[CODE4LIB] QR Code Reader - Android Cell Phones

2024-03-12 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I used a free QR code reader for the past year which worked great but that doesn't seem to be listed in Google Play anymore for Androids. I installed Binary Eye and it took a lot of time to finally scan a QR code on a package and then opens a window which doesn't tell me mu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows 10 - Safe to Eject Flash Drive

2024-03-07 Thread charles meyer
HI Deborah, I'm glad you've been so lucky. I would ignore that warning, too (like "Illegal operation" which got so many users riled up about years ago) but one day I inserted the flash drive and it wouldn't open that file I update daily. Later, I learned from others you can NOT just ignore that

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows 10 - Safe to Eject Flash Drive

2024-03-04 Thread charles meyer
Hi Filipe, I see I;m not the only W10 sufferer with this disruptive matter. Thank you for sharing that and checking it. Charles. Charlotte County Public Library Date:Sat, 2 Mar 2024 21:20:30 + From:Filipe Bento Subject: Re: Windows 10 - Safe to Eject Flash Drive All my PCs / lap

[CODE4LIB] Windows 10 - Safe to Eject Flash Drive

2024-03-02 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, XP and W7 never seemed to have this issue but it's huge with W10. I 'll insert a flash drive into my laptop. I'll open that flash drive in File Explorer and open a Word file. I'll then open 2-3 browsers and other applications and then close the flash drive file opened and

[CODE4LIB] Telemedicine Visit - help needed

2024-03-01 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I'm trying to help do a telemedicine with a doctor on either of the following 2 laptops. On the Dell Latitude E6540 running W10, we can visit a Web site which tests your video and we can see ourselves on the laptop screen. But, when we conduct that Windows - Audio test it

[CODE4LIB] Moving Text Messages to new Android Cell phone

2024-02-24 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I haven't read where and how apps are vetted and not generating info for large tele companies so I feel less vulnerable to AI use (abuse) by simply opening side-by-side File Explorer windows and dragging content from my old Sasmung cell to my new Samsung phone. That works q

Re: [CODE4LIB] TV -vs- Computer LED Monitor

2024-02-19 Thread charles meyer
Hi Erich and Joe, Thanks so much for your very detailed and informative thoughts and suggestions. Very educational and helpful. I found these 2 articles on Wirecutter https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-24-inch-monitor/ https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-4k-monitor

[CODE4LIB] TV - DVD tech lists

2024-02-18 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I would so appreciate you sharing alternative tech lists I might consider posting on about TV - DVD tech questions? Thank you kindly, Charles. Charlotte County Public Library

[CODE4LIB] TV -vs- Computer LED Monitor

2024-02-10 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates. We're considering adding a bigger screen for our new Makerspcase editing PCs. We have two 21" screen LED monitors that are over 10 years old. We create in Tinkercad, meshmixer and Cricitur so a bigger screen would really help. How big is big enough? 32 inch screen? 40 in

[CODE4LIB] Gmail - Blocking

2024-02-05 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, In my gmail I hovered the mouse over every icon above my Inbox but do not see any Block option. I pressed on the 3 vertical dots but no Block option appears. I Googled this and found 4 different ways suggested but none work. For personal security reasons, I need to block

[CODE4LIB] Camera + app for Android cell

2024-01-31 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, You all are great re: which are the better no to less tracking apps to load on your cell. Camera + was suggested as a way to easily with the slider below to adjust light when preparing a shot. I need to take shots under a bathroom sink for a plumber to assess what work is

[CODE4LIB] Mobile Printing - Payment Processing

2024-01-24 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmaates, We need to replace our mobile printing - copying system and related payment processing. It's been terrible. We're supposed to meet with reps from TBS. Does anyone have any experience with TBS or have stumbled upon any independent, objective rebows of them? If not, would

[CODE4LIB] clicker remote for Power Point presentations

2024-01-18 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, Which clicker (remote) have you found works best with Power Point on a Windows 10 laptop? It makes it a lot easier to advance screens manually when you don't want to futz with the PPT timer. Does the clicker arrive with its own software or is that just a Windows 10 settin

