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iBUG Buzz

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This is a free weekly Q&A help session for anyone with iOS and iDevice (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple Watch and Apple TV) accessibility questions or issues. - The first 45 minutes are dedicated to the novice or new user. - App or iOS features may be demonstrated by advanced members. Recorded live on Mondays, 7:00 to 9:00 PM Central Time. To join the live iBUG Buzz meetings, please visit our website, ibugtoday.org, for the Zoom connect instructions.
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Episodes

#570 - February 6, 2023

Facilitators: Maria and Sandhya Topics: Editing a contact; backing up music to iCloud; accessing messages in text thread; wireless charger; unable to turn off screen curtain; Voice Dream Scanner not reading continuously; skiiers triggering emergency SOS on Apple Watch; Siri and driving directions; searching for app in App Store; answering call on Apple Watch; improve recording with iPhone; iBUG Bytes - uploading a contact card from tex message; What's App; accessing chat feature on Zoom; Good Ma...

Feb 10, 20231 hr 37 min

#569 - January 30, 2023

Facilitators: Pete and Sandhya Topics: Lidar and indoor navigation in Seeing AI; reading PDF’s; changes to AIRA subscriptions; icon disappeared from home screen; navigating e-mail on iPad; turning off battery optimization for Air Pods Pros; full screen for Facetime call; hiding toolbar on Pages app; chronological timeline on Twitter app; recommendations for alternative to Voice Memos - Pocket recorder and Just Press Record; iBUG Bytes - four-finger single tap; is it possible to dictate phone num...

Feb 02, 20231 hr 48 min

#568 - January 23, 2023

Facilitators: Marie and Sandhya Topics: is it possible to edit Siri dictated message?; missed friend notifications on Facebook; tracking steps with Apple Watch; stop continuous play in podcast app; contacts with multiple phone numbers; Zuzanka for scanning expiration dates; battery pack recommendations; tandem bike mileage; features of iOS 16.3; caller id shows as unknown caller; Strava for tracking miles in workout; creating folders in mail app; iBUG Bytes - two-finger scrub gesture; how to sil...

Jan 27, 20231 hr 43 min

#567 - January 16, 2023

Facilitators: Greg and Sandhya Topics: walkie talkie feature on Apple Watch; taking a screen shot; physical mute button on iPhone; bluetooth latency with hearing aids; screen protector for Apple Watch; labels for contacts don't stay; duplicate copies of What's App; voice control; Book Share app; Kindle App; AI voices on Book Share; trouble with third party Twitter apps; iPhone 14 have sounds for powering on and off; iBUG Bytes - the item chooser; suggestions for accessible ringtone maker - Music...

Jan 20, 20231 hr 45 min

#566 - January 9, 2023

Facilitators: Brad and Sandhya Topics: pairing iPhone with hearing aid; adding names to group text message; retrieving deleted text message; reachability; lower power mode on Apple Watch;Watch not announcing. date; using carplay; iBUG Bytes - finding the downloads folder; deleting songs from Apple Music; resetting Apple TV; toggling locking sound; eliminating adds on Amazon; dowloading and purchaing ringtone; transferring call from Apple Watch to iPhone; unmuting the Apple Watch; cancelling an a...

Jan 11, 20231 hr 36 min

#565 - January 2, 2023

Facilitators: Maria and Sandhya Topics: connecting USB microphone to iPhone; auto speak on Apple Watch; My Quest app not working; Sing karaoke not accessible; Mastodon; navigating e-mail threads; iBUG Bytes - three-finger quadruple tap; upgrading from iPhone 7; selecting a link; whether to replace a iPhone battery; checking battery health.

Jan 11, 20231 hr 55 min

#564 - December 19, 2022

Facilitators: Greg and Sandhya Topics: retrieving a deleted text message conversation; Free Form; random characters that are not really there; activate lock rotation; closing apps on Apple Watch; renaming a folder; navigating in Voice Dream Reader; issues with rewind and fastforward in Bard app; Menus for All; iBUG Bytes - using screen effects to wish Happy New Year in text messages; rewinding in Bard app opens the book shelf; testing satellite feature; 30 day time limit for retrieving deleted t...

