November 15th 2021
In Attendance:
1 Lady Jackie McBraerty
2 Paul Griffith
3 Cearbhall O'Meadhra
4 Albert Brown
5 Mary Lavelle
6 Annette McCarthy
7 Tom Langan
8 Eamonn O'Connor
9 Vera Naughton
10 Victoria Kaminska
11 Bob Corazza
12 Stuart Haxall
13 Mr. Martin Kelly
14 Declan Meenagh
15 Gerry Eastwood
16 John Chambers
Apologies: Michael Brown
Hi Folks, what a fantastic weekend, with our great rugby players defeating
the All Blacks,
And our much improved soccer team hammering Luxembourg by 3 goals to
nil.
It is putting the country in a good mood, for Christmas.
Declan told us of his views on the new planning for 1600 apartments in the
Drumcondra area, and outlined his objections to the development.
Also we had a great chat on the E bikes (electronic scooters).
I t appears that there are two types of scooters, those for rentals by the
various councils, and those privately owned.
It seems that no licence is required to use these bikes, and no insurance is
necessary.
They make no noise and can travel at 25/30 mph.
This is a great worry to all of us vision impaired persons.
Now for the tech details, Paul boasted of casting the Fighting Blindness
Retina meeting, and was able to view and hear the recorded events on his
smart TV set
Move aside Jackie as Paul is coming up on the tech rails!!
Lady w told us of a problem with her mother's recent purchases from Tesco.
Jackie's sister had confirmed her mums TESCO shop on Sunday evening.
Everything went through without any authorisation so everyone was happy.
However, Monday morning Jackie's mum got a text from Tesco saying there was
an issue with the payment. So allot of phone calls were made and the lady
inn the Tesco store said she had to confirm the payment on the banking app,
Jackie's mum is with AIB. There was nothing to confirm either in the Tesco
app or AIB app. In the end Tesco took payment over the phone. It worried us
all with the amount of scams and Tesco expecting someone to ring a mobile
number to confirm a payment. Jackie also did not receive any emails to say
there was any issues with the payment. Since covid Jackie and her sisters
have been doing her mums online banking and also online shopping. Jackie is
getting her mum to give her permission to speak on her behalf with the bank
in future as it was hairy this morning. Its just a warning for anyone that
does a Tesco shop there is a chance there could be an issue on the day the
shop is due to be delivered.
This happened to Paul in buying a stroller (pram),
A few months, no authorisation was asked for and no number came from the
Bank of Ireland,
But Paul did nothing and nothing happened.
Between the banks and supermarkets, it seems that the normal people are
taking most of the responsibility in these matters, and not the banks or
retailers.
Mary asked that while on Zoom, and wanting to ask a question contained on an
e mail. ,
Could she ask the question and would her screen reader (jaws) be heard by
other people using the zoom.
Declan /Jackie, said that she must use her finger in an upward move to
access the app switcher , but don't leave Zoom but park yourself in the
Home section,
And using her headphones, she can go to her e mail, ask the questions and
nobody will hear her Jaws software speaking.
Bob had question on anti virus software, he got a question which disturbed
him.
Declan said not to update his anti virus, as it is a scam.
Declan told him to remove the anti virus software and use Windows
Defender, which comes with Windows 10.
He should do a complete scan , if necessary leaving it on all night to do
a complete scan of his computer.
He can remove his other anti virus software by going to the add/remove
programme.
Bert uses a paid anti virus software package as well as Windows Defender,
its called ESET , and they are based in Waterford.
Tom wanted to know how to Find his iPhone by using his Apple watch.
Jackie told him to use Siri, and ask his watch to find the phone.
Siri, replied that she could not do this at the moment.
Jackie tried this also , and got the same answer. But her phone gave a
whistle sound to indicate where it was anyway.
We were joined by Victoria speaking from Poland.
She is doing a course on computer IT, for a degree in computers.
The first module involved using a computer language called Scratch, which is
a visual language, and is not accessible to Victoria.
Several people suggested that she could ask her university * the OPEN
university could she use java or some other computer language to do the
same thing.
Declan offered to send her letter on her behalf to outline her problems in
completing this module.
Good advice was given by Gerry and Cearbhall, suggesting she should enlist
the help of the RNIB, as well as the access officer for the university.
That's all folks
Paul
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