Re: [CODE4LIB] 3D Print - Correcting a Thingiverse .stl

2024-01-12 Thread charles meyer
This is a matter of which of the many settings to tweak to what specific setting. Ex. infil, speed, temp, Z distance. As they say, the devil's on the details. Charles. Date:Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:00:12 -0800 From:Baffo 32 Subject: Re: 3D Print - Correcting a Thingiverse .stl It seems inc

Re: [CODE4LIB] 3D Print - Correcting a Thingiverse .stl

2024-01-12 Thread charles meyer
Hi Lena, It's been my experience 3d Printing that stringiness is attributable to the settings but knowing which setting(s) to change - that's the rub. That can also change on each print. Some people think 3D printing is like manufacturing where you set the machine specs and click Print. The tr

Re: [CODE4LIB] 3D Print - Correcting a Thingiverse .stl

2024-01-12 Thread charles meyer
Hi Erich, A patron was concerned re: the print as it did print stringy and so many I've printed for the past 5 1/2 years have printed well so they can get spoiled. I have spent countless hours with trial and error which is why I've learned to print a myriad of objects well. I'm not assigned 8 ho

[CODE4LIB] 3D Print - Correcting a Thingiverse .stl

2024-01-06 Thread charles meyer
Hi my esteemed listmates. I hope you're all enjoying a good new year. I'm visited with a continuing problem with 3D printing - stinginess. I'm so grateful people designing and sharing their creations on Thingiverse. It's so generous of them to do so. I encounter from time to time stringiness a

[CODE4LIB] Move image from DCIM folder to Home Screen on Samsung A03

2023-12-22 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed lsitmates After much perusing of help sites, I finally found this to be workable. Go to 'My Files' (not Gallery). Find the picture you want to add to your home screen. Long Press on that picture (a checkmark will appear over it). On the top right of your screen click on the 3 dots ico

[CODE4LIB] Move image from DCIM folder to Home Screen on Samsung A03

2023-12-22 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I've Goolged this and found most advise you take these steps If you have a Samsung device, go to Files and find the picture. Then long press to select it, click "More" on the bottom, then click "Add to home screen". When I Long Press and Choose More there is no add to home

[CODE4LIB] Viewing a Texted Reply in Firefox

2023-12-20 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed lsitmates, Through trial and error, I discovered you need to place your cursor in certain areas of the text message to view it and can't just click on it to view in FF. Maybe it's easier in another browser? Just sharing what I learned. Thank you, Charles. Charlotte County Public L

[CODE4LIB] Viewing a Texted Reply in Firefox

2023-12-20 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmaates, Sorry ofr such a seemingly basic question. I'm running W10 on a laptop. I Googled and found how you can email written text to a user's cell phone number in Firefox (PC) and it works well. But, when that user replies to my emailed text by texting back to me on their cell

[CODE4LIB] Dialing 911 with no service

2023-12-13 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I'm trying to help a person who's poor but not quite poor enough for a free phone. She really only needs to use her old LG Rebel 4 (which she had Tracfone service which expired 2 years ago) for 911 calls. The FCC requires all phones to be able to dial 911. Once she powers

[CODE4LIB] Voice to text software - Windows or Linux

2023-12-08 Thread charles meyer
My esteeme listmates, Has anyone used any of these in Windows 10 or any Linus distro? https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-open-source-speech-recognition-tools-for-linux/ Thank you, Charles. Charlotte County Public Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] QR Code replacement for business card

2023-12-05 Thread charles meyer
Hi Deborah, Thank you so much for giving it more thought and kindly sharing them! I guess I'm thinking even more of security now having produced a panel of 6 experts re: Economic Crimes plus I've had a couple of phishing expeditions this week as well. Maybe one day these miscreants will phish ou