Dec 22, 20222 hr

#563 - December 12, 2022

Facilitators: Brad and Sandhya Topics: how to close app on Apple watch; grouped notifications on lock screen; two-finger magic tap triggers music not dictation; searching for title or DB number in BARD app; volume of notifications; sending audio text message to Android user; VoiceOver stops talking but clicks are audible; setting custom ring tone; getting step-by-step directions in apple maps; refreshing in Mail inbox; muting on Air Pods; iBUG Bytes - accessability shortcut; deleting multiple vo...

Dec 15, 20222 hr

#562 - December 5, 2022

Facilitators: Marie and Sandhya Topics: follow up in mail; maps with voiceover; alternative map app is Lazarillo; low power mode, autolock set to never will revert to 30 seconds max; accessibility shortcut; ; forgetting a device in iCloud; turning on autolock; spatial audio not working on Airpods; recurring calendar event for iBUG Buzz with Zoom link in location; viewing Zoom meeting history; snooze in gmail; audio recording in messages app; iBUG Bytes - using Siri to listen to voice mail; audio...

Dec 08, 20222 hr

#561 - November 28, 2022

Facilitators: Maria and Sandhya Topics: apps for reading image-based PDF's; turning off voice control; trouble making calls with Siri; turning off speech versus turning off VoiceOver; cross-platform password manager - One Password and One Password; blocking junk calls; iBUG Bytes - turning off read receipts in messages app; setting up reminders on a new iPhone; can you share sound on Zoom on iPhone? no; iToys segment - Apple Watch Ultra - Tamer; focus mode not turning off; using Air Pods Pro Max...

Dec 02, 20222 hr

#560 - November 21, 2022

Facilitators: Greg and Sandhya Topic: cookies; incognito mode; e-mail contacts appearing in contacts app; removing Twitter app; unable to use side buttons to invoke VoiceOver; Youmail app; viewing books by author and books in a category on Bard; setting calendar events with Siri; screen sensitivity; sending e-mail to a group; iBUG Bytes - relationships in contacts app; your contact card in contacts app; Find My app; viewing items in cart in Instacart; using Voice Dream Scanner to read a book; Ov...

Nov 23, 20222 hr

#559 - November 14, 2022

Facilitators: Brad and Sandhya Topic: suddenly showing lots of punctuation, turn off programming in rotor; updating credit card information; copying text from text message; keyboard command on blue tooth keyboard for help; connecting blue tooth keyboard; list of keyboard commands; recommendations for blue tooth keyboards; reasons for using blue tooth keyboard; movie listing apps; trouble unlocking iPhone with passcode; iBUG Bytes - spotlight search; checking how many e-mails are in inbox; three-...

Nov 17, 20222 hr 3 min

#558 - November 7, 2022

Facilitators: Maria and Sandhya Topic: not seeing reminders; VoiceOver not reading material dictated with magic tap; start up tone available on chip in 14 Pro, shut down tone is in software; two-finger swipe down construed as scrub; Voice Dream Writer; Access Note no longer available?; notifications in YouTube; iOS 16 and Braille bugs; unable to open M4A files in Voice Dream Reader; adding widgets to lock screen; iBUG Bytes - exploring a photo; Air Pods Pro Max automatically connect to device; s...

Nov 11, 20222 hr 1 min

#557 - October 31, 2022

Facilitators: Brad and Sandhya Topic: update on notify me feature in Mail app; share play; sharing an article from Safari; copying phone number from text message; enabling shut down sound; using app switcher; iBUG Bytes - Send Later in Mail app, bugs re. date/time picker fixed in iOS 16.1; clearing history in Safari; accessing pedometer in activities app on Apple Watch; mute switch versus do not disturb; spam text messages; quick notes; airplane mode.

