Facilitators:  PETE & Sandhya
Topics: hard reset of iPhone; entering  credit card  IN MY  Chart app; downloading apps from App Store ; saving website to home screen; ADDING MAILBOX; ADDING DROPBOX ON NEW IPHONE;  multiple  iPhones does not  MEAN MULTIPLE phone NUMBERS; VOICEOVER VOLUME  IS INAUDIBLE; detailed  voice guidance in Google Maps; FILES APP OR DROPBOX; CHOOSING A WeB BROWSER; saving bookmarks in Safari; iBUG Bytes - text replacement; long nails impeded proper swiping; smart phone stylus; smart gloves;  removing payment methods in Door Dash; confirming with side button; using Apple Pay for all payments; screen recognition; direct touch in Blindfold Games; Eye Notes app for reading money; too many items in the rotor?; Ring Door Bell and stick cameras improved accessability;  My Chart app very accessible; subscriptions for Uber Eats.

Facilitators: MARIE &  Sandhya

Topics: unmuting a thread; VoiceOver changing speed when in status bar; Apple Watch rings when working out; removing exercise complications from Apple Watch; off  loading apps feature;   sheet grabber; setting; audio description on iPhone; using Siri to create a calendar event, let Siri ask for more information; liftable images in camera app; Be My AI and family members; IBUG BYTES - changing VoiceOver voices;  deleting multiple apps at once, is it possible; reviewing apps. In App Library; adding items to the rotor; swiping to a link  in X; remove volume from rotor; navigating to link with rotor; changing rate and pitch while sampling voices; iToys segment - Otter Box Herbie; on iPad, some contacts have names and others have numbers; iPad with split screen, numbers on main keyboard; containers on iPad.

Facilitators: Greg & Brad

Topics:  Activating VoiceOver with Siri; moving app to a new Home Screen; clicking on link in X app; turning off Hey Siri feature; paring iPhone with e-Reader Zoom Ax; using Siri to do Google search; changing pause time when dictating with Siri; Hey Siri to hang up; navigating e-mail thread;  tagging on Facebook; closing an app; unpairing an Apple Watch; disabling answering calls on other devices; iBUG Bytes - reviewing recent call history;  MLB  app and notifications on Apple Watch; notification of unread messages; deleting birthday from contact; flicking up on e-mail message does not delete it; changing actions in rotor; KNFB Reader became One Step Reader; searching for title in Dolphin Easy Reader.

Facilitators: Brad  & Sandhya

Topics:  Sharing a calendar; list of VoiceOver gestures; continuous reading on Safari webpage; Listening to different voices; toggle in Mail app, shows unread message; four-finger single top to go to top; vertical scroll bar;

iBUG Bytes - change    rotter with item feature turned off; moving item from App Library;  navigating by containers on iPad; depositing check with Bank of America app; organizing items on rotter;  using Seeing AI to get orientation of check; changing font for printing a note; viewing statements in Discover Card app; 

Facilitators: Maria & Sandhya

Topics:  Pairing bluetooth keyboard; quick setting with two-finger quadruple tap; stop notifications on Lock Screen;  VO Starter app - stuck in loop; turning off safe driving mode in Zoom; Hadley Helps resource; Screen Reader app - for learning VoiceOver; using side button to confirm purchases; VoiceOver versus Voice control; recommendations for apps to read e-pub format - books app; Zanagram app; 

iBUG Bytes - navigating text fields when sending an e-mail;  location services for photos.

Facilitators: Pete & Sandhya

Topics: Home button versus no home button; using Siri to read message, one at a time;  using Siri for dictation, better with headphones; say thank you to Siri  will stop Siri; Voice isolation for conversation on iPhone; Screen Reader app used for learning VoiceOver; deleting a favorite from Safari; AI app for second brain called Your PDF;  reference to iBUG presentation at HAVIN Expo on March 23, 2024; Voice Dream Reader prompted for annual fee even if already purchased; iBUG Bytes - listen to page in Safari; I Toys segment - - Vision Pro - Sree; activating link in text message; listening to Bard on Lock Screen; digital signatures using Docs Sign app; importing contacts from G-mail;

Facilitators:  Greg & Sandhya

Topics: Starting to learn VoiceOver gestures; bug as to notification badges inaccurate;  app for reading printed music;  Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, specialized help through the Be My Eyes app; Travel Stories - for navigating app for gardens; navigating airport with Aira;  using FaceTime to navigate the airport;  recommendation for lanyard for using iPhone handsfree; ; trouble logging into new Facebook account; MGM Plus app; Peacock app, audio description feature not labeled; Taptic time on Apple Watch not consistent; turning off audio description; using Siri to find app in App Store; double tap time out setting; iBUG Bytes - standard typing versus touch typing; turn off slide to type and predictive typing; chosen method for typing applies to password entry; speaking bar for sighted users; two-finger single tap not muting speech; replying to an e-mail list; VoiceOver losing focus in text field of e-mail in iOS 17.4; work number appears before home  number in contacts; dictating in Spanish; installing Zoom on iPad.

Facilitators: Brad & Sandhya

Topics:  New  features  in iOS 17.4; Lazarillo inaccurate; Sound Scape a good alternative, Blind Square - paid app; New York Times game - Connections; website NFC tags; using Microsoft Word on iPhone; downloading paid sheet music PDF; downloading e-pub book; setting recurring event in calendar app;  disabling spoken content; book marking a website; after iOS 17.4 different VoiceOver voice in status bar only; iBUG Byte - muting alerts in text thread;  deleting drafts from a mail box; using screen recording to prepare demo; Speech Central app; strange voice when updating Apple Watch; distinguishing between”to” field and “subject” field when sending an e-mail; YouTube follow-up questions and answers; deleted  e-mail kept coming back; auto-detect language; Deepl - translation app; headphones with connections to multiple devices; using a hash tag to search in Youtube; 

Facilitators: Maria & Sandhya

1  hour 55 minutes

Topics: How to use iPhone without home button; viewing an image with Ask Annie; rewinding to beginning in Voice Dream Reader;  VoiceOver is not audible to the person you are talking with; using Siri with Find My feature; reading post on Facebook, Siri interrupts VoiceOver; getting confirmation that a ride was sent in Uber; Go Go Grandparent service; iBUG Bytes - creating a new mail box in Mail app; recommendation for marking door - Voice Vista replace Sound Scape, NaviLens, Blind Square, Sound Scape Community, and Sound Scape; reviewing notifications on Lock Screen; finding links in Youtube app; accessability of Co-Pilot for iOS; posting a comment in Facebook.  

Facilitators: Greg & Sandhya

Topics: Section index  VoiceOver losing focus  when reading text message; free streaming services offered on T-Mobile; using headphones when dictating helps with Siri; bluetooth keyboard for iPad; call waiting on Zoom call; items in rotor vary with app;  managing storage on iPhone;  5 gb of free iCloud storage; characters changing place due to different keyboard layouts;  VDScan app instability; scanner apps consume battery  life; if iPhone gets wet, do not put in rice, just  let it air dry;  recommendations for lanyards; direct touch; iBUG Bytes - updating apps in the App Store;  finding show notes on YouTube video; bluetooth keyboard with dongle; Face ID not working consistently; recommendation for replacement for Blindfold Words from Words; Chimes app, similar to Ships Bells.

1  hour 48 minutes