Cearbhall
You captured everything. A fantastic report of today’s proceedings.
Great to have you back on board.
All The Best,Ken
On 11 Nov 2023, at 17:24, Cearbhall O'Meadhra <cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx> wrote:
There were 10 participants
On a very mild late Autumn day, the Cork meeting got underway even before the arrival of the notetaker! Someone had discovered that Zoom meetings can be streamed to group members or out to various servers. Here is a link to read more if anyone wants to follow this up:
https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0064210
The group seems to be awash with potential notetakers - all of whom have to take a back seat for 10 weeks as the present writer makes up for lost contributions.
Jackie's iPhone goes ballistic whenever she adds a link into an email in the Mail app under IOS. Others agreed that this is a known difficulty for which no solution could be found on other discussion groups. Nothing daunted and determined to find a solution, the meeting got to work to unravel the problem. Having satisfied themselves that the issue was Voiceover and HTML, the breakthrough came from Adrian, that the Mail is trying to open the link and is blocking Voiceover and any other software activity in the process. Adrian discovered a flag called: "add link previews " that is turned on by default. Jackie, Stuart and Ken eagerly tried out this solution and were thrilled to find that it worked perfectly! They could now insert a link and continue typing without the original interference. This is such a real breakthrough for so many users that it is hoped that FB-Exchange can claim the victory in AppleVis and other discussion groups.
To get to this switch follow thee steps: settings/ mail/ composing/ Then swipe down several times to find "Add link previews" and untick it to disable it.
Stuart spoke about the Humane Pin" from apple. Humane, a company started by a pair of ex-Apple employees, wants to squash the tyranny of the touchscreen. The company has developed a tiny device that magnetically pins to your clothing, where it can replicate a phone's core functions like answering calls, sending messages, and translating speech. It retails for approximately $699.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ex-Apple-employees-launch-the-Humane-Ai-Pin-a-screenless-anti-Apple-Vision-Pro-AI-powered-device.729529.0.html
Claire has a smart air frier which she can use by visually controlling the smart screen panel. She wondered if she could operate it from an app so that she could turn it on when out of the house. Jackie reported that a strict EU Regulation forbids access to Air Friers when not physically present to press the "Start" button to prevent accidents. Not all friers are accessible with Voiceover but Jackie finds the Cosori Frier to be fully accessible.
Ann Marie was struggling to make space available on her One-Drive. Various members advised that she remove unwanted files to make space. To see the full range of possible reasons for a full One-Drive, see the following:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/my-onedrive-says-it-s-full-f0a8a922-d971-497e-b0c6-7b9a47c617c0
Adrian recommended trying Windows Defender to make sure that there is no Spam material filling up the One-drive space.
Someone sought advice on a full list of Voiceover keystrokes and was referred to the AppleVis collection of manuals.
Jackie was disappointed to find that she could not tell the charge to date for her electricity from the smart meter. The best she could get was a daily half-hourly record of usage and a projected estimate of the bill to date but no concrete information. It appears that ESB Networks can supply a set of half-hourly readings for the full period from the last published bill to date which the user could then put into a spreadsheet application like Excel and calculate the total for themselves.
Frequent ads make a great nuisance for users of Facebook. Despite using ad blockers, ads still come in and distract from the real purpose of the App. Ad blockers cost 12€ per month and some ads still get around the blocker.
It was noted that there are no ads on Messenger. Users of YouTube are also plagued by ads. The button to "Skip Ad" may sometimes appear but only after a short period of advertising has already taken place.
Security of identity was a big topic and many prefer the finger print method as Face ID depends on too many variables to be reliable for a user with a visual impairment.
A number of members use the One4All app. The One4all App can be installed giving access to a one-stop hub where you can access and spend your cards in-store and online, keep track of your balance, view transaction history, card details for spending online and add your gift card to your digital wallet.
Ken is a regular user of Revolut but could not get in to access the update. Others pointed out that he would need to flick backwards to find it.
Adrian felt that he would like to use his smart watch when out and about but it needs to be up to your ear. Others pointed out that they would not feel comfortable with the watch up to their ear and prefer to rely on the smart phone for that purpose.
Joanne reported her successful use of the Zuzanka app to check the bar code on various products to find the date of manufacture or the expiry date.
Full information can be read at: https://www.applevis.com/podcasts/introducing-zuzanka-product-expiration-date-scanner-ios
That’s all for now, folks!
All the best,
Cearbhall
m +353 (0)833323487 e: cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx
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