Nov 03, 20222 hr 1 min

#556 - October 24, 2022

Facilitators: Greg and Sandhya Topics: selecting text; silencing VoiceOver on a Zoom call; using Voice Memos to record; sharing a Note; saving an e-mail to contacts; purpose of speak screen; deleting an item in Zoom call history; creating contact for a Zoom link; price of Apple Music going up; using handwriting to enter pass code; to unlock iPhone; notify me feature in mail app; iToys segment - lightening charge cable splitter; effect of resetting settings. ;

Oct 27, 20222 hr 3 min

#555 - October 17, 2022

Facilitators: Marie and Sandhya Topics: Using desktop version of website to fill out forms; VoiceOver losing focus in Gmail, check screen recognition; opening a link from text message; the Air Pods Pro 2; two-finger magic tap accidentally triggering music; resources for learning Apple Watch; when is app free or paid in App Store; the auto punctuation feature; iBUG Bytes - listening to a voice mail; notifications for voice mail; setting sleep timer in BARD; Bardsupport@loc.gov NLSdownload@loc.gov...

Oct 19, 20222 hr

#554 - October 10, 2022

Facilitators: Brad and Sandhya Topics: turning off speech on Apple Watch; iPhone 12 Mini heating up; audio of book in BARD app changes randomly; leaving a Zoom room; call kit in Zoom; VoiceOver focus in messages app; using punctuation when dictating in iOS 16; Sennheiser Momentum Over-the-ear blue tooth headphones with a mute button; iBUG Bytes - scheduling an e-mail to be sent; rearranging items on home screens; battery drain with iOS 16; using backspace key to delete letters in text message; s...

Oct 12, 20222 hr 1 min

#553 - October 3, 2022

Facilitators: Maria and Sandhya Topics: joining meeting on Clubhouse; how to go to top of e-mail or document; features of new BARD app; dictation and virtual keyboard; reply in native mail app; Braille and iOS 16; recurring calendar event; adding other information in calendar entry; iBUG Bytes - searching for emoji; toggling speech to increase VoiceOver volume; Eloquence in iOS 16; changing volume Siri activation tone; sharing note, collaboration mode; Air Pod Pro 2....

Oct 07, 20222 hr

#552 - September 26, 2022

Facilitators: Stephen and Sandhya Topics: adding podcasts in Overcast app; adding contact in Alexa app; sending audio message in iMessage; merging calls; mag safe charger compatible with SE22; does Apple Watch come with charger?; expand description in YouTube; media playback; toggling automatic capitalization; entering pin code on Amazon; iBUG Bytes - recovering deleted text messages in iOS 16; iToys segment - iPhone 14 Pro; dismissing Siri; scrub gesture; changing your name on Zoom;

Sep 30, 20222 hr

#551 - September 19, 2022

Facilitators: Greg and Sandhya Topics: YouTube subscriptions; dock on Apple Watch; Face id and new iPhone; Face id with alternte appearance for a different person; downloading YouTube app; stacked apps - widget; notifications of reminders; physical mute button on iPhone; designating e-mail as not junk; getting description of photos; changing dark mode and light mode automatically; iBUG Bytes - iCloud back up; suggestions in share sheet; using Siri to share with iMessage; filters in messages; iOS...

Sep 30, 20222 hr 3 min

#550 - September 12, 2022

Facilitators: Brad and Sandhya Topics: Special 550th iBUG Buzz Call Celebration; introductions with a twist; trivia about the Buzz call; trivia about the facilitators; trivia about our callers; iBUG Bytes - door detection - Herbie; overview of Far Out Apple Event on September 7, - Sree; closing remarks.

Sep 15, 20222 hr 5 min

#549 - August 29, 2022

Facilitators: Stephen and Sandhya Topics: setting up an Apple Watch; setting up default search engine; searching for a website; mobile Deployment management system; filling out a PDF form; notifications of mail in dock; keypad on Phone app; navigating phone tree; iBUG Bytes - blocking a caller; deleting a favorite; finding blocked voice mail; spoof numbers; blocking an e-mail; moving e-mail out of junk folder; connecting microphone to iPhone; disappearing e-mails; plans for puchasing an iPhone....