Re: [CODE4LIB] QR Code replacement for business card

2023-12-04 Thread charles meyer
Joe, The zint QR generator did well on plain text but which generator would you recommend if one wanted to add graphics? Thank you, Charles. Charlotte County Public library And adding images to the QR code is no big deal… there are specifications for doing so, you just need to find a QR cod

Re: [CODE4LIB] QR Code replacement for business card

2023-12-02 Thread charles meyer
Thank you Erich and Thomas. I now have a better understanding of QR codes. Is there something I can do to protect the "text" in my QR code? You can imagine how some fraudster might want to manulute or misuse it? Can I pw protect it? It might seem cool one day to be able to add graphics (logo)

Re: [CODE4LIB] QR Code replacement for business card

2023-12-01 Thread charles meyer
Tamarra and Deborah et al, Thank you for your posts and questions. Thanks to Erich I was able to create a QR code with zint although it doesn’t seem to allow me to add our County Library logo. It does give me pause re: how that QR code could be used nefariously? If I just invite a perso

[CODE4LIB] Developing Linux Applications

2023-11-27 Thread charles meyer
Has anyone enjoyed success suggesting an application to the Linux Foundation or other Linux funding projects and then witnessing that application developed into a freely-offered (ro low cost) Linux program? I'm curious how that process works. Ex. GIMP was developed in Linux before teh Windows ve

[CODE4LIB] Gmail - Firefox to load most used account.

2023-11-27 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I have more than one gmail account. When I open Firefox it always opens to a lesser used gmail so I have wait for that s to load then have to right click on my profile to see the most used gmail and then click on that gmail to open that. Is there a way to set gmail so th

[CODE4LIB] lillyspeech

2023-11-19 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, Has anyone enjoyed success using lillyspeech in Windows 10? Thank you. Charles. Charlotte County Public Library

[CODE4LIB] QR Code replacement for business card

2023-11-14 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed lisatmates, If I just wanted to create a QR code others could scan off my Samsung Galaxy A03 so they would have my name, phone #, email, library name, address and Web site which site would you recommend for me to create a free "business card" replacement QR code? Thank you. Charles.

[CODE4LIB] robocall blocker

2023-11-14 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, Would you please share which robocall blockers you use (have used) and would suggest? I poked around Trusted Reviews and didn't see any. Thank you. Charles. Charlotte County Public Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] MSD Teams - gettign started

2023-11-08 Thread charles meyer
Hi Deborah, Thank you ever so much! You are spot on. All my Googled and YouTubed results addressed creating a New Team but, as you aptly shared, you don't have to create one just to hold a meeting. That's the value of belonging to a "most excellent" list like this - your experience bottom lines

[CODE4LIB] Video and Audio Recording a Speaker on a panel of several experts

2023-11-07 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I have one speaker who just phoned me to share he can't physically attend our meeting this Thursday evening. He can attend electronically which raises the question: Is it easier or better to use MS Teams or Zoom? I'd like to have the other panelists hear and see him from

[CODE4LIB] MSD Teams - gettign started

2023-11-07 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I understand how Creating a New Team in mS Teams was a lot easier 2-3 years ago but when I open MS Teams (just downloaded and installed today) it does not display like the Googled results. I want to create a new team so I can Add a person I need to “Team” invite in for

[CODE4LIB] Google Chat - Saving the Messages Exchanged

2023-11-06 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I need to save written communications on Google Chat. I've Googled this but all I get is suggestions re: Use Takeout. I see No Takeout option when I open Google Chat window. I tied saving the page like you do when you save a web site - Ctrl + Shift + K but it only saves o

[CODE4LIB] Graphics question - Sign in Sheet

2023-11-02 Thread charles meyer
My esteedmed liistmates, Would anyone with experience creating an event sign in sheet please share their thoughts on how they've created these? Please feel free to email me privately. I've poked around MS Publisher and Word Templates (New > Templates > Event or Business) and either a graphic I c

Re: [CODE4LIB] forensic cyber security certifying organizations

2023-10-31 Thread charles meyer
Hi Erich and Debora, Thank you for your helpful suggestions and insights. I couldn't recruit anyone from a local college but did find a good contact after a lot of networking. I've got 7 experts on the panel so it's looking good. Thank you again, Charles.

