Archive: iBUG Cafe

Here, you will find the audio archive of our previous iBUG Cafe trainings. They are sorted by year, and ordered reverse-chronologically. Are you interested in attending future iBUG Cafe trainings? If so, please click here.

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2024

Facilitator: Sree

Audible App

Introduction.

Welcome.

Time: 00:00:00 to  00:08:49

Audible App

Introduction.

Time: 00:08:50 to 00:10:51

Audible Topics Part 1:

Why Audible?

Who is Audible?

Overview of a membership.

Where to get it?

Explain the Audible App.

Review the Settings..

Sign-In.

Profile.

App Settings.

Player Controls.

Books Syncing with other devices.

Libraries.

Connect to other apps.

Alexa.

Time: 00:10:52 to 00:37:06

 Q and A.

Time: 00:37:08 to 00:47:57

 Audible Topics Part 2:

Home Screen.

Search.

Reviews..

Purchase.

Play a purchased book.

Audible Plus.

Sign-In.

Time: 00:47:58 to 01:09:38

Q and A.

Time: 01:09:39 to 01:24:09

Facilitator: Sree:

 Sree

Introduction.

This weeks events.

Round table introduction

Ice breaker question

What is your favorite online shopping app?

Your name, where you calling from?

First time here at the Cafe?

 Presentation Outline

1: Introduction.

Time: 0:10:18

 Topic:

 Part 1

2. Amazon intro and App install

3. Sign in.

4. Setup Credit Card.

5. iPhone Settings.

6. Long Press  on App.

7. Hiding the App.

8. Sharing the app.

9. Reviewing the Home Screen.

Time: 00:43:10

Open it up for Q and A

Time: 00:44:24

 Part 2

10. Purchasing April Air filter.

Time: 01:13:57

 Open it up for Q and A

Time: 01:35:03

Facilitator: Sree

Sree: Round table introduction; Ice breaker question: Are you running iOS 17 or 18?

Topic: iOS 18

Part 1: Application

iOS 18 Introduction.

iOS 18 Application:

1. How to lock an App - Safari App?

2. How to hide an app - Call Annie App?

3. How to do a calculation on a text field - Notes App?

4. How to enhance your Message by adding enhancement such as bold and underline and send a message at a later day and time - Message App?

5. How does RCS work - Message App?

6. High level over view of the new Password App.

7.  High overview of the Photos App.

8. New features in the Voice Memo App.

Duration: 00:32:04

Part 2 - Settings:

9. The new layout of the Settings.

10. How to remove the app name on the Home Screen?

11. How to remove  or add an app  a the Lock Screen?

12. How to Move an app around the Home Screen - Camera App?

13. The new name change and how to do an iCloud backup.

14. How to resize a Widget in the Home Screen?

15. How does the new battery optimizer work - Battery Settings?

16. How to add Control  Center apps into the Action Button?

Duration: 00:24:03

 Part 3 - Accessibility and Voiceover

17. The benefit of setting up the Vocal Shortcut.

18. Now your phone vibrates to the music.

19. Two new soothing sounds to relax you.In Voiceover:

20: The new haptic vibration notification  after Voiceover turns on.

21. How to setup Delay Before Selection.

22. The new Speech feature in iOS 18.

Duration: 00:22:19

Episode 1: Physical layout of the iPhone.

- Exterior: Left side, Right side, Back and Underneath.

- Screen: Status Bar, Apps and Widgets, Search and Dock

Episode 2: Turning  on and off Voiceover.

- What is Voiceover?

- Different ways to turn on Voiceover.

Episode 3: Siri.

- How to setup Siri?

- Screen cover settings.

Episode 4: Unlock.

- Home Screen.

- App Switcher.

- Control Center.

- Notification Center.

Episode5: Things to turn on and off.

- Inside Settings.

- Inside Accessibility.

- Inside Voiceover.

Episode 6: 1 finger touch and explore.

Episode 7: 1 Finger Gestures.

