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#613 December 11, 2023 Dec 13, 2023

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Facilitators: Greg & Sandhya

Topics: Update to Watch OS, changing watch faces; images from Messages app identify with Seeing AI; journaling in latest update; new pencil with old iPad; updating Apple Watch changing default notification sounds; dynamic island; adjusting media timeline; follow up questions in Seeing AI; Archive.org - free books and movies, in public domain; Overdrive became Libby; selecting password, three-finger quadruple tap; programming back tap; iBUG Bytes - keyboard layouts; VO Starter app; unending a text message; turning off Center Stage in a Zoom meeting; navigating channels in Seeing AI; ESR for Air Pods, case; apps for reading numbers in text; two-finger scrub gesture; using Happy vd Scan for reading credit card numbers, more secure; sharing wifi password; name drop feature; contacting Uber driver.

#612 December 4, 2023 Dec 05, 2023

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Facilitators: Pete & Sandhya

#611 November 27, 2023 Nov 28, 2023

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Facilitators: Stephen & Sandhya

Topics: Siri not responding; moving spam to junk mail box; deleting multiple deleted messages; retrieving message from archive folder; setting up new iPhone; accessing project Gutenberg books; turning off stand by mode; audio message in iMessage app; apps Siri not adding events to calendar in iOS 17.1.1; VoiceOver not working with Discord; activating actions button in iPhone 15; iBUG Bytes - predictive typing; I Toys segment - Herbie, iPhone 15; Name Drop security issues, hype or reality?; turning off follow up questions from Siri; description. Of Apple Watch; sound curtain; Edifier Neo Buds

#610 November 20, 2023 Nov 28, 2023

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Facilitators: Greg & Sandhya

#609 November 13, 2023 Nov 15, 2023

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Facilitators: Brad & Sandhya

Topics: scroll bar; four-finger single tap to go to bottom; unsubscribing from mailing list; VO Starter app; searching in App Store; scroll down to VoiceOver accessible apps; transcripts of voice mails; Good Maps indoor navigation, and Good Maps Explorer for outdoors; personal voice; using rotor for actions menu; activities - customizing VoiceOver settings for a given app; ; single finger triple tap on App Store icon; screen curtain; call in progress to get active keypad to make entries; battery percentage for bluetooth devices; adding a widget; iBUG Bytes - creating a VIP contact; recommendations for grocery list apps - Any List, Notes app, Our Groceries app; eliminating clicking sound. When Safari webpage is loading; dynamic island; hearing brief tones or bubble sound; Phonic hearing aid; navigation bar in Bard app; widgets; Casa Smart plug with Alexa app.

#608 November 6, 2023 Nov 08, 2023

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Facilitators: Maria & Sandhya

Topics: What’s App not working consistently; double tap and hold on page selector; Black Magic Cam app; text selection; screen recognition in Bard app; screen recognition explained; details about driver unavailable on Uber; e-readers from NLS; Braille Screen Input no responding; Zoom Ex e-mail distribution list; different ways to connect Braille displays; refund if app is inaccessible; iBUG Bytes - how to delete a contact; locating frequently used apps on Apple Watch; double-tap time out; Apple TV not responsive; sliding finger in touch typing triggers alternate characters; battery health; volume dropping; balancing sound; updates on Voice Dream Reader versus subscription service; mailing list in contacts app; mail blocking does not work;

#607 October 30, 2023 Nov 03, 2023

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Facilitators: Pete & Sandhya

Topics: updating to 17.1 changed ringtones; VoiceOver feedback after each letter typed in different accent; find unread e-mail; AirPods pairing with more than one device; Duracell battery not work on Air Tag; unable to navigated by chapter in Downcast after updating to 17.1; app with unlabeled buttons; contacting an app developer; battery optimization on Apple Watch, toggle in battery health; text messages only coming through on on device; Amazon moved search bar to top; battery optimization versus lower power mode; verifying quantity on Amazon Prime; bluetooth devices detected, but are not actually connected; unable to hang up a call using Air Pods since 17.1; recommendation for headphone using Sound Scape Community; Okeefe bluetooth headphones; third-party earbuds do not automatically disconnect when you remove them from your ears; Sell; Sell best for personal contacts, goes straight into bank account, no need to claim it; Sell versus bank bill pay service; phone to phone charging with iPhone 15; sharing wifi password; hotspot; setting default contact card when bumping iPhones to transfer information; selecting fields before sharing a contact card; airdrop without being in close proximity; iBUG Bytes - Avoiding Captcha;

#606 October 30, 2023 Oct 25, 2023

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Facilitators: Brad & Pete

Topics: unmuting in Zoom; reboot cell signal on Spectrum by turning on airplane mode; turning off Lock Screen notifications; system notifications; stories tray on Facebook;Siri not answering questions correctly; status bar shows battery level; asking Siri for battery status; adjusting speed of double tap; VO Starter; VoiceOver practice mode; closing app in app switcher; deleting all emails from trash at once; setting up FACE Id on iPhone 15; unlocking iPhone; iBUG Bytes - enabling automatic deletion of verification codes from text or e-mail; I Toys segment - I Walk Portable Battery Charger - Herbie; volume drops in Youtube; audio ducking;; setting for change Siri. Speech rate; changing speech rate on Apple Watch; turning on screen curtain; watching Youtube with Lock Screen; three-finger double tap to toggle speech on or off.

#605 October 16, 2023 Oct 21, 2023

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Facilitators: Greg and Sandhya

Topics: Topics: Zoom stops working in landscape mode; lock rotation; updates to Seeing AI, with artificial intelligence, color detection improved; VoiceOver losing focus, in Sound Scape; check auto lock; using GPS app with or without screen locked; toggling speed and tone on BARD; creating contact from a phone number in text message; saving a contact card from text message; not able to make calls from list of recent calls tab; saving a contact card; ; notifications of voice mail; turning off transcript feature; no notification for incoming gmail; iBUG Bytes - adjusting Siri speaking rate; audible tone is no longer available when invoking Siri; ideas for use of action button on iPhone 15; VoiceOver no repeating dictated text, just swipe to right to hear text; four settings for flashlight; can search video for cheer, laugh or clap; eclipse Sound Scape app; navigating episode list in Netflix; portrait versus landscape mode in Netflix; different plans in Netflix; finding back space key on bluetooth keyboard; touch typing not working randomly; mislabeled contact on iPad versus iPhone; text in message field; command A on bluetooth key board to select all text.

#604 October 9, 2023 Oct 11, 2023

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Facilitators: Brad and Sandhya

Topics: Celest glasses; not accessing What’s App contacts; adding book to wish list in Bookstore app; finding latest iBUG Apple Workshop on YouTube or website; how to delete a contact; how to scan a QR code; Home Pod responds to Hey Siri, not Air Pods; once move to mail box, VoiceOver not remembering when have to move another message fro m same person; auto update; restoring from back up; changing default for magnifier; iBUG Byte - double tap and hold on delete key to rapidly delete text; using keyboard to cycle through open apps; power down iPhone that does not have home button; signing a PDF document; Apple wallet on Apple Watch; creating account on YouTube; upgrading iCloud storage plan; clearing Google search history; Watch OS10 requires iOS 17.

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