Excellent notes Cearbhall.
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Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2023 8:57 PM
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Thanks, Jackie,
All the best,
Cearbhall
m +353 (0)833323487 e: cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx
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From: fb-exchange-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <fb-exchange-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
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Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2023 6:51 PM
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Subject: [fb-exchange] Re: Cork Meeting notes April 15, 2023
Excellent account Cearbhall.
Jackie
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On 15 Apr 2023, at 6:36 p.m., Cearbhall O'Meadhra===========================================================
<cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx> wrote:
A meeting of the Cork FB-Exchange Club.
There were 10 participants
Apologies were received from Ken.
Chris finds that his iPhone turns on from time to time when the device
is still in his pocket. He has a case with a fold-over lid that does
not quite block out the light from the screen. The group thought that
his Display and brightness settings might be responsible. However,
nothing appeared to contribute. He recalled that "Raise to Wake"
worked when he had an Apple cover on his phone. It was felt that
non-Apple covers would not trigger Raise to Wake.
Paul asked for guidance on how to restore his Messages icon to its
original position on the home screen. For some reason, the Message
icon had moved to another part of the screen. Many voices gave
instructions until Jackie took control and, with the help of Stuart,
called out the appropriate steps. With immense patience, Paul
carefully followed the steps and finally got the hang of the finger movements
needed. For reference, here are the steps:
1. Find the screen where the app name is now located and note how many
screens are needed to get to the place where the app icon is the be
placed;
2. Locate the app icon and swipe down with one finger to open the Edit
menu;
3. Double tap on "Drag icon";
4. Voiceover confirms that the icon is now being dragged;
5. swipe sideways with three fingers to move to the desired page where
the app icon is to be dropped;
6. Find the existing icon that will be to the right of the moving app
icon when in place;
7, Swipe down with one finger to drop the icon in place.
It was noted that the App Library in the iPhone automatically selects
a group into which to place app names. This means that the app can
often be found in more than one folder in the library. However, this
does not affect the performance of the app in question.
Jackie reported that Skye HD+ will not be available anymore after the
end of May 2023. Skye are trying to encourage viewers to use Skye Go instead.
However, Skye Go is not fully accessible and is difficult to manage
with Voiceover. Jackie explained that she cannot access Planner in Skye Go.
Martin reported that American users are getting up a major petition
to entreat Microsoft to keep up support for the Soundscape app. We are
all wondering why Microsoft ever let such an effective app fall by the
wayside in the first place.
Cearbhall mentioned that he had tried out a combination of Lazarillo
with Google Maps to achieve almost the same guidance as that provided
by soundscape. However, it is not possible to set out a preferred
route that Google does not recommend and so the method is a bit limited.
Jackie is having WIFI nightmares with Vodafone. The help desk advises
that the line is bad on the one hand and then, simultaneously, says
that her Router is the fault. The group agreed that crackling on the
line must be due to a faulty external line and not a symptom of a
faulty router. She is now waiting for Vodafone to call out Eir to fix the
line.
Cearbhall found that his Virgin Media Router had been placed in a bay
window in the front room. This meant that the router was radiating
WIFI to the neighbours and anyone on the street rather than internally
to the house. He noticed a 50% improvement in WIFI signal strength
inside the house after moving the router into the centre of the house.
Ger followed on from his query last week about the possibility of
"Find my phone" on his Android phone. He learned that he must put in
his Gmail account to register the service and he can now use anyone
else's phone to find out where his phone is.
A medical interlude covered many Covid experiences, including the
elaborate efforts of Guide Dog trainers to avoid catching Covid when
supporting clients.
Returning to technology, the Oko traffic light app came up yet again.
Cearbhall outlined his experience in bray where the audio bleep stops
after
30 seconds even though the pedestrian "cross now" is still green for
another minute or so. The Oko app would be a help to confirm that the
green man is still showing in such cases.
Jackie explained how the Apple Pod is equivalent to Alexa and Google.
However, many podcasts that cannot play on the other two devices are
available exclusively on the Apple Pod. Dominique explained that the
sound of Alexa can be improved by resetting the equalizer. This is
particularly useful out of the box where the factory settings may not be the
best.
the meeting ended
All the best,
Cearbhall
m +353 (0)833323487 e: cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx
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