Excellent account Mr NoteTaker.
Jackie
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Cork technology notes 22nd October 2022
Good morning, everyone on this lovely October morning. I will be providing
your reading for the rest of the evening. So, make your cup of tea or other
drink of choice and settle in for the summary of today’s cork technology club
meeting.
11 participants today
The pre meeting commenced with 3 eager people talking about different things.
Joanne asked about what the iPhone key chain was. Jackie explained it is a
password storer for your passwords where they will automatically put them in
for you using face ID. Ken asked where you can find key chain. To find it
open your I phone go to settings and go down to passwords it is there.
Dominique also discussed how her phone stopped working during the week. It
sounded like a very horrible situation. She got some help from apple
accessibility to try solving her issue. Someone’s voice over said hello here
by providing us the time. Chris told us about a similar issue he had recently
with his iPad a few weeks ago. Dominique solved her issue by charging it of
her laptop. Pat agreed with Dominique that plugging it into a laptop can
sometimes solve iPhone issues. She was so relieved she was able to get it
solved. Pat said that it is a software issue that sometimes emerges, she is
the third person he has heard about with this issue. This topic was discussed
before the meeting for a while. Dominique said she really missed her phone
for the time it was not working. She has her screen down at zero percent
brightness because she does not need it. Pat said that even though she has
done this the apple logo is still visible at zero percent battery level even
with the brightness
so low. Chris asked if she had turned on her wall plug, she had.
We also discussed our fantastic birthday singing voice. The members of the
tech club are shaking in eager anticipation for the next opportunity to
perform. People talked about Siri and that it could not be relied on if you
fall. Dominique praised the apple watch as it will automatically ring
emergency services if you fall. The members did not think this was good as
they may not need emergency services but just a family member. Speculation on
whether a guide dog would do anything in this situation came up and was
debated on. . Discussion of how some people have fallen over in the past was
a topic discussed for a while here. Being sober or drunk was discussed. There
was a lot of people banging into poles, falling of curbs, falling out of
cars. It was an interesting conversation.
Jackie discussed the to good to go ap. She extoled its virtues and praised it
quite highly. This app was developed for businesses to help cut down on the
amount of food wastage they are faced with. You download the app for free
from the app store. The description from the store reads:
Fight food waste, feel good Every year, one-third of food is thrown away. Too
Good to Go is trying to change that. Use the app to rescue Surprise Bags
filled with delicious, unsold food from businesses near you. Find. Collect.
Enjoy. It is easy Search the map to find a restaurant, cafe, or shop near you
that has unsold food
Buy the food through the app from as little as £2/2€
Collect your food at the pre-set time and enjoy it knowing you have done
something good for the planet Choose from stores such as Costa Coffee,
Greggs, Caffè Nero, Morrisons, Planet Organic, LEON, YO! and your favourite
local independents - more than 90,000 stores fight food waste with us across
Europe and North America, with more joining every day. Help our planet Every
Surprise Bag you rescue saves 2.5kg of CO2e - the same as it would take to
charge 440 smartphones.
Martin said that a number of stores do something similar to this app Joanne
said that she had heard that some students have developed a similar app to
donate dinners instead of wasting them. This app was remarkably interesting
to the tech club.
Cearbhall has had a problem with dictation on his iPhone. He has found
recently that it has become horrible. He says that Siri is working even
better then it for dictating messages. Jackie agrees with him. The rest of
the participants agreed it has become bad. Dominique mentioned a setting that
allows you to increase the length of time Siri will listen to you before
acting. Dominique said that Siri can also read back your message before
sending it. Jackie provided quite an interesting example of where Siri got it
wrong for her in the past.
Ken had a technical laptop issue regarding headphones connecting to it. He
bought a new pair of them. He tried connecting them to his laptop but heard
no sound. They did work with his iPad. He tried an older pair of headphones;
these ones did work. He rang be my eyes to see if they could fix it. They
updated a driver and that fixed it until he reset the laptop. When he did
reset the laptop, the new headphones did not work. He was advised to instal a
new driver that was compatible with the headphones. He felt that this was too
technical, he asked the club for advice. The new headphones are apple
headphones. Cearbhall suggested that it could be oil on the new headphones.
