[Njabs-talk] NJABS Minutes for 12/11/2011

Thu Dec 15 22:21:40 UTC 2011

Hi Evelyn,  I read over the minutes from Sunday. I hope you recieved my text.  I apologize for what happened.  Let me know if i can be of any help for next months conference call Melissa Hurff
 > Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:44:57 +0000
> From: tweetybaby19 at comcast.net
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> Subject: [Njabs-talk] NJABS Minutes for 12/11/2011
> 
> NJABS Minutes
> 
> "Technology touches iPhone 4. S".
> 
> The call began at 8:05 PM: Greg recited the NFB pledge. Then he talked for several 
> minutes about the new iPhone 4.S
> 
> 8:09 PM: Danny talked about Siri. TO activate it, press and hold the 
> home button.
> 
> It is a service on the iPhone 4.S, and it is able to not only recognize 
> your voice for simple dictation, but also to answer some questions and 
> find information previously not possible with this type of voice interface.
> 
> You can ask questions using Siri. Where is the nearest Italian 
> Restaurant for example? What is the weather? You can text people as 
> well. This is basically talking to your iPhone. You can also say call 
> whoever. You have to go by the names in your contacts but it is so much 
> more convenient. Siri is amazing. It is definitely worth it. It is the 
> main selling point for the iPhone 4S.
> 
> 8:12 PM: Greg talked about aps. First he mentioned Omoby. Omoby can now 
> identify money. Omoby is Google based. Then he talked about VizWiz. With 
> VizWiz, you take a picture of something. It read's what you take a 
> picture of.
> 
> Danny added concerning VizWiz. You take the picture. Then record 
> something like a question. Then you send it to people on the web. They 
> see your picture and message and they type their answer back. You may be 
> wondering about the calorie information on a bag of Doritos. They may 
> say, turn the bag of Doritos around. You may take a picture of a CD for 
> example and ask what cd is this? They may say, Move the camera up. The 
> name is cut off.
> 
> Greg talked about more apps. Twitter is now built into the iPhone 
> operating system. One good website to visit for information on what apps 
> are accessible and what ones are not is
> 
> www.applevis.com .
> 
> Danny said: In addition to Applevis.com, there is also
> 
> www.maccessibility.net.
> 
> They have an extensive list of accessible IOS apps. There are many 
> accessible games too.
> 
> 8:17 PM: Isabel Rodriguez  demonstrates Siri. She said what will the weather be 
> like tomorrow? The iPhone brought up the weather app. Isabel can now 
> swipe and read the weather with the weather app. Isabel said: I love 
> you. Siri said: You can't. You can say things like find the nearest cab. 
> Isabel said: Will you marry me? Siri said: My end user license agreement 
> does not cover marriage.
> 
> 8:21 pm: Evelyn asked about iPhone 5.
> 
> There may be a hologram keyboard feature on iPhone 5.
> 
> Will the Siri name change? Probably not. Siri was already an assistant. 
> Apple bought it out. With another app called Vlingo, you can speak in 
> text messages. Not as great. It works with earlier iPhones though.
> 
> Approx. 8:22: We Talked about the Battery. There is an extended battery 
> in the 4.S.
> 
> 8:28: Evelyn Talked about the title. Our NJABS calls now will all have 
> titles. This one's title is Technology touches iPhone 4.S.
> 
> Concerning the operating system on the iPhone 4S, Danny said there will 
> be another upgrade soon. 5.1. It will contain fixes. It will be better 
> with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. These things will be accessible using Siri. It 
> is Good to have wireless off when on the street.
> 
> 8:31 PM: Attendance was taken. Members present:
> 
> Evelyn Valdez - President.
> Shafeka Hashash - Vice President.
> Benjamin Vercellone -- Secretary.
> Mark Colasurdo: Treasurer
> Greg Rivera - board member.
> Maxine Lomax: Board Member
> Danny Romero
> Isabel Rodriguez
> Beatrice Olivetti.
> Sharon Cortezano.
> Carlos Herrera.
> 
> 8:33 pm: The NJABS Board has new members.
> 
> Maxine Lomax. She was formerly known as Marie. She said she is Excited 
> to be on NJABS. She is excited to work with us.
> 
> Next was Mark colasurdo.  He is the new 
> treasurer. He will transfer the bank from Valley National to somewhere 
> near him.
> 
> Anthony Rayes was next. I believe he is in charge of web design. He and 
> Greg will put together the NJABS website.
> 
> Melissa Hurff is now engaged. Her Fiance's name is John.
> 
> Evelyn said there is a new contest. Campus champions ofchallenge. 
>  We decided to enter our NJABS 
> Student Convention held this spring into the contest.
> 
> For the contest, it will be narrowed down to 15 projects. They will be 
> invited to the White House. We will be on TV if selected. MTV-U will be 
> hosting our event.
> 
> We applied for a grant for the Washington seminar. We will have a 
> conference call concerning the seminar. There will be a guest caller to 
> discuss the three issues. The grant money will be arriving shortly.
> 
> Next we talked about the after the holiday party. Everyone on call must 
> attend. It is from 1 to 5 on January 7.
> 
> 8:44 pm. Evelyn talked about the Hotel room that we reserved for that 
> night. It is $85 a night.
> 
> 8:49 PM: Evelyn said she thinks we covered everything. Evelyn is going 
> to LCB at the end of January. She thanks all of us. Happy holidays. Call ended.
> 
> Respectfully submitted,
> 
> Benjamin Vercellone - 
> secretary.
> 
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