Thanks, Jackie,
All the best,
Cearbhall
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Excellent minutes Cearbhall.
Jackie
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participants: 8
The meeting opened with a tongue-in-cheek proposal that the
Visionaires run for the European Song Contest next year. Jackie and Martin
leading.
Martin reported that the attendants at the National League coffee
morning were finding great technology support from its very well-known
and much loved expert.
The demise of the iPod Touch and iPods in general got a great deal of
attention. Several members use this device and find it useful for
listening to audio books and music, leaving the iPhone free to manage other
services.
Jackie was delighted to get hold of the last iPod touch because it
allows her to run IOS 12. It is useful that when apps cannot be used
on the iPhone there is a strong possibility that they can be used on the
iPod.
Paul is preparing for an exotic holiday abroad and needs to update his
passport. He was assured that he can do so on line but would need
sighted assistance to take the correct photo. He was cautioned to make
sure that he show no pleasure in having his image taken.
No Garda signature is required. The on-line service looks after the
date stamp.
Martin looked for people's experience of Eventbrite. Various people
found that they could use Eventbrite in former years but now they
cannot complete there transactions.
Despite all the advocating work of public agencies and users alike,
the BOI app remains inaccessible. The support service is much better
with AIB and Ulster banks and the apps reflect this greater usability.
Pat indicated that the Competition and Consumer Protection commission
is available as a resource for anyone frustrated by this lack of
accessibility to public services.
Jackie described the Quick Access Toolbar which is available in
Windows as a quick way to send emails from within Microsoft Word. This
can be accessed by pressing alt to open the menu bar and then up-arrow
once to the quick access toolbar.
Jackie tried out the JAWS OCR function on her laptop and found that it
would not work within Microsoft Edge but did work fine in Adobe Acrobat. Tech.
support helped to make Adobe her default PDF reader. Cearbhall
explained that this can be easily done by pressing the Windows key and
typing part of the word "default" to bring up the Default apps dialog.
Arrowing up and down the list of services, (email, Word Processing,
PDF, etc), offers a list of applications that can be selected as the default
for that service.
Stuart is off to demonstrate Blind Tennis next week at the MayFest
2022 extravaganza run by Vision Sports Ireland. We wish him the best
of luck defending his title.
Dominique revealed that she has completed her reading of "Personal
Power" by Michael Feir. She found that it gave a good, clear account
of a wide variety of apps and functions on the iPhone. Anyone who
missed Dominique's email can find the book at:
http://michaelfeir.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-second-edition-of-personal-power.
html?m=1
Martin discovered that the public library service in Ireland is
bringing in a service making the "C-PEN Reader" available for people
with dyslexia. This is a reading tool that is given to readers as they
need them. It is not yet available in all libraries. Martin to investigate
and report.
A passionate discussion arose about choices of voices to use in voiceover.
Moira was definitely not popular but the Irish male voice was favoured.
Mispronunciations vary from voice to voice but can be corrected in
Pronunciation settings within the Voiceover speech settings.
Interestingly, in the "Applications" setting within Voiceover,
different voices can be set to appear in different apps to make life
more interesting. Setting pronunciation changes to "All apps" will
ensure that the change only needs to be made once. turning this
setting off opens a choice of any specific app to which the change will apply.
Dominique reported difficulty selecting a favourite program within the
RTE Player on the iPhone. The controls consist of differently coloured
buttons that cannot be distinguished by Voiceover.
The meeting ended in readiness for a good lunch before a gruelling Ireland v.
Toulouse match in the Heineken Champions Cup.
All the best,
Cearbhall
m +353 (0)833323487 Ph: _353 (0)1-2864623 e:
cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx
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