- Swipe left and right

- Tap, Double Tap, and Triple Tap.. .

- Split Tap.

Episode 8: 2 Finger Gestures.

- Swipe Down and Up.

- Scrub.

- Tap, Double Tap,  Triple Tap and Quadruple Tap.. .

- Rotor.

Episode 9: 3 Finger Gestures.

- Swipe left, right, up and down.

- Tap, Double Tap,  Triple Tap and Quadruple Tap.. .

Episode 10: 4 Finger Gestures.

- Swipe.

- Single Tap near the top and bottom.

- Double Tap for the Help Menu.

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

Facilitator:  Sree    

Topics: Introduction - Sree

Weekly iBUG events - Michael

Welcome - Sree:

 Icebreaker Question: Do you use  Facebook?

Presentation: The Facebook app  - Sandhya and Michael.

iBUG Café #106 March 10, 2024

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.

iBUG Café #105 February 10, 2024

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?

  • Presentation: The Apple TV Box - Sree

iBUG Café #104 January 14, 2024

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.


2023

iBUG Café #103 December 10, 2023

Facilitator: Sree    

Topics:

  • Introduction - Sree;

  • Weekly iBUG events - Sandhya;

  • Welcome - Sree;

  • Icebreaker Question: Have you ever used the Seeing AI or Vision apps?

  • Presentation:

    • Seeing AI app - Brad & Sandhya

    • Vision app - Sree

iBUG Café #102 November 12, 2023

Facilitator: Sree

Topics:

  • 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:

    • Envision AI app - Sree

    • Envision Glasses - Brad

    • Orcam Glasses - Stan

iBUG Café #101 October 8, 2023

Facilitator: Sree

Topics:

  • Introduction

  • Sandhya: iBUG Weekly events

  • Sree: Welcome, Icebreaker Question: Have you used Voice Control or an external keyboard?

  • Presentation/Topics

  • Sree:

    • Voice Control

      • Setting up Voice Control

      • Navigating around Home Screen

      • Apps: iMessage and Camera

      • Dictation and editing 

  • Roy:

    • External Keyboard Part A

      • Pairing a bluetooth keyboard 

      • Basic keyboard configuration

      • Keyboard navigation

      • Using keyboard to change Calendar events

      • Safari navigation

    • External Keyboard Part B

      • Safari: iBUGToday Podcast

      • Safari: iBUGToday Zoom conference link

      • Navigating around the BARD App

      • Keyboard tips 

iBUG Café #100 September 10, 2023

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 to 01:48:16).

iBUG Café #99 August 13, 2023

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.

iBUG Café #98 July 9, 2023

Facilitator: Sree

Topics:

  • Icebreaker - Have you ever used Ask Annie or the Chat GPT app?;

  • Ask Annie - Sree;

  • Chat GPT - Pete.

iBUG Café #97 June 11, 2023

Facilitator: Sree

Topics:

  • Icebreaker  -  What is your email 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. 

iBUG Café #96 May 13, 2023

Facilitator: Sree

Topics:

  • Icebreaker - Do you use the Reminders or Messages app?;

  • Reminders app - Sree;

  • The Messages app - Pete.

iBUG Café #95 April 16, 2023

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.

iBUG Café #94 March 12, 2023

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.

iBUG Café #93 February 11, 2023

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.

iBUG Café #92 January 8, 2023

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 - workout, typing on Apple Watch.


2022

iBUG Café #91 December 11, 2022

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 in 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.

iBUG Café #90 October 9, 2022

Facilitator: Sree

Topics: 

  • Icebreaker - Do you use an OCR app?;

  • Voice Dream Scanner - Sree;

  • Voice Dream Reader - Herbie.

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iBUG Café #89 September 11, 2022

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.

