Thanks, Jackie,
Is the folders piece clear enough?
All the best,
Cearbhall
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Excellent minutes Cearbhall.
Jackie
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On 8 Jan 2022, at 10:31 p.m., Cearbhall O'Meadhra===========================================================
<cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx> wrote:
in attendance: (12 Participants)
Martha Parkinson, Stuart Haxell, derry Walsh, Dominique Farrell,
Jackie McBrearty, Ken Walsh, Paul Griffith, Clare Cassidy, Chris Egan,
Pat McCarthy, Martin Kelly, Cearbhall O'Meadhra.
Apology: Gavin Allman
Chris is now the proud owner of the After Shokz bone-conducting headset.
While he likes the headset for reading books, he prefers his earbuds
(not
Apple's!) for telephone and navigation.
Jackie, on the other hand, loves the After Shokz for getting about
with Blind Square. However, she does have trouble getting her hat on
and fixing her face mask.
Cearbhall reported that he is about to dive into the world of hearing
aids as he is getting on a bit! This led to a lively chat about where
to go and buy a decent hearing aid at a good price. For those who
qualify, a good spot to try is the HSE Audio Service in their local
region. Otherwise, Hidden Hearing and spec savers are worth a call.
Paul got Lepro smart bulbs installed in some of his lamps at home.
Alexa controls them on the instruction to "Turn main lights on! Alexa
will also turn on a range of different colours in the same lamp on request.
Dominique advised Alexa users to go into settings in the Alexa app and
select voice > hands free to ensure that Alexa will respond to voice
control without any need to tap the phone when operating smart gadgets
and lights. It was noted that the light switch must be left on all the
time to enable Alexa to operate successfully.
Ken described what HAPPENED WHEN someone unplugged the light control
switch while cleaning so that he had to rebuild the connection to the
switches within the app.
Jackie is using Tuya lamps which do not need to be fully reinstalled
when they get disconnected. They have only to be put back on again if
they go off-line.
The moral of the story is: "Don't turn off the box, ever!".
Chris and pat discussed the merits and de-merits of Ember and Nest as
online control systems for the home. Chris and Jackie agreed that
ember was the best with Voiceover.
Chris explained that the ember app allows the user to explore a
virtual configuration of an imaginary network before committing to the ember
system.
Chris has kindly promised to lead a q & A discussion on heating
systems next week. So, get your questions ready!
Derry reminded the meeting that Jim Sherwin, at 81, had passed away
in the last few days. For those who are not old enough: Jim presented
a weekly radio program for the blind called "Listen and See" which
ran for many, many years. He fondly remembered by all who heard him in
that broadcast and for his commentary on various sports matches. His
son is now recording audio descriptions for various films.
Cearbhall begged for a step by step description of how to enable audio
description on his home television. Jackie guided him, patiently,
through the various stages. As a result, we now know that each
television that uses a dish has a box that is external to the TV set.
In this box, open settings and find Accessibility and then Audio Description.
Martin reminded all that NCBI has an app for RTE audio description.
Martin is the representative of the National League of the blind on
the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI). He is offering to bring
all questions that any member of FB-exchange cares to raise about
broadcasting on radio or TV to the attention of the BAI. All questions
should be addressed to Ken who will pass them on to Martin. Thanks, Martin,
for this generous offer!
Clare raised the problem of conducting antigen testing when alone and blind.
It was agreed that the only way to do this with any success is to have
sighted assistance. HSE and other services are available to come and
assist those who cannot get sighted assistance while actively infected with
Covid.
Martin wanted to know how to save an attachment in its own folder in
both Outlook and within documents on the PC. Jackie appealed to
Cearbhall for step by step instructions as follows:
In outlook:
1. Press control+shift+e to create a new folder under the presently
open folder. For instance, if the Inbox is currently in focus, the new
folder will be listed as one of the folders within the Inbox.
2. Highlight the Email to be saved Without opening it.
3. Press Control +shift plus v to open the folder list
4. Arrow up or down the list to find the new folder. Press right arrow
if the folder is at the next level below the current list.
5. Press Enter to save the email in the new folder.
To save the attachment itself in a documents folder on the desktop:
1. Select "Documents" on the desktop and press enter to open it;
2. find where you want to place the new folder by arrowing up or down
the list of folders that appears;
3. Make sure that no item is selected in the list by pressing control
+ space bar. This is a toggle and the screen reader should say "not
selected" when all is ready;
4. Press the application key or shift + F10 to open the application
menu;
5. Arrow up twice to "New Folder" and press enter;
6. Type the name of the new folder and press enter;
7. Leave the documents folder and Open the email;
8. Pres shift + tab to move back to the attachment. The screen reader
will speak the name of the attachment when you are in the right
position;
9. Press the application key or shift+ F10 and arrow down the
Application Menu until "Save as" or the next option, "Save all
attachments" and press enter;
10. Adjust the folder selection to show the new folder and tab to OK
to save the file in the new folder.
Derry reported a problem with punctuation on the iPhone. Jackie
advised him to remove "punctuation from the roto under accessibility
settings to cure this problem.
The meeting went on to discuss electric frying pans along with
wireless chargers for the desk and the pocket.
In conclusion, Ken reminded all that a webinar on "Android
accessibility" is taking place on Wednesday, January 19 at 5pm GMT.
hosting by Ed and Warren from the Blind Android Users Podcast. The
webinar will share three ways to set up an Android phone for the
visually impaired, depending on how comfortable they are with technology.
It is necessary to register. So, see Declan's recent email for instructions.
The meeting ended.
All the best,
Cearbhall
m +353 (0)833323487 Ph: _353 (0)1-2864623 e:
cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx
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