Hi Paul
Thanks for the Minutes. We are planning to issue a press release to spread
the word about the Exchange Club. Can you confirm for me where and when and
at what time you meet, please, so that we have the correct information for the
press release.
Thanks Paul.
Ann
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Subject: [fb-exchange] Minutes of Cork Meeting Saturday July 23rd
CORK COMPUTER EXCHANGE CLUB
Meeting Saturday July 23rd, Cork City Library
In Attendance:
Derry Walsh, Colette O'Regan, Ken Walsh, Pat Walsh, Pat McCarthy, Geraldine
Looney, Cearbhall O Meadhra (Facetime from Dublin), Paul Dromey
Derry informed the meeting that he has booked the room in Cork City library
right up to Saturday December 17th this year. The meeting times will change as
and from Saturday September 3rd; from the current 12:00 - 1:30pm to the earlier
time of 11:00am - 12:30pm.
The bookings exclude the second Saturday of every month, as it clashes with the
walking group. Also, the library always closes for Bank Holiday Weekends, so
there will be no meeting on Saturday next July 30th, or on October 29th, the
Saturday of the October Bank Holiday Weekend.
Colette had a problem with her iPhone constantly giving a "Connect to the
Internet" message. Ken helped her to solve the issue.
Pat McCarthy mentioned that he found it problematic to go backwards when
reading iBooks. He also said that he couldn't find the going forward button in
the library Borrow Box app. He said that he had initially found it but failed
to do so again. It was agreed that Borrow Box is a superior and more
accessible app than its predecessor Overdrive. It was, however, that the
supply of available books in the Library under the Borrow Box system was
limited.
Pat Walsh has recently downloaded the KNFB Reader and had some questions.
This led to a productive discussion during which Cearbhall outlined the stteps,
with particular emphasis on the Field of View Report function. He recommended
using the two finger split tap when photographing a document; and also
mentioned two similar portable stands, Fopydo and Giraffe, which can be used
to ensure that the camera is the optimum distance and angle from the document
to be read. These can be purchased online and some members will recall that
Cearbhall brought his own Fopydo to an early meeting of the
club.
There was a brief follow-on from last week's Powerpoint discussion, which led
on to Cearbhall explaining about unblocking a function in Outlook, or other
similar Microsoft programs, which block Attachment which may or may not be
infected and appear in Protection Mode. This can be effected through Access
Options/Trust Centre/attachments, and tick allow attachments to be opened and
edited. Even when such attachments are saved to hard disk, they are still
protected and blocked. Solution: go to Properties in the filefolder and tab to
the Blocked button anb unblock it.
Both Geraldine and Paul have both taken advantage of the recent Sight & Sound
JAWS offer and were preparing to download the Windows 10 operating system.
Cearbhall said that this should prove to be fairly smooth, but seemed to
remember that sighted assistance might be required at some point during the
download. He recommended installing the new operating system
prior to installation of the new JAWS upgrade.
Colette asked about updating the Whatsapp program, which led on to a general
discussion about updating apps in general. She also wanted to know how she can
regularly check her phone data usage etc. Pat McCarthy suggested going into
Settings/Cellular, where she could set a date close to her billing time and
store the details that way, resetting for each billing period. On some IOS
versions, this can be found under Settings/Mobile. Pat also took the meeting
through the various other options under Cellular.
Saving phone data usage recommendations were discussed; including stopping
unwanted messages etc trying to come through in Facebook, and Notification
Centre, also the importance of using the app switcher to close apps on a
constant basis because running apps use up data. Cearbhall shared an anecdote
about an earlier 4/S iPhone on which he was getting about 2 hours of battery
life a day, all because he had various apps turned on in Notification Centre.
The advice: go to Notification Centre and turn off any apps you don't really
need there.
There was some discussion about Spotify, and Pat McCarthy mentioned the free
trial option, pointing out that any downloaded songs would automatically be
deleted at the end of the trial period. He also returned to the previous
week's Apple Music free trial subject with further suggestions about making
the most of the app. period.
Pat McCarthy mentioned that refurbished Itouchs, iPads, and laptops can be
purchased using the Apple Store app. Perhaps a useful tip for buying for
younger people or replacing items!
Geraldine asked about the contents of the desktop appearing at an angle.
Cearbhall explained that the right alt key, in conjunction with the arrow keys
can be used for rotation purposes, provided that they are not being used by
another program at the time.
Pat McCarthy gave an update on the current state of a court case being taken
against the State by Robbie Sinnot to allow vision impaired users to vote with
total independence in elections, particularly given the Irish proportional
representation voting system.
Next meeting Saturday August 6th 12:00 noon - 1:30pm.
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