How To Watch When Another User Starts Sharing Their Screen or Audio

One great thing about Discord is that it allows you to share your screen so others can watch or more importantly in the case of The Blind Logic Pro server, listen to what you are working on or want to share. This is natively built into Discord and doesn’t require additional third party loopback style software. You can choose to ‘stream” your entire screen, which includes system audio like the screen reader, so others can hear and follow along with what you are doing. When someone starts sharing their screen or “streaming’ in a channel that you are in, you can start watching the stream following the steps below.

You do not need to leave the channel you’re in to join a stream. There are a few ways to watch a stream but we’re gonna discuss the two quickest.

One option is to use Item Chooser by pressing VO I and searching for the word “watch”. Vo space on watch to be put on the watch button, then VO space again to activate the watch button. In later versions of discord if nothing happens, you may need to VO Left to the image and VO Space on that image to activate the watch button.

Another way is finding the user who is currently streaming. To do this, you can VO Home to the beginning of the window and find the channel list with VO Right. Or if single key Quick Nav is on, (VO Q toggles Single Key Quick Nav on or off), press X for next list or VO Shift X for previous list (depending where you are in the window) until you find the list of channels.

From there VO Right through that list. Each channel shows the users in it. When someone is streaming usually it will say “live” beside their name.

So find the user’s stream you want to join, then VO Space on that user. This brings up a mini area where you can do things like message the user, view their profile etc. So VO left until you see something that says “watch stream”, then VO space on it. You will then be able to hear the audio they are streaming.

Users in your active channel are also listed in the “user area” which is after the channel list.

Once you’re in, everything should sound great. . While in the stream you can control the volume of the stream, see which users are viewing the stream or join text chat.

Control Volume of the Stream

To control the volume, You can either use item chooser and start typing “control”, or press VO End then VO Left to find the “control volume” button. For this, make sure quick nav is off, and use your up and down arrows respectively to control the stream’s volume. Note it won’t speak the volume percentage so use your ears to adjust to your liking. This is useful for times where the stream is too loud or too quiet.

However if at any point the stream is making a crackling sound, that’s because the person’s audio is clipping. Simply let them know to turn down the audio in the app they are streaming from.

How to Join Text Chat

To join text chat, use item chooser and search for “show”, or press VO End, then VO left to get to the “show chat” button. A text field will open where you can type a message in the chat. Note that most times you’ll hear an audio notification when a chat message is sent and they’ll usually be auto read as well. Also be aware that the messages you send will be visible when the stream is no longer active.

How to see who is watching a Stream

To see who is viewing the stream, press VO End and a “spectators” dialogue should pop up. . Interact with that and you can view the users currently watching. Stop interacting to get out of it.

How to Stop Watching a Stream

Use item chooser and search for “stop,” or VO end then VO left until you find “stop watching.” If using item chooser, VO Space on stop watching once to be placed on it, then VO Space a second time to activate it. If that doesn’t work, you may need to first VO left to the image and VO Space on that image to activate stop watching.