#494 - July 26, 2021

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.