Chris asked if all drivers were updated. Cearbhall suggested that something
could be blocking the port. He was advised maybe to use alcohol to clean it
out or air. Ken then said that when he plugged in his older pair they did not
work until he restarted his computer. This was a puzzler for the tech club,
they did not k
now if it was software or hardware causing the issue. He also asked NCBI for
help. The smart hub was discussed for a while. Jackie praised it quite highly
for how quickly they call back. Jackie told cearbhall about the smart hub and
how to set it up. Cearbhall advised ken to bring his laptop into a shop to
get it fixed, he agreed that would be the best solution.
Martin asked if cearbhall had used windows control and prompt as a keyboard
shortcut. No one had ever heard of the button prompt. It was concluded that
prompt could possibly stand for enter or something else. Jackie asked google
what the prompt key was apparently the alt key was it. Stuart tried it out,
it did nothing.
audio messages were then discussed for a while. Jackie finds it hard to find
how to do it in I message. A few people did not know about this because they
use what’s app or messenger instead of texting. The participants found it
quite handy in I message once they discovered how to do it.
Dominique brought up that the new Alexa has been released. They were
apparently 65 euro recently. Martin asked what the difference between the
show and other versions was. Jackie said the only difference was the screen
size in comparison.
Ken asked if you could turn off the sensers of an Alexa, he was told yes.
There is apparently 3 new echo dot 5’s released from amazon. One clock, a kid
one and the original dot. Dominique tried to tempt Jackie into purchasing a
home pod mini, apple’s version of an alexia. Dominique said she was very
tempted to get it. Discussion of how useful Siri is came up here.
Martin said that the sightless cinema event happened during the week. They
got a standing ovation after it was finished. The tech club expressed their
congratulations to martin. Martin also said that seeing unseen was on
yesterday as well. Martin attended the event through zoom. The Hugh lane
event was also on last Tuesday.
Discussion of how blind people can miss each other if they are not in groups
like the tech club and other similar groups came up and was discussed for a
period.
e-scooters and how dangerous they are for guide dogs was discussed. The dog
expects them to move out of the way. This discussion moved over to all other
electric vehicles and how quiet they are. they are required by law in Europe
to have a level of decibel sound to be heard, this has not been currently
implemented in Ireland yet.
Ken asked about why NVDA has received so many recent updates. Cearbhall was
not sure why this is. Martin asked if they had changed much with these
updates. Cearbhall thought it could be security updates. The updates say
march 2022 on ken’s updates. To update it go to help. Insert n opens NVDA,
scroll down to check for updates. Joanne agreed that she was receiving them
as well.
Paul asked how to take screen recognition of the rotor. Jackie said open
settings, accessibility settings, voice over, voice recognition, screen
recognition turns it off or on. Paul evaluated this by checking his rotor. He
was happy with the result. Jackie is a major fan of screen recognition for
inaccessible websites and advertisements. She was able to use it successfully
recently.
Ken asked how Jackie finds her new phone. She really enjoys the shut off and
turn on sound that comes with it. She also finds Siri to be a fair bit
snappier. Discussion of how good apple pay is came up during this part of the
club. To use it you double tap the side button on your phone and use face ID,
touch ID or password. Jackie mentioned that when she has to turn on her
phone, she is required to put in her apple ID for some reason every time.
Dominique said she had a similar issue before with her apple watch Their will
also be an apple update coming out on Monday. The participants hope that it
will address some of the currently existing bugs that voice over users are
experiencing. The focus bug in particular. Ken finds that recent calls do not
delete easily for him.
A discussion of guide dogs and dog food commenced for the next period of the
meeting.
Soundscape snuck its way into the end of the meeting. Cearbhall asked if
anyone had used it recently. Jackie said she preferred blind square still
over it as the open maps that soundscape uses are not accurate enough for her
region. Cearbhall finds that blind square gives him to much information.
Jackie suggested turning off the majority of the announcements and
restricting it down to a small area should hopefully alleviate many of these
issues. Cearbhall said he will give it a go again.
This was the last topic talked about today. The members of the tech club
decided to retire for some lunch. The notetaker hopes that you enjoyed his
notes this week.
Regards
The Notetaker
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