Facilitators: Keith  and Sandhya

Topics: bugs in iOS 15; Siri not working with iOS 15; If dependent on Siri, hold off on upgrading to iOS 15; scanning several pages of text from a scan; clock apps not working with iOS 15; quick settings versus rotor; shortcuts for rotor; expanding and collapsing an e-mail thread;  Bluetooth headphones not pairing; IBUG Bytes – moving the address bar in iOS 15; turning off notification of available wifi networks;  using Seeing AI, hand writing function to read expiration dates on products; iToys Segment – Echo Buds Second Generation from Amazon – Marty.

Facilitators:  Brad , & Sandhya

Topics:  Review of Apple Event from September 14, 2021 – Maria;  should you upgrade to iPhone 13?; iBUG announcements; iBUG Bytes – Walkie Talkie function on Apple Watch; how to rename a folder in Files app; slowing down speaking rate on Apple Watch;  recording a meeting on Zoom; transferring acall from Apple Watch to the iPhone; not getting notifications of text messages;  overall comments on Apple Event; deleting  Siri voices.

Episode  500

Facilitators:  Stephen, Michael, & Sandhya

Topics:  Special 500th iBUG Buzz Celebration call; remembering the first iBUG Buzz call; introductions; trivia questions about iBUG, facilitators, callers, and movies;  preview of Apple event on September 14, 2021 at 12:00 PM Central Time; Closing remarks and song.

Facilitators: Jim  & Sandhya

Topics: iBUG announcements;  no sound on Facetime;  sorting contacts;  no physical mute button on latest iPad; getting started with VoiceOver – Hadley videos, VoiceOver practice for gestures; recommendation for large letter illuminated keyboard;  iPhone call going to VoiceMail while on Zoom without notification, check volume, check do not disturb, enable call waiting feature in Zoom; ; ;  unable to tag on FaceBook; proximity sensor in VoiceOver;  enable wifi calling to avoid dropped calls; taking photograph, iPhone tells you when it is level; Clubhouse – using spatial audio; iPhone SE 2020 described; difference between models of iPhone; adding item to share sheet;  if an app has not been updated, it may not be in the share sheet;  battery life on SE 2020 is very low;  iBUG Bytes – Braille Screen Input; recommendation for Bluetooth thermometer – Withings Bluetooth Thermometer, $99;  description of app  Selfiex; New feature in Facebook, under birthdays, Facebook with find photos of you and the birthday person – so you can create a special birthday post using that photo; using iPhone as remote for Apple TV.

Facilitators: Marc & Sandhya

Topics: iBUG announcements; Battery chargers;  VoiceOver practice; using back tap to  go to home screen; accessing home screen without a home button;  navigating NFB Newsline;  changing rotor languages;  accidentally triggering rotor; using Patrieon to  access podcasts; activities in rotor; iBUG Bytes –how to eliminate rooms in your hallway in the Clubhouse app;  I Toys segment – Apple Mag Safe battery pack – Sree; spam blocking feature on Verizon.

Facilitators: Maria & Sandhya

Topics: iBUG announcements; How to set song from iTunes for alarm; updating iPHone Se2020; Bluetooth headphones fading out, losing signal; Envision lifetime subscription   expired after latest update; cannot hear VoiceOver on Zoom, try toggling VoiceOver on and off; controlling volume of VoiceOver;  CONTROLLING RINGER VOLUME WITH SIDE BUTTONS; SEARCHING FOR A SONG IN ITUNES; HOW TO DO A FORCE REBOOT; HOW TO DETERMINE THE RIGHT AND LEFT EAR ON AIR POD MAX; UNABLE TO OPEN ZOOM LINK RECORDING; e-sim and data plans before traveling abroad; volume of podcast suddenly goes up on native Podcast app;  iPhone makes weird sound in car, might be trying to pair with Bluetooth in the car; scan feature in Notes app; auto scan on Notes app gave audible feedback about orientation, and took picture of document, and read the scanned page; iBUG Bytes – scheduling a wake up alarm  the Health sleep schedule; these alarms gradually fade in, unlike those in Clock app which are always at their full volume; pairing two watches with a single iPhone; use Find My and ping the Apple Watch; use Apple Accessibility to help pair the watch if do not want to do it manually.

Facilitators:   Brad & Sandhya

Topics: iBUG announcements; Bluetooth delay on Amazon Ear Buds;  book subscription service called Scribd, cheaper than Audible; navigating in Voice Dream Reader to listen to a document; recommend using Voice Dream Scanner to scan, then can use Voice Dream Reader to navigate more easily; Using Siri to call nearest store at a specific location;  locating e-mail sent to archive in Gmail; expanding a folder in Gmail;   deleting Archive folder to ensure that deleted emails are really removed from iPhone;  hearing beeping on After Shocks; not hearing end button on active call;  can use Air Pods to hang up on a call; stopping VoiceOver while playing Solitaire; pairing After Shocks;  on older After Shocks, sound bleeds out, but not on newer models; newest model Aeropex; iBUG Bytes – exploring the Control Center; left speaker not producing sound, check sound balance; sound fades out while sending an audio message in iMessage; auto sensing of Bluetooth headphones – Power Beats; Air pods Pro has feature to automatically connects to the device; Activating VoiceOver practice; four-finger double tap to activate VoiceOver practice;  screen mirroring; connecting iPhone to Apple TV to use screen mirroring; can screen mirror to other devices; Spectrum app – services provided through an app, pay for Apple TV in installments; Lidar will be available on iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max;  current iPhone SE will not have Lidar because that is a hardware issue; using Air Pods Pro to skip songs; squeeze stem once to pause, twice to go forward, three times to go back; adjusting level of transparency mode volume; transparency mode explained; Air Pods Pro have latency in the transparency mode.