[CODE4LIB] 3D Scanners

2023-10-27 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, We're considering buying a 3D scanner so tuse in conjunction with our 3D printer. Which 3D scanners have you bought/used? Why have you preferred them? Did you have any bad experiences with any 3D scanner? Thank you. Charles.

Re: [CODE4LIB] forensic cyber security certifying organizations

2023-10-17 Thread charles meyer
I certainly respect that. What other orgs or path to a forensic cybersecurity expert speaker would you suggest? Thank you. Charles. Date:Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:49:39 + From:"Hammer, Erich F" Subject: Re: forensic cyber security certifying organizations You wouldn't expect to call up

[CODE4LIB] Gmail - Log out of one gmail and not all gmail accounts

2023-10-16 Thread charles meyer
ounts. Is there not a way to just sign out of one Gmail account at a time? Ive right clicked on that image but there is no option to sign out of just that account. Thank you, Charles. Charles Meyer Charlotte County Public Library

[CODE4LIB] Gmail - filtering

2023-10-16 Thread charles meyer
would be next? I see Edit and an Delete and then you're supposed to Continue and check Update but it's not clear where the Sent folder in Filter in Settings. Rather obtuse if you're not adjusting these regularly. Has anyone had to "remove" a gmail filter? Thank you, C

Re: [CODE4LIB] VPNs - free to low cost

2023-10-15 Thread charles meyer
Erich, Very helpful sites. Much appreciated. Charles. Charlotte County Public Library Date:Fri, 13 Oct 2023 12:10:01 + From:"Hammer, Erich F" Subject: Re: VPNs - free to low cost Note that neither of these mention VPN at all: https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-recognize-and-av

[CODE4LIB] forensic cyber security certifying organizations

2023-10-15 Thread charles meyer
rgs I could consider reaching out to? Thank you for your referrals, thoughts and suggestions. Charles. Charles Meyer Charlotte County Public Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] VPNs - free to low cost

2023-10-15 Thread charles meyer
Erich and Deborah, Thank you both so much for your explanations. It removes much of the confusion So many push for VPNs but that seems a choice for those wishing to keep private what sites they visit not security for a transaction. Charles.

Re: [CODE4LIB] VPNs - free to low cost

2023-10-12 Thread charles meyer
Deborah Fitchett wrote: So all your patron needs to do is make sure they go to the bank’s website, not some scammer’s. They don’t need any fancy extra services. …” Patron is concerned about using a library hotspot in her home and connecting to her brick and mortar bank using the library’s free WI

Re: [CODE4LIB] VPNs - free to low cost

2023-10-11 Thread charles meyer
Erich - and etal, Fascinating conversation. Really appreciate it. I'm left still wondering how to learn how to check that a connection is secure with a valid certificate? It seems a VPN would just keep where you visit private but little to no protection from fraudsters. I'm exploring https://

[CODE4LIB] Cleaning a smart phone before returning it

2023-10-09 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates A friend is returning their Samsung smart phone to the service provider. I Googled - How do I remove my personal information before I send back my device? I found this but something tells me there may be other precautionary steps to take? 1. Transfer your content. 2

Re: [CODE4LIB] VPNs - free to low cost

2023-10-07 Thread charles meyer
Hi Ray, Thank you so much ofr sharing privacy.com I will look into that. Much appreciated. Charles. Charlotte County Public Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] VPNs - free to low cost

2023-10-07 Thread charles meyer
Hi Erich and Tom, Thank you so much for sharing your helpful thoughts, experience with TunnelBear and links to trusted review sites. They are hard to come by for everything these days – consumer goods, electronics, etc. You wrote If you want the privacy from tracking or surveillance, I wouldn’t

[CODE4LIB] VPNs - free to low cost

2023-10-05 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, Patron on living on modest Social Security alone is exploring if there’s any free to low cost ($5-10 a month) VPN for her once a month electronic payment of her bank credit card from her checking account using a free library hotspot. Her bank for her credit card has no bric

Re: [CODE4LIB] [External] [CODE4LIB] Amazon purchasing

2023-10-03 Thread charles meyer
Steve and Joe, Both good thoughts but my battery isn't sold at IFxit or Dell anymore. It's a 10+ yr old laptop so I've no complaints. Thank you both, Charles.

