Our next meeting of the Philadelphia computer Users' Group for the blind 
and Visually Impaired will take place on Friday, October 24 from 
8:00-10:00 PM Eastern time.  People outside of Philadelphia are more 
than welcome to call.  October 31 is a holiday for many of us and also 
coincides with a local ACB state convention.
There are several topics which I expect will come up.  First, as of the 
time of this writing Freedom Scientific has released the second beta of 
JAWS 16.  It is possible that version 16 may be out by the time of our 
meeting.  I'm curious to know if any of you have used this latest 
version and what you think about it.  Of note, JAWS 16 will be able to 
recognize PDF documents which are scanned images as well as containing a 
search engine to locate keystrokes for many JAWS commands.  If you're a 
JAWS user, will you be upgrading to version 16?  Have you tried any of 
the new features?
Also, Humanware has released version 4.4 of the next-generation victor 
Stream.  This version allows you to download books from the BARD 
service, as well as podcasts.  Have you tried this new version on your 
Stream?  How do you like it?
Finally, I'd like to continue the conversation begun by Lisa Salinger 
during last month's meeting about the pros and cons of iOS 8.  While 
this operating system contains many new features, it seems to be equally 
rich when it comes to bugs.  What issues have you encountered and what 
workarounds have you used to get around them?
To participate, call (712) 432-3900.  When prompted for your access 
code, enter 391477, followed by the pound key.  I look forward to 
talking with all of you.

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    Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired
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