good evening Roland
not all blind folk can read Braille and I find our pharmacy couldn’t be any
more helpful they even deliver medication when needed
Sent from Gary's iPhone 0876722717
On 5 Nov 2023, at 18:00, Tony Sweeney <tonymsweeney@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ronan, that is my only gripe with them also.
No matter how many times I tell the large pharmacy chain the problem
continues.
Now they may be okay for a short while then back to their own slovenly ways
again in that regard.
The problem with such a large outfit sttaff change around frequently enough
so I'm wondering if a smaller pharmacy would be a better choice for some who
have this exact problem.
Incidentally I wouldn't change my pharmacy now at this stage but I can well
understand those who would choose to so do.
Tony
On 05/11/2023 17:42, Rónán Mag Oirc wrote:
Hi all,
I am generally happy with my community pharmacy. The one thing that annoys
me, though, it's when the pharmacy attaches a sticky pricetag over the
Braille label on a box of tablets.
Ronan.
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On 4 Nov 2023, at 18:01, pat <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My name is Dr. Harriet Bennett-Lenane, and I am conducting research in the
School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, with Ms. Ellen Roche Ryan, a
fifth-year pharmacy student as part of her final year pharmacy research
project.
This study is being conducted to learn more about the views of adults with
visual impairment regarding the quality of care and level of service
provided to them by community pharmacies in Ireland. This research will
involve an interview lasting approximately 30 minutes, either by telephone
or Microsoft teams, depending on participant preference.
In this study we would like to learn about the general experiences of
adults with visual impairment when visiting a community pharmacy to;
collect a medicine, ask for advice, upon receiving a service or simply
buying a product. We are interested in any views they may have and want to
learn more about the current barriers to better service or any
recommendations for improvement. Any views expressed, will remain anonymous
but disguised extracts may form part of Ellen’s research dissertation and
any subsequent publications.
For this reason, we would like to recruit adults with visual impairment,
who have visited a community pharmacy in Ireland, on at least one occasion
in the last year."
If you are interested in taking part please let me know and I can send you
further information and a consent form. I will then pass your details on to
the researchers who will contact you.
If If you have visited a pharmacy in the last year and are interested in
participating in this study, you can contact Dr. Harriet Bennett-Lenane for
further information athbennettlenane@xxxxxx or at 0872043827.
On 4 Nov 2023, at 1:29 p.m., Jackie McBrearty <teambanglesltd@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Welcome one and all to the cork tech club minutes. We had
10 people requiring hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows. So sit back
with your mug of hot chocolate and enjoy the sublime psychedelic notes.
The meeting started with Pat talking about the HSE cyber attack from a few
years ago. The discussion continued and in the end Cearbhall Said Pat was
right.
Jackie told us about her Heat and Eat Milk Frother. This device makes
lovely hot chocolate using milk. Jackie bought it in Home Savers which is
B&M in the UK. This is a link for something similar on Amazon
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Milk Frother 4 in 1 Electric Milk Steamer 350ml Hot Cold Foamer Maker Hot
Chocolate Maker Machine Automatic Milk Warmer for Latte Coffee Cappuccinos
Macchiato, 400W, Silent Operation (Black)
amzn.eu
Martin spoke about a talking Air Frier from Cobolt. Its unclear if this
can be shipped to Ireland.
https://cobolt.co.uk/
Jackie gave a wee update on the issue with the AIB app and voiceover users
being unable to access the cards tab. Jackie received a phone call from
AIB to let her know that this will be prioritised in 2024. So lets watch
this space. It needs to be noted this tab can be accessed if screen
recognition is turned on. This needs to b be turned off once the action
has been completed otherwise, it will effect the functionality of
voiceover within other apps.
We had a wee discussion on teams and Jackie said about an issue she had
during the week. There was the word link in the subject line so when
Jackie attempted to enter on the meeting link it jumped into the subject
line. Cearbhall believes it’s a JAWS issue as Ken had no issues with NVDA.
Jackie was also told about a control space command to mute and unmute.
This only worked when the focus was on the mute button however, when
Jackie was on things like people, camera etc it activated this. So on
windows only stick to control, shift and M least this works once in teams.
Cearbhall said he has tried using the sound scape Scotland app and he has
more testing to do but he’s finding it very good.
We had a extensive discussion on the various different types of scams from
the likes of An Post, phone companies, banks and delivery companies. The
best advice when in doubt delete and never give personal details.
A vital topic was raised on the accessibility of medications. The
different ways people identify their medications and the lack of awareness
when the braille is covered with the label.
Stuart was asked about his new phone which is an iPhone 15pro Max, he is
quite impressed with the door detection. The recent apple event was
recorded using an iPhone 15Pro series of phones. There is hope that the
next series of phones will focus more on improving Siri seems they really
can’t improve on perfection.
People wanted to know about different methods for deleting on an iPhone.
Text selection, tapping and holding was given as options. Ken then gave a
example of dictation.
AOB.
Martin and Ger will soon be hitting the stage with sightless cinema.
Ken is going to post a thing about art classes to the list.
Pat will post a research link for a student who wants experiences of blind
and vision impaired in accessing their Pharmacies.
The meeting ended with Lady W loosing all her notes. So some stuff may
have been left out.
Lady W