[CODE4LIB] Amazon purchasing

2023-09-30 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, This is not a library question per se although I use my personal Dell laptop daily at the library. I need a battery replacement. I visited Amazon for that battery replacement which finds about 5-6 pages of results. I proceeded to check on each battery listing to verify it

[CODE4LIB] Cybercrimes - combatting

2023-09-29 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed estimates, I'm hearing and reading there's a tremendous rise in cybercrimes including victimizing vulnerable people with gift cards and also using Gmail, Facebook and Instagram to perpetuate criminal activity. I'm wondering if you've come across any artiles (maybe you've penned a few

[CODE4LIB] Capturing Scroll Downs in an exchanged Gmail

2023-09-26 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, This is a very serious. Normally, in Firefox when I want to take a screenshot of all that I see as I scroll down the page I press Ctrl + Shift + K and then type in :screenshot --fullpage and it captures WYSIWYG in a PNG on to my hard drive. I try that with back and forth

[CODE4LIB] Google Drive - Access + Security

2023-09-12 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmastes, We're not permitted to use Google Drive as employees of the library. For those who do use Google Drive, a patron wants to load her mp4 videos of historic import onto her Google Drive so with a link she can share those videos but not allow anyone access to the rest of her c

[CODE4LIB] Computer Forensic Expert

2023-09-07 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, Would you please share any computer forensic expert or resources I might consider contacting re: a library program I'm producing re: computer - tech fraud? I'm not certain who would be the certifying organization for a Computer Forensic Expert? Thank you so much. Charles.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Net Security Updates

2023-09-06 Thread charles meyer
Brent, Thank you. Charles. Charlotte County Public Library Date:Wed, 30 Aug 2023 14:35:43 + From:Brent Palmer Subject: Re: Net Security Updates This one would be a good one to start with: https://www.cisecurity.org/cybersecurity-threats Brent

[CODE4LIB] Net Security Updates

2023-08-29 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, Besides this AAA rated list, what else have you find helpful in staying/becoming informed re: net security issues? Invasive apps, composing software, etc.? Any recommended blogs, You Tubers, e-newsletters, tech journals, etc? Thank you. Hope you all can stay safe throug

[CODE4LIB] Fix it sites - forums

2023-08-21 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I was helping a patron troubleshoot a Whirlpool Cabrio top loader clothes washer issue. The Whirlpool site was less than instructive and I haven't had a lot of luck myself posting to reddit. She watched several Whilrpool YT videos and although 1 showed how to factory reset

Re: [CODE4LIB] Cell phone conundrum

2023-08-18 Thread charles meyer
Hi Lynda, Thank you so much for that kind help. You hit the nail on the head! She bought 500 minutes from Tracfone via their toll free phone # 3 months ago and they're all gone. Same thing when she bought the service plan with 1,500 minutes in Jan via HSN and they were all gone by April. Tracf

Re: [CODE4LIB] Cell phone conundrum

2023-08-17 Thread charles meyer
Tim, Debbie and Lynda, Thank you for your replies. I'm baffled by all this. I own an HSN Tracfone and I buy a new phone and new Tracfone service every January for $60 - $69.00 with 1,500 minutes. That's essentially $5.00- $5.83 a month. It expires each January and I often have many minutes Tr

[CODE4LIB] Cell phone conundrum

2023-08-15 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I beg your indulgences on this one. There are more than just one of our patrons who live on Social Security alone, dare I use the 4 letter word poor? They've been using a Tracfone from HSN for $60 for 1,500 minutes. After just 3-4 months they tied to make a cal and St

