth image scaling ⓘ speak items under the pointer (when combined with VoiceOver settings) ⓘ text caret tracking ⓘ trackpad gestures for zooming ⓘ |
| supportsIntegrationWith |
VoiceOver
ⓘ
other macOS accessibility tools ⓘ |
| supportsMode |
full-screen zoom
ⓘ
picture-in-picture zoom ⓘ split-screen zoom ⓘ |
| targetUserGroup |
users with low vision
ⓘ
visually impaired users ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Zoom Description of subject: Zoom is a built-in macOS accessibility feature that magnifies on-screen content to make it easier for users with low vision to see and interact with their display.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.