Brilliant notes Cearbhall. But today's the 27th, not 17th as referred to in
the subject line.
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Excellent record as always Cearbhall thanks Chris
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On 27 Nov 2021, at 16:37, Kenneth Walsh <kennethwalsh12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:===========================================================
Cearbhall
Fantastic job as always.
All The Best,
Ken
On 27 Nov 2021, at 15:42, Cearbhall O'Meadhra <cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx>===========================================================
wrote:
In attendance: (12 Participants)
Dominique Farrell, Derry Walsh, Jackie McBrearty, Pat McCarthy, Ken
Walsh, Stuart Haxell, Cearbhall O'Meadhra, Paul Griffith, Chris Egan,
Clare Cassidy, Mary Rose Mullen, Martin Kelly.
Apologies: Gavin Allman.
Despite the cold weather, everyone was in good spirits.
Clare reported on the NCBI celebration of its 90th Anniversary in
Iveagh Gardens, Dublin.
Chris opened with a wish to know how to read a document with
Voicedream reader on the iPad. He was faced with a paper based
document which would need to be scanned using the Voicedream scanner
feature or using the document setting in Seeing AI. The scanner was,
until recently, a separate application in IOS but now is available
within Voicedream which makes it more convenient to use. The Seeing
AI function is useful for immediate results of a temporary nature.
This led to a wide ranging discussion on the benefits and
inaccuracies of various scanning apps within IOS including Envision AI and
Sullivan+.
The RTE Toy Show was in the air and attempts had been made to turn on
audio description in order to follow the visual content. After a
lengthy discussion, it became apparent that only the recorded version
of the program includes audio description.
Martin mentioned that he and Cearbhall had attended an exploration of
the Hugh Lane Gallery's Joseph Beuys exhibition led by Fala Buggy.
The attendance was quite small but it is hoped that more people with
a visual impairment will join in soon.
Ken was trying to register for an event using eventBright. He was
prevented from completing the registration because the app timed out.
He filled in all the required fields but lost time trying to find a
way to submit the registration.
Declan Meenagh conducted an extensive test of the voting system to be
used in the upcoming AGM of fighting blindness. there were about 15
testers who used JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver or talkback. Declan was happy
with the test and undertook to implement all the recommended changes.
In general, all found the voting system to be very accessible
Ken was disappointed to find that Soundscape failed to identify the
building that he was looking for. The app reported all the
neighbouring premises but, for some reason, did not speak the marked
building and he was forced to seek sighted help.
Poor Siri is reported by all present to have become completely unreliable.
Mary Rose reported that she found great difficulty in using the
various Pass machines that are made available within shopping
centres. She is comfortable with her own regular machine but the buttons
differ in these other machines.
Paul shared his experience and advised that she write down the
buttons and related functions for each location so that she might
become more familiar with each machine over time.
Stuart and Jackie noted that VoiceOver sometimes breaks down into a
stuttering voice. Jackie was able to overcome the problem by
restarting the phone. Stuart was unable to stop the stuttering and
had to wait for the voice to come back to normal.
The meeting ended with a flurry of hairy dog stories.
All the best,
Cearbhall
m +353 (0)833323487 Ph: _353 (0)1-2864623 e:
cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx
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