[CODE4LIB] skillshare

2023-08-08 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, Have any of you found skillshare a worthwhile investment for your library's patrons, co-workerrs, etc? Thank you. Charles. Charlotte County Public Library

[CODE4LIB] Mac Air - Saving text

2023-07-28 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I rarely use a Mac Air. I'm mostly on Windows 10. Patron has some simple text she wanted printed from her Mac Air. I opened Her Pages but you never see a destination drive choice like C: drive or G: Drive (flash drive) in File Explorer of Windows. Same deal with her Text

[CODE4LIB] Lenovo desktop - trying to unmute

2023-07-19 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, The Lenovo desktop PC running Windows 11 wouldn't unmute upon arrival at the library. In Windows, I clicked the sound icon (looks like a speaker) in the Windows Notification Area of the Taskbar but there's a line through the sound icon. When I click on that it won't change

[CODE4LIB] Constant Contact -vs- Mail Chimp

2023-07-19 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I recall about 3-4 years ago there was an excellent article comparing and contrasting Constant Contact -vs- Mail Chimp. I searched under Trusted Revows and Wirecutter. Have you found any independent, objective reviews of these 2? Thank you. Charles. Charlotte County P

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: [WEB4LIB] Cell Phone - restricted use

2023-07-18 Thread charles meyer
Looks like all cell phones, including old smart and flip phones would provide 911 access. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-9 See section 9.4 and 9.5 This user likes to play card games like solitaire and filling in in colors but I'm guessing that coudl get install

[CODE4LIB] Slides to Scan - equipment

2023-07-16 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I was asked what equipment (affordable) he could buy to scan in his 2.25 " x 2.25" slides from an old camera. I recall years ago Costco was providing services like that but my local warehouse doesn't. Thank you. Charles. Charlotte County Florida Public Library

[CODE4LIB] Cell Phone - restricted use

2023-07-16 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, To protect a good person who’s proven vulnerable to financial predators, I’m trying to ascertain if there is a cell phone which only dials out to 911 for emergencies? She has fallen prey to Instagram criminals and the goal is to provide her with a cell phone she can cal

[CODE4LIB] Cell phone software updates - legitimate

2023-07-06 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, What's the recommended method to ascertain if a cell phone software update is legitimate and/or necessary? Thank you. Charles. Charlotte County Florida Public Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] gmail groups deletions

2023-06-28 Thread charles meyer
Hi Deborah, The challenge is that my Inbox gets bloated and I have to delete emails so I have to dilate all these emails regularly in folders which just duplicate what I receive in other folders like my regular Inbox. That and older email with attachments which my gmail can't seem to find with

[CODE4LIB] gmail groups deletions

2023-06-26 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates In gmail I click Settings > Inbox and there is no check next to social, promotions, updates nor has there been for years. But, stil those folders bloat with new emails. How does one delete these groups forever and keep them deleted? Thank you. Charles. Charlotte County

Re: [CODE4LIB] Samsung A03 - vibrate every 10 minutes

2023-06-21 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, Thank you all for your helpful suggestions. My concern is what do these apps have access to on my cell? Do they have the right to sell/share that info unfettered? Joe - That TED timer looks cool as I used it on the browser on the laptop. https://timer.ted.com/

[CODE4LIB] gmail tech help from The Alphabet

2023-06-18 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I have a stubborn challenge in gmail. Kind people have shared suggestions and I've Googled this challenge many times and in many ways. I don't want to tax the patience of the good people on this list with the same question I've posted. Has anyone ever reached any tech sup

[CODE4LIB] Samsung A03 - vibrate every 10 minutes

2023-06-18 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I'm moderating a panel and need to have my cell vibrate as a reminder every 10 minutes so I know to move on to the next speaker. The manual didn't answer this. Yes, you can visit the clock and set a time for a notice but not every 10 minutes. The Samsung Members forum did

