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#653 September 30, 2024 Oct 03, 2024

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Facilitator: Desi

Topics: what's new with the update IOS 18; Changes in Calender reminder app; Now can have 3 levels of audio ducking, can turn it completely off to no audio ducking at all, Always on or just when Voice over is on; Anyone used Astound app for a cable provider, ie, Tibo; Anyone use the Walkie-Talkie on the Apple Watch? It's Apple Watch to Apple Watch; Can be used both inside the house and outside your house; The update changed Pages, moves the files down on page; Brail Display may be effected; Some users experience no problems with update; Some having trouble getting out of FaceTime app; Changes in Dictation; Moving Apps from App library; What's the best case for IPhone 16 Pro for chest mount; After installing update Messege in Setting about managing settings like setting up; CarPlay, AirPlay; Dragging and dropping apps into different app folders; Do all IPhone 16s have Lidar? Lidar sensors have appeared only in IPhone 16 Pro models with certain apps; Hearing a click while searchings in Settings; Trouble with being stuck in App Library; What is Dynamic Island? A secondary display that appears at the top of the iPhone's screen to show alerts and active tasks; IOS 18 will allow a sighted friend remote access and help resolve issues on FaceTime on iPhone; Toggle Live Regions and Announcements in Roter; Is adding new Tracks in Memos only on IPhone IOS 18; Using Send Later for Email messeges; Changing Rotor voices and Languages; When and how should you shut down your IPad, can do it with SIRI or holding side buttons;

iBUG Bytes: Desi: Changes in Settings with update to IOS 18; Changes in the way your Apps are listed under a button called Apps at the bottom of Settings; Changes in searching the Apps in Settings

#652 September 23, 2024 Sep 25, 2024

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Facilitator: Brad

Topics: Did anyone get any new iPhone or any IOS devices, issue with new iPad Air with SIRI not going off when turning the iPad off, SIRI is a virtual assistance either with pressing the Home button or with your voice, it will stay active unless phone is turned off, and Voice Over is a screen reader and is used to interact with your IPhone; Issues with finding a text massages starting to come through iPad; The updated IOS 18 appears to show old messages coming back; issues with updating to IOS 18 on iPhones and iPads; issues with automatic updates effecting files; Issues with updating and making folders for apps; Turning tips on or off; Using Apple Music or Apple Podcasts, which plan is the better one, which plan offers no ads; Having issues with changing languages on iPhone with a 2022 Logitech external keyboard, can change the keyboards on bottom lower left of iPhone; Which iPhone 16 would you recommend for better screen input and better signal?

iBUG Bytes: Shortcuts used to get to the top of your email or text messages or any app using your finger Gestures. Using the shortcut: place finger in the status bar strip, the strip is located on the top of every screen.

Itoys: Demo by Brad: IOS Airpods; different generations, added features for each; Different Call controls; Pros and cons; What is Audio Spatial? Software dependent, must be enabled, When you're listening to something on an IOS device, depends on what content you're listening to, sound will shift from the direction where you are listening from in the room, no Spacial Audio use for YouTube.

#651 September 16, 2024 Sep 20, 2024

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Facilitator: Greg

Topics: How is the IOS update working? Some trouble using certain apps maybe; IOS 18 does have a voiceover tutorial; iBUG Café 112, on September 8, features an IOS tutorial mostly for beginners; Apple IPad using IOS update on older models may not support IOS 18; Notes app not capitalizing first letter in sentences while using dictation, check your Verbocity settings, there's options in settings; SIRI not reading all text messages issues; Trouble saving and then finding downloaded files from messages; How to delete multiple email messages in different folders; Calls still coming through with different Focus settings options are on; Can IPads 6th generation have viruses? Check security software in general or your rotor; Old emails seems to jump up to the top of inbox in email apps, Options for follow ups; If deleting mail in different boxes. Ie, Important, will it delete in main inbox; Time not updating on flights on Iphones, may be a gps issue; Dictation issues after getting distracted, still picking up words when returning to messages; Setting up your own voice for voiceover or Siri; Whether or not to answer unknown phone number, never say any affirmative words hello, yes, no, or say nothing; Getting echo or feedback while on phone calls, facetime or zoom calls and how or if you can fix it, maybe due to being around the same frequencies;

iBUG Bytes: Voice cloning demo: Greg; enhancing voice security, Locking IPhone; Protecting phone, Number locking, Preventing Phone hacking;

