iBUG Cafe: Recent Episodes
iBUG Today
This is a "deep dive" training session into an iPhone third-party app or genre of apps to gain a hands-on, working understanding and utilization of the app. The iBUG Cafe is facilitated by advanced iBUG member Sree Roy. Recorded live on the second Sunday of the month, 4:00 to 6:00 PM Central Time. To join the live iBUG Cafe sessions, please visit our website, ibugtoday.org, for the Zoom connect instructions. iBUG Today is a non-profit organization promoting the individual independence, social integration, and educational development of the blind community through accessible technology training
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Introduction - Sree
Weekly iBUG events - Sandhya
Welcome - Sree:
Icebreaker Question:
What is the main web browser app you use?
Quick overview - Sree
Safari app - Maria Kristic
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Introduction - Sree
Weekly iBUG events - Sandhya
Welcome - Sree:
Icebreaker Question: Do you use the the Camera app?
Presentation: Taking a photograph - Judy Dixon
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Introduction - Sree
Weekly iBUG events - Sandhya
Welcome - Sree:
Icebreaker Question:
What ap. Do you use to take a note?
Presentation: Voice Memos - Maria
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Introduction - Sree
Weekly iBUG events - Sandhya
Welcome - Sree:
Icebreaker Question:
What method do you use to edit text?
Presentation: Editing. Text - Brad & Sree
Duration: 1 hour 37minutes
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Introduction - Sree
Weekly iBUG events - Michael
Welcome - Sree:
Icebreaker Question:
Do you use Facebook?
Presentation:
The Facebook app - Sandhya and Michael.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Introduction - Sree
Weekly iBUG events - Sandhya
Welcome - Sree:
Icebreaker Question: Do you use the Youtube app?
Presentation: The Youtube app - Sree and Pete.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Introduction - Sree
Weekly iBUG events - Sandhya
Welcome - Sree:
Icebreaker Question: How do you watch TV?? Do you use a box for streaming like the Apple TV or do you use a traditional cable box?
Presentatio: The Apple TV Box - Sree
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Introduction - Sree
Weekly iBUG events - Sandhya
Welcome - Sree:
Icebreaker Question:
What is your favorite music app?
Presentation
The native Apple Music App - Herbie.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Introduction - Sree
Weekly iBUG events - Sandhya
Welcome - Sree:
Icebreaker Question:
Have you ever used the Seeing AI or Vision apps?
Presentation
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Seeing AI app - Brad & Sandhya
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Vision app - Sree
Facilitator: Sree
Introduction - Sree
Weekly iBUG events - Sandhya
Welcome - Sree:
Icebreaker Question:
This past weekend, we all set our clocks by one hour. Do you like Daylight Savings Time?
Presentation
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Envision AI app - Sree
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Envision Glasses - Brad
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Orcam Glasses - Stan
Sree:
Introduction
Sandhya:
iBUG Weekly events
Sree:
Welcome
Icebreaker Question: Have you used Voice Control or an external keyboard?
Presentation
Sree:
- Voice Control
A. Setting up Voice Control
B. Navigating around Home Screen
C. Apps: iMessage and Camera
D. Dictation and editing
Roy:
- External Keyboard Part A;
A. Pairing a bluetooth keyboard
B. Basic keyboard configuration
C. Keyboard navigation
D. Using keyboard to change Calendar events
E. Safari navigation
Roy:
- External Keyboard Part B;
A. Safari: iBUGToday Podcast
B. Safari: iBUGToday Zoom conference link
C. Navigating around the BARD App
D. Keyboard tips
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker - What app do you use to take notes?;
Maria Part 1; Review the Notes Settings; Siri and Search; Notification; Accounts; Password; Notes sorting; Tags; Camera; Using Control Center with Notes App
Maria Part 2; Note app screen layout; What is inside a folder; Account Actions; How to create new Folder; Pin Notes; Setting up a password on a note
Sree; Layout of a blank note; The 5 Buttons inside a note; Create a new note; 4 Rules in editing a note; Edit a note; Format a note; Create a new Table; Create a Checklist; Camera; Insert a photo; Scan a document; Scan text; Quick Note with Control Center; Creating a Tag; Creating a Smart Folder; 01:11 :00 to01:48:16
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker - What is your go to app to scan a document?;
Interview with Shubh Mittal, Founder & CEO of Celeste;
Sree and Pete get answers to several questions about the Celeste Smart Glasses.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker - Have you ever used Ask Annie or the Chat GPT app?; Ask Annie - Sree; Chat GPT - Pete.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker - Do you use the Reminders or Messages app?;
Reminders app - Sree; the Messages app - Pete.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker - What is your e-mail provider?;
Herbie - Mail Settings on the iPhone; threading; Recall settings; blocking; Auto Signature; Mail Accounts; Difference between the list view and being inside an email; Recall an email; Adding a new email account; Removing an email account.