Re: [CODE4LIB] Time Lapse Video Recording

2023-06-09 Thread charles meyer
Tim, RD B and John, All great and much appreciated replies! I'm so curious re: Octolapse and will check that out. I used my droid cell which has Hypetlapse. I can record at 5x, 10x, 20x and 30x. Then, using VLC I toggled the videos so they run one after the other automatically for hours. We'r

[CODE4LIB] Time Lapse Video Recording

2023-06-07 Thread charles meyer
My esttemd lisstmates, I'm in a time crunch (who isn't these days?!) but I'm trying to video record our 3D printer to help promote both 3D printing and the library. Every You Tube video I've seen involved an iPhone or a Hollywood camera set up. I'd like just a basic video so people walking by c

[CODE4LIB] Simple Graphics for teaching software

2023-06-05 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I create simple graphics for instructing step-by-step learning of 3D software. I generally use MS Paint so I can just insert and easily modify arrows and a text box. What's bothersome is once I create a text box and type in text if my finger slips and the slashes around th

Re: [CODE4LIB] Searching older gmails for attachments

2023-05-31 Thread charles meyer
All I get with this search parameters is 100 total emails and from this past month. Nothing from earlier years. Where you typing in that search string? I typed in that top search window in gmail Charles. Date:Tue, 30 May 2023 02:04:38 + From:"Fitchett, Deborah" Subject: Re: Searc

Re: [CODE4LIB] Extracting words out of a .pdf

2023-05-31 Thread charles meyer
Thank you for excavating. Charles. Charlotte County Public Library Date:Tue, 30 May 2023 11:51:29 -0500 From:Tim McMahon Subject: Re: Extracting words out of a .pdf I found the manual for Presto! PageManager 9 for Windows and it has sections on OCR. What version do you have?

Re: [CODE4LIB] Extracting words out of a .pdf

2023-05-29 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listamtes, Thank you for your informative replies. I'd like to take a pdf Ive already scanned into a flash drive and nwo OCR that scanned in PDF file? I was donated Presto! Page Manager version 7.1 and it scans documents on the Canon scanner bed great. But, I don't see how one impo

[CODE4LIB] Extracting words out of a .pdf

2023-05-28 Thread charles meyer
My esteem listmates, I've read through Googled results which many suggest in Acrobat Reader (fee) I should be able to highlight words in a PDF and copy and paste them into a Word document as plain text. My Acrobat Reader won't do that. Is there an easier way to do this in GIMP? I found a good

[CODE4LIB] Searching older gmails for attachments

2023-05-27 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I'd like to search for all emails with attachments since Jan 1, 2010 through May 25, 2023 In the Isearch " field" above all the most recently received Inbox messages it was suggested I type in the following after:01/01/2010 before: 25/05/2023 has:attachment but that just

[CODE4LIB] Hyperlapse Recording

2023-05-26 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I'm trying to market our makerspace with our 3D printer and Cricut. I created a program for kids to stop in and I taught them the basics of creating prints with our 3D printer. I'm now actually printing their creations and thought I'd make a movie of their print being prin

[CODE4LIB] Hands free cell answering

2023-05-19 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, We've fielded a lot of questions re: driving and hands free cell phone answering. I've read some use Android Auto and there were other suggestions I found here... https://www.familyhandyman.com/list/hands-free-driving-devices-for-your-car/ Are you hands-free answering a

[CODE4LIB] Phone Scanners

2023-05-18 Thread charles meyer
nners which are accurate and better priced? I found this but I don't know how much I can trust reviews? https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-mobile-scanning-apps/ Thank you. Charles. Charles Meyer Charlotte County Public Library

[CODE4LIB] email encryption

2023-05-18 Thread charles meyer
is that? Is there better encryption than TLS? If so, would that other encryption software need to be enabled? Thank you. Charles. Charles Meyer Charlotte County Public Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Capturing WYSIWYG with Chrome or The Edge