#650 September 9, 2024 Sep 11, 2024

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Facilitator: Brad

Demo Presentation: Sree: Apple Glow Event with new IOS Products debut; IPhone 16, 16 Pro, 16 Plus, comes with Apple AI, Action button, each have different features; Different versions of Apple Watches with many different features on each, different colors, New apps for each watch, Watches will be available September 20th; Several different versions of the AirPods, started with AirPad 4, with or without noise cancelation; Airpod Max, different colors, AirPod Pro, helps with hearing issues, hearing test features, Discussion of the different features of new Apple products.

iBUG Bytes: Demo, Brad, Using Do Not Disturb; When to use or not use, How to turn it on and off, Can use Siri or use other controls that can help manage when you turn "Do not Disturb" off in advance; You can use gestures, Go to the Control Center, Put finger on the status bar, 3 finger swipe up from the bottom, Focus, Action Available, swipe up twice, Activate, choose time to automatically turn on or turn off either for different people or places, ie, Geosensing,

Topics: IpadAir have Siri, Yes; Last Café with demo on Siri; Sending Voice Memos; How IPhone interact/interfere, may interact with pacemakers; IPhone Storage, data; Settings for picture descriptions in voiceover for different apps; iMessages not syncing; the difference between latest 3 Iphones;

#649 September 2, 2024 Sep 03, 2024

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Facilitator: Maria

Topics: Phone stuck in reset mode with Apple ID and Password, Can't long in; Using the Find my Object feature with Seeing AI; How to invoke speaking while using Live View in the Ring App, using the settings and notifications; What are Apple Watches can be used for Tracking exercise, heart rate, answering phone or text, even falls, receive notifications same as phone; Apple Glow event for the new IPhone debut and more, check Local Listings for September 9, at 10 Pacific; Apple moving to Be My Eyes, Jonathan Mosen closing down after the Apple event but adding new adventure ahead;

IBUG Bytes: Demo by Maria; Using the Background sounds feature seems to help with Tinnitus in Accessibility, Control center; Background Sounds On/Off settings, Set sound volume and other sound settings.

How to find attachment in an email, Using your rotary as buttons, rotor phone control, or swipe to the bottom of the email; How to use AI or Be my Seeing eye app to describe a photo in a text, must install apps; SIRI not playing CNN NEWs channel, Might try saying play CNN NEWs instead of play CNN NEWS; Should phone be plugged to get updates or go to settings, general, update, may to delete some stuff in storage if it won't update manually; Waiting for IOS 18 coming out soon; Can wait to update; Anything new coming in Accessability? Look for Podcast about the Accessability feature.

#648 August 26, 2024 Aug 27, 2024

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Faciliator: Pete Lane

Announcements: Pete Lane

Topics: Missing the ring while on Facebook app; No text messages while in Bard; Overcast streaming; Hanging up a call on your watch; Setting different sounds for different alarms on phone; Charger card with USBC to USBA, USBA to USBC, Anchor; Putting callers on hold and going back to other caller; Checking ear pods case battery health; Checking Apple care trial contract expiration; Custom tones for text in setting notifications; ChatPDT issues, chat box; Sending messages with Ray-Band Smart glasses; Using Be My AI not able to learning familiar faces, Seeing MyAI will; Kindle app stops reading or disappears; Ipad keeps jumping offline;

IBytes: Demo from Pete Lane, Voice over Gesture review, Seen in Penara Bread.

