Cork technology notes 28th January 2023
This morning saw another cork technology meeting take place, so sit back and
enjoy the read.
The meeting commenced with a number of people talking about the weather,
walking and guide dogs in the pre meeting discussion. Some of the participants
had a bit of bad signal initially. The group then began discussing the high
levels of rain experienced by new Zealand recently. Dominique mentioned that
bbc 4 was playing the womens tennis this morning, she had difficulty because
it told her because of rights issues she could not listen to it on that
station, Different tv stations were talked about as well and what rights they
have to broadcast shows.
Paul mentioned his phone has recently suffered a hardware issue, he told the
group what he did to get it fixed. Thankfully he was able to get it sorted.
Cearbhall told the group that he is going to try blind tennis soon, stuart
hopes he enjoys it and is looking forward to playing him in a match in the
future. The meeting then moved on to the topic of the gaa and the six nations.
Cearbhall brought up that he received a message from someone regarding a
presentation from a person in Belgium who is developing an app that detects
traffic lights, Cearbhall forwarded it to the list recently if anyone wants to
view it. The person he received it from was from the EBU. Part of it was played
during the cork meeting this morning. It was quite interesting. The group then
discussed it for a significant period. The app is called OKO and exclusively
runs on an iPhone. It uses the camera to find traffic lights. It uses haptic
and audio feedback alongside onscreen information to tell the user if the
traffic light has changed colour. The app does not contact the traffic light it
uses AI to determine if it has changed. It has been active on the app store for
9 months in the Benelux to this point. A recent feature they have launched is
the ability to detect trams and buses with audio signals. It does not require
wi fi or reception to use. It works from iPhone 7 and up. It does not work on
android. The group wondered if the app would be useable with a body camera or
sunglasses with bluetooth. The group then discussed courtesy crossings and how
difficult they are for blind people to navigate. The Move it app was briefly
discussed. Alongside a number of other apps. The creater of the app does not
want blind people to have to pay for it. The group had a conversation around
traffic lights and how they operate in different countries.
Jackie mentioned an app called book funnel today, she discovered this app when
she received a link to an authors website where it was mentioned that it
could be used on it. She found the app to be a fantastic experience.She opened
the app put in the code she received after purchasing the book she wanted and
her book then appeared there. She found it hard to find other authors on it
though. It is a way of buying the book directly from the author instead of
another service, it is a free app. This was discussed for a while as well as
the percentage authors get for selling on audible.
One of the participants mentioned that they were able to get their passport
sorted recently with no issues. Passports were discussed for a while after
this. Travel passes were also talked about briefly.
Ken brought up an issue, the follow up information e-mail sent out by
Cearbhall was quite helpful. He also asked when he hits reply and send to
e-mails it does not ever show up in his sent folder or any other folder. The
group had a number of different suggestions ranging from if it has been
scheduled or if the 10 second delay was enabled, none of these were the problem.
Sound scape was discussed the group talked about whether microsoft would
consider taking back up the app again in the future. A number of participants
received replies from them, some had there e-mails bounced back. A number of
people mentioned that they were losing audio on the meeting this morning.
iOS 16.3 was recently released for those interested in updating. This was
discussed. Alongside Siri, headphones and bugs.
The meeting ended at this point, hope you have enjoyed the read,
Regards
The note taker.
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