2023-05-13 Thread charles meyer
Lena, At 1st I thought I'd need admin privileges to add that extension but no! Worked perfectly in Chrome. BTW, kids visiting the library love the "pac-man" like image as it gobbles uoa each page it saves on a site. Such fun! Thank you so much! Best, Charles. Date:Fri, 12 May 2023 19:5

Re: [CODE4LIB] Capturing WYSIWYG with Chrome or The Edge

2023-05-12 Thread charles meyer
Deborah, In Firefox I can screen capture all the corbett you see on a Web iste as you scroll all the way down to the bottom of those pages as if you took a photo off al the content and saved it as several pages as a .png. If I copy paste Web site content int Word or Libre Writer it loses a lot of

[CODE4LIB] Capturing WYSIWYG with Chrome or The Edge

2023-05-11 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I've searched the archives and my Inbox of the digest of messages from this list but didn't find posts re: how to capture WYSIWYG using either Chrome or The Edge. I can do that with FF but we can't use FF on our work PCs. Thank you so much. Charles. Charlotte County Pub

[CODE4LIB] Graphics - modifying

2023-05-05 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed lisstmates, I have a PNG file. In that I have a design which I'd like to make smaller so I can fit more graphic images on the page. I don't have Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite or that kind of advanced software. Has anyone reduced the size of a grpahc in a PNG using free software?

[CODE4LIB] Animation detective

2023-05-03 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, If I see animated graphics on a Web site, is there any way to look in the page source code to detect which software created that animation? I'd like to learn some basic animation but Blender is a bit much and I'm on Windows. Thank you so much. Charles. Charlotte County P

[CODE4LIB] QR Code Reader on old cell

2023-05-02 Thread charles meyer
I have a QR Reader on my old Sasmung cell (no longer have service for it). Works great. I wanted to install that exact one on my new Samsung but when I Google PLay a search I never found that exact one. I visited the old cell and enabled the Developer option but that didn't tell me the creator o

[CODE4LIB] Gift card -vs- Credit Card - Better Choice

2023-05-01 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed lsitmates, I've been volleying with a friend which is safer: buying online like Amazon with an Amazon Gift card purchased at Walmart or a grocery store or paying with your bank's major credit card? If you buy on Amazon with a gift card then miscreants can only drain the balance of th

[CODE4LIB] Cell Phone Minutes - tracking

2023-04-26 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, A patron visited today stating her Tracfone Samsung is suddenly out of minutes. She got the phone from HSN or QVC in January 2023 with 1,500 minutes. She doesn't sit and talk on the phone all day and doesn't watch videos. Just makes calls to her dr or the local grocery

[CODE4LIB] Dragon Naturally Speaking

2023-04-24 Thread charles meyer
I'd read somewhere that theoretically you're supposed to be able to install DNS 9 on a Windows 10 laptop using W10 Compatibility Mode. Perhaps, I searched in the incorrect archives but I was wondering if anyone has enjoyed success installing old DNS on W10 using this mode? Thank you. Charles.

Re: [CODE4LIB] data flow chart diagram

2023-04-23 Thread charles meyer
Joe... Would I be able to just type in text in diagram boxes in Visio? Thank you. Charles. Date:Sat, 22 Apr 2023 11:25:11 -0400 From:Joe Hourclé Subject: Re: data flow chart diagram > On Apr 22, 2023, at 10:44 AM, charles meyer wrote: > > My esteemed listmates, > >

[CODE4LIB] data flow chart diagram

2023-04-22 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I'm looking to create a data flow chart diagram in Word. I've Googled this and found a couple of sites where they teach you how to create one from scratch. It's rather time consuming. Have you found any free templates where all you have to do is type in text in the boxes

[CODE4LIB] Capturing Graphics for a Handout

2023-04-19 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listamtes, I wish you could sit next to me and see what I see. I've been doing screenshots for years - windows logo key + shift key + S - no problem. It's capturing the enlargement off that using the magnifier. Maybe there's a better tool? I want to share a handout that shows yo

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