Itoys: Ray-Ban Glasses, Bay Glasses, Meta-View Glasses, Meta-View App; PiccyBot, Rayban Meta-Verse - with Whatsapp, How to listen with Glasses, Slightly weather resistant? More uses for the glasses

#647 August 19, 2024 Aug 23, 2024

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Facilitators Greg and Sandhya

Topics: Experience with Otter App; Demo on Rumba Vacuume; Pairing your printer to phone; Finding my Apple Watch; Overcast App; Healow App; Metta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses; Searching Text Messages; Custom Message Replies; Frequent App updates on Phones; 15 Pro Dictation issue; Audio Ducking

IBUG Bytes: Navigating through long lists or larges documents; Section Index and/or Alpha Characters; Scroll Bars.

Multiple Info for 1 Contact; More on Find My, Pinging items; Zombie Accounts, What to do with Old Apps; Interacting with Multiple Home Pod issues; Number Lock on your Phone; Reddit Forum App VS Dystopia App; NFB News Line, Houston Chronical App Issues; Using Facetime

#646 August 12, 2024 Aug 17, 2024

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Facilitators: Brad & Sandhya

Topics: Recommendations for to do list app reminders, notes, personal list, Things app; new user of 14 Pro Max, no more home button; tips for improving dictation; using the dictation button to start dictation instead of magic tap; turning off auto punctuation; turn off smart punctuation; automatic switch from speaker to ear piece; listen to page in Safari; using Siri for navigation; put address for doctor in contact; update cause location to be turned off; turn on location services; Reader view in Safari for specific websites; Apple Maps versus Voice Vista or Google Maps; spoken walking directions in Apple Maps; Good Maps Outdoor; Sound Scape Community; setting up new iPhone importing passwords, some apps did not transfer data; ?; private browsing and VPN; price for VPN depends on number of devices and amount data;

iBUG Bytes - searching for an e-mail; turn off auto forwarding; two-finger downward swipe, causes VoiceOver to repeat; does block sender in Mail app work?; Sound Scape Community and other navigation apps; how to cancel Gmail account; turn off auto forward in AOL account to stop forwarding to Gmail account; setting up Home Pod in Home app; hand off with Home Pod; Voice Dream Reader stops reading; does using VoiceOver shorten iPhone battery life; wifi issues on iPad.

#645 August 5, 2024 Aug 08, 2024

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Facilitators: Maria & Sandhya

Topics: Expand speaking bar part of spoken content for low vision users, conflicts with VoiceOver; deleting a contact; blocking spam text messages; USB-C mic SamSon Q2U, Audio Technica 2100XSure Mini; iOS 17.6 cause VoiceOver to lose focus; using Siri to get same information as 411; volume on Youtube video goes down; updates to VoiceDream Reader; subscription for Voice Dream Reader; VoiceOver shutting off when placed on table; accidentally trigger VoiceOver shortcut or back tap gesture; file sent in text message saves to download folder; new Siri features based on Apple Intelligence available on all iOS 16; Zip drive, thumb drive etc;

iBUG Bytes - audio ducking; Dropbox app versus Dropbox website; lock rotation on iPad; searching for a prior iBUG Buzz episode; Brilliance puzzle game; deleting thousands of e-mails at once; phishing scams.

#644 July 29, 2024 Aug 03, 2024

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Facilitators: Desi & Sandhya:

Be My Eyes opt out provision; show more and hide in messages app; speaking to person at door on Ring Doorbell app; pairing Shook headphones; copying a text message and paste into e-mail message; scam notification that iPhone battery needs to be replaced; Apple Vis shutting down; Instant Heart Rate on iPhone; iOS 17.6 bug fixes; accessible thermostats, Net Infinity; sharing an M4A file with Android user;

iBUG Bytes - naming your iPhone or iPad; can add room locations for Home Pod and Apple TV; pairing Air Tags; iOS 18 beta has undo and redo for reminders; process for becoming a beta tester; two iPhone with a single number; answering incoming call on another device; watching the Olympics with audio description; changing timing of medication reminder in Health app; taking notes while on a call; changing Apple ID or restore to factory settings.

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