Great notes Adrian.
I didn’t realise that Ger is a baker. It's funny unless this didn't happen in
his baking app. 😊🤣
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Subject: [fb-exchange] Cork FB Exhange Club meeting 02/03/2024
Cork FB Exhange Club meeting minutes 02/03/2024
Welcome to the FB Exchange happening on the second day of spring. Adrian will
be the note-taker for today's session. We had a total of 12 participants, and
we've also received apologies for the absence.
We extend a warm welcome to Garth, who joined our club today. The meeting
commenced with each member providing a brief introduction.
Hey, hey, hey! It's party time, folks! Let's give a big shoutout to Paul and
Martin because it's their birthday! And guess what? The group got all creative
and cooked up some special tunes just for this occasion to groove and celebrate
in style!
Alright, folks, time to dive into the tech side of things! Jackie kicks us off
with an update on her ongoing battle with the myVI skill for Lady A devices.
Despite the efforts of the V I Labs team, she's still not able to use it.
Martin is in the same boat! Cue the discussions comparing iPhones and Androids,
where Dominique dropped a mention of the V I Tech Podcast. For those who didn't
know about it, check it out here: https://vi.ie/category/videos-podcasts/ Catch ;
it live every second Tuesday on Teams (link sent via newsletter if subscribed)
or on V I Live.
Pat mentioned that he discovered a workaround for his issue with reading
articles on TheJournal app. He found that simply restarting VoiceOver a few
seconds after the article loads resolves the problem. Adrian suggests that
VoiceOver might start reading before the entire article is fully loaded,
capturing only a portion of it. Restarting ensures that the page is fully
loaded before VoiceOver takes control.
Garth is looking to change the voice of NVDA. Cearbhall said that's possible
and he must look into settings. He also mentioned that Eloquence is not
available anymore due to its licensing.
Adrian is facing major frustration with the ticket master's system, which
doesn't allow normal seats to be purchased with a companion, as other merchants
offer. No clear reason was given so far. But he was told he must purchase two
normal tickets to accommodate the companion. Like, if he is disabled it's a
tough life and he must pay twice... Others had stories where disability means
you must be in a wheelchair.
Next, Ger told us a funny story in which he found that instead of typing a
single 7, he put 3 of 7. It's funny unless this didn't happen in his baking app
doing a payment. Luckily someone sighted was around to help him catch the error.
Chris asked if anyone else is having issues with face recognition lately. No
one reported any and he was given solutions to try to fix it.
Cearbhall mentioned the concerns around the new plans to make travel easier
for cyclists. All of the above approaches seem to remove kerbs and walls and
create wide open areas with no sense of direction or clear path to follow
for long cane or guide dog users. The new developments also try to restrict
cars. For further details, check the email from Paul, attached to these minutes.
Adrian told the group he was surprised to find out last week that gaming is
possible for people with vision impairment. Stuart said there is also an entire
site dedicated to this: audiogames.net
<https://www.audiogames.net/list-games/>
Another cool review of a full race simulator is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNoug_IxwqM
Jackie approached Cearbhall with a technical question related to braille and
braille devices, of which the note-taker is about as knowledgeable on the topic
as a goldfish at a chess tournament.
Martin mentioned Echo Pop which he finds very attractive:
https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-sound-compact-speaker-Lavender/dp/B09ZXJDSL5
Adrian and Jackie find very good a certain pair of earbuds that are on discount
on Amazon. At the moment of writing these minutes, the price is 26 euros:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C8TSJX9Z
The meeting ended.
PS: thank you all in advance, I know you enjoy the notes as they are anyway,
and want to save our inboxes!!
Regards,
The note-taker