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iBUG Café #87 Supplement July 10, 2022

Facilitator: Sree

Topics: This is a supplemental wordle demo to the one performed during the meeting.

iBUG Café #87 July 10, 2022

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

iBUG Café #86 June 12, 2022

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:

iBUG Café #85 May 15, 2022

Facilitator: Sree

Topics: 

  • Do you use a cloud storage service? If so, which one?

  • Dropbox app - Herbie;

  • Files app - Sree.

iBUG Café #84 April 10, 2022

Facilitator: Sree

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.

iBUG Café #83 March 13, 2022

Facilitator: Sree

Topics: 

  • iBUG announcements;

  • ice breaker -  What is your favorite travel destination?;

  • Travelocity - Sree;

  • Uber - Herbie;

  • Sound Scape - Marian.

iBUG Café #82 February 12, 2022

Facilitator: Sree

Topics:

  • iBUG Announcements;

  • ice breaker - On which iOS did Apple introduce Braille Screen Input and touch typing? 

  • Sree: VoiceOver on/off, Learn More, VoiceOver Practice, Speaking Rate.

    Brad: Speech, Verbosity. 

  • Maria: Braille.

  • Nancy: Commands, Rotos, Typing.

  • Marian: Voice Over Recognition Quick Settings.

  • Herbie: Audio.

  • Sandhya: Rotor Actions, Navigation Style, Navigate Images, Large Cursors, Caption Panel, Double Tap Timeout.

  • Sree: Activity

iBUG Café #81 January 9, 2022

Facilitator: Sree

Topics: 

  • Icebreaker - How many minutes did the iBUG Café spend on Zoom for 2021? 

  • Zoom history and statistics - Sree; 

  • The Zoom invitation - Terry-ann;  

  • the Zoom app as a participant - Brad;

  • the Zoom app as a host - Michael.


2021

iBUG Café #80 December 12, 2021

Facilitator: Sree and Sandhya

Topics: 

  • Icebreaker - How long will it take  a hacker to break an 11 numeric digit code? 

  • Sree - two factor authentication;

  • Kelsey - iCloud Keychain;

  • Chanelle – One Password.

iBUG Café #79 November 14, 2021

Facilitators: Sree and Sandhya

Topics: 

  • Icebreaker – Do you prefer to shop on Black Friday or Cyber Monday?  

  • Ebay app  – Sree;

  • Amazon app – David;

  • Walmart app – Herbie.

iBUG Café #78 October 10, 2021

Facilitators: Sree and Sandhya

Topics:  

  • extending battery life – Sree;

  • App Library – Herbie;

  • Widgets – Maria.

iBUG Café #77 September 12, 2021

Facilitators: Sree and Sandhya

Topics: 

  • iBUG announcements;  

  • ice breaker – What apps or tools do you use to label items?

  • Way Around – Liz;

  • NaviLens – Sree.

iBUG Café #76 August 8, 2021

Facilitators: Sree and Sandhya

Topics: 

  • iBUG announcements;  

  • ice breaker – What apps or tools do you use to label items?

  • Way Around – Liz;

  • NaviLens – Sree.

iBUG Café #75 July 11, 2021

Facilitators: Sree and Sandhya

Topics: 

  • iBUG announcements;  ice breaker –  What is your favorite game on the iPhone? 

  • Blindfold Solitaire – Chanelle;

  • Farkle on RS Games  – George;

  • games on the Alexa app on the iPhone – Herbie.

iBUG Café #74 June 13, 2021

Facilitators: Sree & Sandhya

Topics: 

  • iBUG announcements;  

  • ice breaker – What item do you lose the most?

  • Tile – Sandhya;

  • AirTags – Sree.

iBUG Café #73 May 8, 2021

Facilitators: Sree and Sandhya

Topics: 

  • iBUG announcements;  

  • ice breaker – Do you use a streaming service?  If so, which one?

  • Amazon Prime – Sandhya;

  • Apple TV – Sree;

  • Netflix – Michael.

iBUG Café #72 April 11, 2021

Facilitators: Sandhya and Michael

Topics: 

  • Icebreaker: Do you use the Clubhouse app? If not, are you interested in joining Clubhouse?

