You are welcome, Stuart! Thanks for looking after the attendance both during
and after the meeting.
All the best,
Cearbhall
m +353 (0)833323487 Ph: _353 (0)1-2864623 e: cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx
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Cearbhall
thanks for the notes
regards
stuart
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On 7 Mar 2022, at 22:25, Cearbhall O'Meadhra <cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
Martin and Stuart are keen players at blind tennis. They explained
that the player has to listen carefully for the ball which jingles as
it bounces and try to wallop it back to their opponent. Mary was keen
to learn all about it until challenged to a Kildare - Dublin - Sligo
tournament.
Mary recounted her experience of the latest play in the Abbey theatre.
The presentation is aimed at the general public, as normal, but, in
addition, there is a non-visual presentation over closed circuit audio
to bring the full story and all its gory details to the member of the
audience with a visual impairment. Provided with a Bluetooth headset,
Mary enjoyed an excellent performance of 2 intermarried families and
the impact of their cultural differences. Everything was included.
Sex, bad language, violence and very strong accents lending power to the
audio experience.
Full credit to the Autor, Marina Carr. The audio description was
superb and well timed.
On the technical side, Martin and Mary explained that they each carry
a Bluetooth receiver to which the headphones are attached. The
narrator is in the wings giving a blow by blow commentary on the
visual aspects that would otherwise be missed.
Bert is not happy with the new Bluetooth audio handling system in JAWS2022.
He found it particularly difficult when trying to connect to a Zoom meeting.
Readers can review the entire procedure at the following link:
https://support.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/JAWSWhatsNew.
The basic moves involve the keys: Insert+ space, v and then c to
reach the card selection and choose the desired headset.
This caused endless problems for Bert, who is an expert JAWS user.
Mary declared that she is edgy about updating jaws. Bert assured her
that the update itself is no problem. He often finds that the enter
key does not work on the link in the notification dialog. He advised
that users should always go to the Freedom scientific web site to find the
update.
Eamonn sought advice on how to activate the JAWS FUNCTION TO LIST headings.
Insert F6 is the key combination for the list of headings. Insert plus
F5 lists the Form Fields and Insert + F7 lists the links.
NVDA, on the other hand, offers a three part dialog after pressing F7
to access the "Elements list". The user can then cycle between
Headings, Links and Form Fields.
Mary and Bert like Blind Square for navigation around outside spaces.
Blind Square is usually more accurate than Google maps, which quite
often declares buildings or bus stops that are no longer present.
Preferences were debated between "Dublin Bus", "Real Time" and "Next Bus"
Bert drew the attention to the fact that the medical card will no
longer be sent out automatically to registered users. It will now be
necessary to apply for it in person or online at renewal time.
Bob has a need for the tiniest audio reader that he can find. He
prefers the older models of MP3 players that make use of Rock box -
the Free Music Player Firmware which can be seen at:
https://www.rockbox.org
Both Martin and Eamonn were able to assure him that the software still
works fine and gives very satisfactory audio quality.
Sadly, the iPhone has Killed off all these excellent mp3 players.
Their value is in the small size with large enough memory to carry
talking books downloaded from the NCBI library or from the public library.
Recent terrible conditions in Ukraine brought the need to donate funds
using Bank accounts into prominence. It was generally agreed that
Revolut was the safest way to make a donation as it does not expose
the donor's bank account to the donation process. Members reported
varying times before the funds transfer was confirmed, varying between
immediate and three days before confirmation was received.
The meeting ended on a busy note but time ran out!
All the best,
Cearbhall
m +353 (0)833323487 Ph: _353 (0)1-2864623 e:
cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx
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