Sep 02, 20222 hr 1 min

#548 - August 22, 2022

Facilitators: Terry-Ann and Sandhya Topics: stop ticking when loading a page; two-finger swipe right = interact, and two-finger swipe left = stop interacting; one-tap mobile in Zoom; Braille Screen Input and text messages; sharing a post in Facebook; direct touch; iBUG Bytes - keyboard settings; resizing a widget; viewing Airpod battery status in battery widget; iToys segment - Apple Magic Blue tooth keyboards; turning off flashlight; saving multiple photos from text....

Aug 25, 20222 hr

#547 - August 15, 2022

Facilitators: Greg and Sandhya Topics: apple Watch, wifi only model, can still use if have iPhone nearby; audio notification for mail; deleted text messages on iPhone still show up on Apple Watch; creating a customized shortcut in Shortcuts app; where does app go when downloaded. from app store?; wifi calling; ticking when loading website in Safari; iBUG Bytes - iPhone storage settings; Safari versus Google Chrome; mag safe charger; adding a wigit; Tik Tok app; Trackit app for finding blue tooth...

Aug 18, 20222 hr

#546 - August 8, 2022

Facilitators: Brad and Sandhya Topics: activating fall detection on Apple Watch; switching call from iPhone to Apple Watch and visa versa; creating contact from new number; how to save iBUG Zoom link; how to toggle; insertion point needs to be in body of e-mail message; how to turn off blue tooth quickly; deleting an audio text message; iBUG Bytes - adding item to a reading list in Safari; repeatedly prompted to verify Apple id; sending mail to trash; turning off image description; search button...

Aug 13, 20222 hr 1 min

#545 - August 1, 2022

Facilitators: Maria and Sandhya Topics: Siri not sending text to Android device; updating to iOS 15.6; dictation is timing out; taptic time on Apple Watch; backing up contacts to iCloud; iBUG Bytes - navigating messages in e-mail thread and opening an attachment; reviewing tags in Facebook; Facebook on web versus in app; navigating through long YouTube video; locating tweets on Twitter; setting up back tap; Withings thermometer accessible with iPhone app.

Aug 03, 20222 hr 1 min

#544 - July 25, 2022

Facilitators: Terry-Ann and Sandhya Topics: creating a phone number with additional extension for phone tree; battery optimization; audio ducking; making a call with Beats Flecks headphones; blue tooth battery level in status bar; renaming folders on home screen; turning on Hey Siri; slide to type increases sensativity; iBUG Bytes - Do Not Disturb now in Focus settings; restoring a tab in Facebook; asking Siri for the temperature.

Jul 28, 20222 hr

#543 - July 18, 2022

Facilitators: Greg and Sandhya Topics: recording greeting for voice mail; Okeefe headphones; deleting app versus removing from home screen; the app library; reading pinned text message; inaccessible overlays on websites; add blockers make block inaccessible overlays; raise to wake setting; iBUG Bytes- customizing your e-mail signature; Volume in rotor controls VoiceOver volume, not system volume; sharing a YouTube video; sharing Wordle results; deleting multiple e-mail messages; reordering favor...

Jul 24, 20222 hr 1 min

#542 - July 11, 2022

Facilitators: Brad and Sandhya Topics: typing methods - standard or touch; finding accessible Wordle website; screen reader mode in running in Wordle; accessing passwords in key chain; deleting a contact; Apple Watch with cell data; trouble with magic tap to hang up a call; iBUG Bytes - granting apps permission to access the microphone or camera; using quick start to set up a new iPhone; two factor authentication, once invoked cannot be reversed; reading text messages from lock screen; settings ...

Jul 24, 20222 hr 2 min

#541 - July 4, 2022

Facilitators: Terry-Ann and Sandhya Topics: setting up Face ID; turning off notifications for apps; setting up notification in a Facebook group; Siri with calender; calendar versus reminders; triggering the proximity sensor; Eloquence coming to iPhone; iBUG Bytes - hiding alerts on text thread; spam in Facebook Messenger app; accessible chess app - Shredder and Chess Wise; preventing mail from going to spam folder; mailbox behaviors; imap versus pop3; Envision app will be free; single-finger dou...

Jul 07, 20222 hr 1 min
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