  • iBUG announcements – Sandhya;

  • Clubhouse app – Sree Roy, George Battiste, and Marc Baillergent.

iBUG Café #71 March 14, 2021

Facilitators: Sandhya and Michael

Topics: 

  • iBUG announcements;  

  • ice breaker – In honor of Pie Day 3/14/21, what is your favorite pie?  

  • Calendar app – Jerrry Doody, 

  • VO Calendar – Marc Baillergent

iBUG Café #70 February 14, 2021

Facilitators: Sandhya and Michael

Topics:  

  • iBUG announcements;  

  • ice breaker – how do you navigate? Cane, guide dog? Or sighted guide? 

  • What is Lidar? - Sandhya; 

  • Apple’s People finder – Sree; 

  • Seeing AI World View – Sree; 

  • Super Lidar – Sandhya; 

  • Seeing AI People Finder – Sree; 

  • Clew – Michael

iBUG Café #69 January 10, 2021

Facilitator: Sandhya

Topics:

  • iBUG announcements;

  • icebreaker – Do you have an Apple Watch;

  • Apple Watch app and accessibility features – Brad;

  • health app features on Apple Watch – Kenny;

  • workout features on Apple Watch – Herbie.


2020

iBUG Café #68 December 13, 2020

Facilitator: Michael and Sandhya

Topics:

  • Ice breaker: Do you use a Bluetooth keyboard? If so, which one?

  • iBUG announcements;

  • Review of Bluetooth keyboards – Logitech 380 and Apple Magic Keyboard – Tamer;

  • review of Bluetooth foldable keyboard by Joyzy – Sandhya;

  • Bluetooth keyboard commands – Roy.

iBUG Café #67 November 8, 2020

Facilitator: Michael and Sandhya

Topics:

  • Icebreaker: Do you use a file management app like Voice Dream Reader or the Files app; 

  • iBUG announcements; 

  • Voice Dream Reader - Nancy; 

  • Files app – David & Sandhya. 

iBUG Café #66 October 11, 2020

Facilitators: Sandhya and Stephen

Topics: 

  • iBUG announcements;  

  • icebreaker: Name a website that you visit on a daily or regular basis;

  • Safari – Sandhya Rao, Herbie Allen, and Jennie Facer;

  • Safari settings;

  • layout of the Safari app;

  • format features;

  • the address bar;

  • the reload button;

  • sharing a link;

  • adding items to the rotor;

  • navigating a website with the rotor;

  • creating, saving, and deleting bookmarks;

  • auto fill on website forms;

  • saving passwords;

  • downloading a podcast from a website.

iBUG Café #65 September 13, 2020

Facilitators: Sandhya and Stephen

Topics: 

  • Ice breaker: What OCR or text recognition apps do you use?

  • Envision AI – Kenny;

  • Voice Dream Scanner – David;

  • Super Sense – Sandhya

iBUG Café #64 August 9, 2020

Facilitators: Sandhya, Keith, Michael, and Kenny

Topics:

  • iBUG announcements;

  • icebreaker - what app or device do you use to take notes?

iBUG Café #63 July 12, 2020

Facilitators: Sandhya

Topics:

  • Summer Games

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iBUG Café #62 June 14, 2020

Facilitators: Keith, Kelsey, Michael, and Wes

Topics:

  • Health App,

  • MyChart App

iBUG Café #61 May 10, 2020

Facilitators: Sandhya and Linda

Topics:

  • Instant Pot and Roomba

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iBUG Café #59 March 8, 2020

Facilitators: Sandhya and Herbie

Topics:

  • YouTube

iBUG Café #58 February 9, 2020

Facilitators: Sandhya and Herbie

Topics:

  • Calendar and reminders

iBUG Café #57 January 12, 2020

Facilitators: Michael, Sandhya, and Herbie

Topics:

  • Apple Pay, PayPal, and Cash App

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