Facilitators:  Stephen & Sandhya

Topics: iBUG announcements; Not seeing all mail boxes in Mail app; using Bluetooth speaker to hear Clubhouse;  issue with Bose speakers and Clubhouse; how to know if speaker has a microphone; quality of sound changes in Clubhouse rooms; VoiceOver stops while swiping in e-mail; search history not appearing in Amazon search box; triple click on power button, shortcut not turning on VoiceOver – with each update, the hearing aid device is automatically added to the shortcut; ;  earbuds not working on phone calls or Clubhouse – turn off the headphones;  sometimes need a clean install to resolve weird issues;  how to lock the rotation from Control Center;  auto lock feature; 24-hour time on Apple Watch  - haptics;  invert color versus dark mode; how to turn on VoiceOver;  pinned  text messages; delay in VoiceOver when removing Echo Buds;  low brightness versus screen curtain mode; iBUG Bytes – silencing an unknown call and blocking a caller;  the person who is blocked goes straight to voice mail;  Facebook Messenger says two messages, but actually only one; ipHone receives long message from Android device – shows up as 2 messages;  if get a spam call, go to recents and block the number;  carrier may have paid service to block spam; sign up for No More Robo;  sometimes these services block the wrong person or number.

Facilitators: Keith & Sandhya

Topics: iBUG announcements; VoiceOver described; magnification on Iphone is inefficient; asking Siri to invert colors;  labeling a contact – change the label, and  customize labels; iOS 14.7 causing trouble pairing Orbit Writer and iPhone;  unable to unlock iPhone with Apple Watch; Echo Ear Buds second generation – two parts, not connected; Apple Air Pods has a find feature; Sound Scape app –  free navigation app, need stereo ear buds; scrub gesture – two fingers on the screen, make a print letter  z;  iBUG Bytes – reassigning gestures – VoiceOver, commands, then touch gestures; how to quickly mute Zoom  audio;  use Voice Control, and say *tap mute button; disconnect audio in Zoom; seeking recommendation for app to play personal MP3 files;  VLC Media Player; Voice Dream Reader to play MP3 files; use One Drive to create a music folder, play music from there; use iTunes to download to iPhone;  I Toys segment -  Kasa Smart Plug HS103p4;  using Amazon Alexa app on iPhone to control smart plug; multiple accounts on the Amazon Alexa app;  Amazon Alexa app – allows you  to control devices and speak to Alexa on Iphone; stop VoiceOver from reading all notifications; go to VoiceOver settings and turn off feature that reads all alerts aloud; how to turn off a recurring calendar event;  go into calendar – turn off alerts or delete the event entirely; dismissing a notification by swiping down; ask Siri to tell you upcoming calendar events.

Facilitators: Stephen & Sandhya

Topics: iBUG announcements; accidentally triggering help; four-finger double tap start help, is a toggle; can use two-finger scrub to exit help; turning off blue tooth headphones is turning off VoiceOver; VoiceOver stopped talking, check volume, ask Siri if VoiceOver is on, triple-finger double  tap to turn on speech; triggering speaker in Voice Mail; Facebook’s version of Clubhouse; pausing recording in Voice Memos, need to find the card overlay; using headphones prevent VoiceOver being captured on the recording; ; Voice Memos has some basic editing capability; audio editing apps – Gold Wave and Ferite; Facebook Audio - )Clubhouse equivalent0 will be released next year; using iOS 15 beta, debate on whether to put on primary device; safety of using iPhone during a lightening storm; always good to plug iPhone into a surge protector; throttling by Verizon; stereo on Zoom?; No stereo option in Zoom on IOS; Clubhouse tutorial on Apple Vis; excessive notifications on Clubhouse; Clubhouse is posting notifications of future events, not just current events; webinar format of meetings requires you to sign in again; using shortcut or text replacement when entering e-mail, sometimes does not  work; if using a text replacement shortcut, go to end of text field, and remove the extra space; iBUG Bytes – labeling buttons; find unlabeled button, two-finger double tap and hold, after hearing the three tones, can type a label with dictation, then save; Can label photos, but the recipient will not see the label; can add caption to photos, more permanent, and can share; When on Zoom, the callers are getting muted, but still connected; can disconnect audio in Zoom; when listening to podcast or webinar, the sound stops, most likely problem is on the  other end, those doing the presentation have a bad connection; differing rates of buffering on streaming services.