[BlindTlk] Packages Left In Bushes

[Humberto]

Hello,


Going off of what Jen has said regarding Informed Delivery with USPS, 
yes, you sign up for it, and it will brief you in an email the very 
morning you will receive something in your mailbox. It's easy to sign up 
and set up. It will present scanned images as they are brought in and 
sorted to head your way. Those images are not accessible but you can 
make them accessible if you use VoiceOver on an iPhone, iPad ETC. and 
yes, soetimes, JAWS with the PC.


What I've done is to tripple tap on the "Scanned image of your Mail 
Piece." graphic, which will open it, and allow you to "share" which will 
open the share sheet, of which "Recognize with Seeing AI" is one of 
them. Just tap on that and it reads me neatly and accessibly what is on 
whatever envelope or package is. With JAWS, I just "PictureSmart" on the 
graphic.


Hope this helps, and hopefully no more packages waiting on bushes.


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On 11/30/2021 9:33 AM, Jen via BlindTlk wrote:
>   I think you can sign up for informed delivery on USPS. Now Informed Delivery just has to be accessible...
>      On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 11:01:54 AM EST, Justin Williams via BlindTlk<blindtlk at nfbnet.org>  wrote:
>   
>   Can you get something over e-mail or in text saying that your package has
> arrived?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peter
> Donahue via BlindTlk
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 10:52 AM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'<blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc:pmdonahue2 at gmail.com
> Subject: [BlindTlk] Packages Left In Bushes
>
> Good morning everyone,
>
>      We've had several occasions where Mary's brother and sister in law
> sent us merchandise. The delivery dates came and went without the packages
> arriving so we thought. We later found out that the UPS and Fed-X delivery
> folks left them in bushes believing they would be safe from porch pirates.
> If you can see the packages in the bushes that works well but not so for
> blind recipients. Were if it not for our neighbors, apartment maintenance or
> Via Trans Drivers finding the packages we never would have known they were
> left for us and their possibly being stolen or food spoiling.
>
>      One vendor from which we receive merchandise has delivery
> instructions from us that tell them to:
>
>      "Knock or ring doorbell. Do not leave packages in bushes."
>
>      With these rules of engagement in place we've never had trouble with
> them leaving packages for us we couldn't find. We thought of putting a note
> on our front door telling delivery folks to leave the parcels in front of
> our door where they can be easily found and we won't fall prey to porch
> pirates. If they knock or ring the doorbell it's further assurance we can
> get them inside right away.
>
>      Okay these are ways we thought of to address this issue. Further
> suggestions will be most welcome. Happy Holidays everyone.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
>
>
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