Marian: Creating a new folder; Smart Folder;
Sending Attachments; Different actions by flicking up or down when in a list view; how to save a draft and delete a draft; Creating a group list;
Different ways to delete; Different filters and what they do; Reply, reply all etc; Email Home Screen layout; Using Siri.
Sree: Home Screen email widget; Lock Screen mail widget; Delay in sending an email; creating rules for e-mail messages;
Roy: using the bluetooth keyboard on the Mail app; basic navigation; long press; quick nav; select, copy and paste text; using rotor; inserting an attachment; navigating list of e-mails, and deleting them efficiently.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker - Do you use the native calendar app?;
Launching the Calendar App for the first time - Sree;
Overview of the home screen including the Settings And sound alerts - Maria;
Enabling other calendars with the Calendar App - Maria;
Creating a calendar event, reoccurring event and Zoom calendar event -Brad;
Overview of the invite - Maria;
Using Siri to set and review a calendar event - Sree.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker - Do you use a personal assistant app such as Be My Eyes, Aira, or Facetime? If so, which one?
Aira app - Terry-Ann; the Facetime app - Herbie; Be My Eyes app - Sree.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker - This is Super Bowl weekend. Which team are you cheering for, the Kansas City chiefs or the Philadelphia Eagles?
The Audible app - Sree; the BARD app - Pete.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker - Do you have an Apple Watch?, if so, which model; Sree - different models and specs, gestures; David - control center, notification center, Siri; Herbie - work out, - typing on Apple Watch.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker - Have you upgraded to iOS 16.1?;
duplicate contacts; medication tracking; weather tracking; bypass captcha - Marian; Undo send delay in mail app; undo send for text messages; edit feature is messages app; retrieving deleted text message conversations; marking a text message as unread; bypass confirmation by Siri; converting information within text message; photo app - sharing photo library; adding multiple stops in maps app - Sree.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker - Do you use an OCR app?; Voice Dream Scanner - Sree; Voice Dream Reader - Herbie.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker - Following the recent Apple event, are you planning to buy a new iPhone, Apple Watch, or Air Pods? Review of Apple's Far Out event on September 7, 2022 - Brad, Jenni, and Herbie.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker - have you ever used Envision app or Envision glasses?
Envision app and glasses - Bob Roehm.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker - What is your favorite TV game show?
iBUG Summer Games 2022
Lost Cities - Rebecca Skipper
Black Box - Sree Roy
Wordle - Darcy Bernard
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker - What is your favorite social media app?
1 Sree Introduction and Privacy:
2 Sandhya Account Setup:
3 Sandhya Creating a Post:
4 Sandhya Shortcuts and Fundraising:
5 Sree HomeTab:
6 Sree Other Tabs:
7 Sandhya Birthday:
8 Sandhya Groups:
9 Sree Settings and Your Profile:
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: Icebreaker – Do you use a cloud storage service? If so, which one? Dropbox app - Herbie; Files app - Sree.
Facilitator:Sree Roy
Topics:iBUG announcements; ice breaker - Do you listen to podcasts? If so, what is your favorite podcast? Demos: Overcast app - Greg; Downcast app - Kushal; Apple podcast app - Sree.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: iBUG announcements; ice breaker - What is your favorite travel destination?; Travelocity - Sree; Uber - Herbie; Sound Scape - Marian.
Facilitator: Sree
Topics: iBUG Announcements; ice breaker - On which iOS did Apple introduce Braille Screen Input and touch typing?
1. Sree: VoiceOver on/off, Learn More, VoiceOver Practice, Speaking Rate.
2. Brad: Speech, Verbosity.
3. Maria: Braille.
4. Nancy: Commands, Rotos, Typing.
5. Marian: Voice Over Recognition Quick Settings.
6. Herbie: Audio.
7. Sandhya: Rotor Actions, Navigation Style, Navigate Images, Large Cursors, Caption Panel, Double Tap Timeout.
8. Sree: Activity