Great notes Cearbhall thanks
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On 15 Jul 2023, at 16:15, Cearbhall O'Meadhra <cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx>===========================================================
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On a miserable, wet Summer in July, with the sun lurking somewhere else but
in the sky, Jackie cheered us up with news about bringing James, her Eufy
Robot vacuum cleaner, home. She was very impressed when she found that all
the dog hair in the house was picked up. The Eufy app, which controls the
cleaner, is workable with voiceover but she found that it was also simple to
connect to the WiFi and also to Alexa. Jackie has not fully used the app,
preferring to use Alexa or google for the moment. Joanne also has the same
brand of hoover and she, too, is very pleased with it.
Joanne suggested that 4 year's warranty might cover the future replacement of
the battery.
Ger has the Ambrogio robot mower which has the better blades that last longer
than its competitors. It requires a guide wire embedded in the ground to
provide a boundary to hold the mower from wandering off. The mower nibbles at
the grass and emerges every 30minutes from its docking station to roam over
the lawn. The price is around €4,000 to €5,000.
Jackie told us about getting her new hearing aids. They are behind the ear
with a wire going into the ear. They can connect to Bluetooth to operate the
phone but Jackie does not like this as phone call quality isn't great
especially being on the move, as the hearing aids must depend on the phone's
microphone to make and receive calls.
Currently, the hearing aid is only connected to enable the battery level to
show up on the battery widget.
There is also an app called Signia but Jackie will avoid the app and leave
all at the default settings. there is a volume control on the hearing aid,
which is the only control she needs access to for the moment. There has been
a positive change in her environment, especially hearing people talk.
However, everyday sounds like toilets flushing, rattling plastic bags and
even Sasha eating her carrot seems extra loud. In time, all this will be
normal.
We heard that the problem of two adjacent crossing lights in Sligo rumbles on
and on. Despite many appeals to the Sligo authorities, they say that they
have outside advice that the sound must not be altered. The frustration is
that the requests that Jackie and other blind persons are making to have the
sound reduced, falls on deaf ears because of this interference. The campaign
continues with a meeting with the City engineer, and others.
Joanne wondered how difficult it might be to hear whether an electric car has
stopped or is still moving under such noisy traffic signals.
Cearbhall reported that he is exploring a new campaign to find a way in which
blind people can update Open street Maps in their own area with missing or
incorrect street and shop names. The research continues.
Ken had issues with the Alexa and a smart bulb in his bedroom which refused
to answer him. When he unplugged her, she'd listen for a little while but
then stop responding. Jackie sent instructions to reset Alexa, which Ken
followed but when the install was complete, his Phillips Hue bulb had
disconnected from the app. This meant that he could not control it with
Alexa. Jackie came to the rescue once more and, connected the bulb to the app
by Bluetooth. But connecting to Alexa still posed a problem. Ken rang Labs
and the person there got him sorted. Instead of the bulb working through a
skill, Ken had to go and add a device to Alexa. The bulb showed up here and
it was a simple process to connect.
Ken found that his email invitation to a person to join him in a zoom meeting
failed to appear in his Sent Items folder. After half a day, the messages did
finally appear. He has no idea why this happened. It was suggested that the
messages might have been trapped within the zoom server for some unknown
reason. Ken had found that when he copied the link from zoom and placed it in
a new message in the mail app, it did appear immediately in Sent Items, which
might confirm the suggestion of a problem with the Zoom server. Stuart and
Chris reported that they had experienced something similar during the week.
The meeting ended.
All the best,
Cearbhall
m +353 (0)833323487 e: cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx
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