Date of Meeting: March 9, 2024
When: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Virtually
The Visually impaired and Blind Users Group Meeting was called to order at 1:05 p.m. by Margaret Gaffney, Vice President. Following introductions, the following announcements were made.
Margaret Gaffney stated that we have had some additional members joining.
John Smith indicated we have had 4 people join in the last month. He also explained we do not send out notices reminding people to join, but there is a paypal button people can use. We can also send invoices, if people need, but most people have not asked for them.
Jeanette stated we would soon have a meeting discussing issues, such as dues, zoom bombers, and other relevant concerns.
Steve Dresser informed Jeanette Kutash that there is a Hable update which can be accessed through the Hable app. He also indicated this update actually came out in February.
Margaret Gaffney indicated there are some Jaws updates and some zoomtext updates as well. You need to have agreed to be a part of the "early adopters" program in order to see these AI features that have been added to Jaws.
David announced that on April 4th the Carroll Center will have a zoom call where the new features of his book being released will be discussed.
Hims-Inc. announced that they will be at csun.
Our speaker was unable to attend our meeting, and unable to contact us in a timely fashion prior to the meeting. We had an extended question and answer session.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted, Jeanette Kutash, Vibug Clerk