Basics with BITS: AI Survival Guide for Gemini and Chat GPT for June 27, 2026
AI Generated Transcript Introduction Host:Welcome, everybody. This is Basics with BITS for Saturday, June 27th, 2026. Today we’re going to be hearing about AI from Kayla. Kayla:Thank you, Caroline, and welcome everyone. I’m looking forward to this presentation. I can’t believe we’re already halfway through the year. I personally use multiple AI chatbots including ChatGPT, … Read more
Basics with BITS: Accessing PDFs with Adobe Acrobat & JAWS for June 13, 2026
AI Generated Transcript Basics with BITS – Accessing PDFs with Adobe Acrobat & JAWS Welcome to today’s Basics with BITS.Today’s session is presented by David Kingsbury on Adobe PDF files and JAWS. Introduction to PDFs PDF stands for Portable Document Format. A PDF preserves the original formatting of a document, such as a Word file, … Read more
Basics With BITS – New Outlook Survival Guide for May 16, 2026
AI Generated Transcript Welcome everyone to Basics with Bits, where I can give you information about the brand new Outlook. So imagine what it is like. I have been using Outlook Classic forever. About a year and a half ago at computers, we learned that Outlook Classic was no longer going to be available. They … Read more
Basics with BITS – Outlook Classic for April 25, 2026
AI Generated Transcript So welcome everyone to this sensational Saturday. If you are here then you are here to learn all about Survival Mode in Outlook Classic. So today I, Heidi Coggins am going to be going through some basic navigation techniques and some super basic areas of Outlook Classic that are very important for … Read more
Ask BITS for April 18, 2026
AI-Generated Transcript Speaker 1Hello and welcome to Ask Bits for Saturday, April 18th, 2026. I am Liz. I am your facilitator for today. I have several people who are helping me out on the panelist side as well. But before I throw it over to them, I would like to get a few introductory things … Read more
Basics with BITS – FS Companion and Layered Keystrokes for April 11, 2026
AI-Generated Transcript Everybody, thank you for attending Basics with Bits. We’re here today to talk about different ways to use and manipulate JAWS, including a built-in AI feature that helps you look up commands you may have forgotten or don’t know. I’m joined by Christina Brinno, part of the Basics with Bits subcommittee under the … Read more
Basics With BITS – JAWS Updates and More for March 28, 2026
AI Generated Transcript Welcome, everybody. Today’s Basics with BITS is on JAWS and learning how to update it, as well as how to create a new account with jaws, which is now a new requirement for getting your updates. Today is WOW, March 28, 2026. Where has the year gone already? We want to let … Read more
Basics with BITS – Windows & Microsoft Store Updates for March 14, 2026
AI-Generated Transcript KaylaHello everyone, I’m Kayla Bentas. I am here today, Saturday, March 14th, doing a Basics with BITS training on Windows updates and Microsoft Store downloads. So we want to do a couple of things, but to start, I want to say we are part of Blind Information Technology Solutions, BITS for short. We’d … Read more
Basics with BITS – Braille Translation Software for January 24, 2026
AI-Generated Transcript Hello, everybody, and welcome to Basics with BITS here on Saturday afternoon.We’re happy to have you all here and listening, whether you’re live here in the Zoom room with us on Clubhouse or on ACB Media 6, I think, right?Before we get started, thank you, Meka, for hosting this.And thanks to Michael for … Read more
Basics with BITS – Holiday Gifts Guide Roundtable for November 8, 2025
AI Generated Transcript All right, welcome everybody to basics with bits. And we have a special presentation for you here. It’s our BITS holiday guide. And I’m hoping to make this maybe an annual thing. And so what I’ve done for today is, is since we got Black Friday coming up here in a couple … Read more
Basics with BITS: Finding Keyboard Commands for August 9, 2025
AI Generated Transcript Welcome, everyone, to Basics with Bits for Saturday, August 9th, 2025. My name is Marci, and I have a couple of people helping me today. Our Zoom host today is Patricia Lepofsky, and streaming us over ACB Media 5 and connecting us to Clubhouse is Brad. This call is sponsored by Bits, … Read more
Basics with BITS: Copying Text for July 26, 2025
AI Generated Transcript Hello and welcome everyone to Basics with Bits for Saturday, July 26, 2025. My name is Marci, and I would like to thank the team that is helping me today. Cindy for hosting us in Zoom, Nikki for broadcasting us in Clubhouse and streaming us on Media5, and Debby who does this … Read more
Basics with BITS: Gmail on the Web for June 14, 2025
AI Generated Transcript Well, hello everyone and welcome to Basics with BITS for June 14th, 2025. My name is Brad Snyder. I am the Presentations Coordinator for BITS. BITS is Blind Information Technology Specialist. We are special interest affiliate of the American Council of the Blind. If you’d like more information about BITS or to … Read more
Basics with BITS: Open Forum for May 10, 2025
AI Generated Transcript Good afternoon everyone and welcome to Basics with Bits for Saturday, May 10, 2025. My name is Marci and I serve on the Presentations Committee and I want to welcome you today to the Open Forum. So what we want to do is hear from you. If you want more information about … Read more
Basics with BITS: How to Access ACB Community Recordings for August 10, 2024
AI Generated Transcript Good afternoon everyone! Welcome to another edition of Basics with BITS. My name is Brad Snyder. I am Vice President and chair of the presentations committee here at BITS which, of course, is blind information technology specialist. If you are not yet a member of BITS or you’d like to learn more … Read more
Basics with BITS: Using Windows Narrator for July 27, 2024
AI Generated Transcript The opinions expressed on ACB Media are those of the content creator and should not be assumed to reflect product endorsements or the views of the American Council of the Blind, its elected officials, or its staff. Well, good afternoon everyone and welcome to another presentation of Basics with Bits here on … Read more
Basics with BITS: Upcoming with BITS for June 22, 2024
AI Generated Transcript The opinions expressed on the ACB Media Network are those of the content providers and should not be viewed as an endorsement of any product or service, nor does it reflect the views of the American Council of the Blind, its elected officials, or its staff. All right, well, good afternoon, everyone. … Read more
Basics with BITS: File Management for June 8, 2024
AI Generated Transcript The opinions expressed on the ACB Media Network are those of the content providers and should not be viewed as an endorsement of any product or service, nor does it reflect the views of the American Council of the Blind, its elected officials, or its staff. Hello everyone and welcome to another … Read more
Basics with BITS: Google Calendar for May 11, 2024
AI Generated Transcript This is Debbie Armstrong. I am the education chair for BITS, Blind Information Technology Specialists. Every second and fourth Saturday we host Basics with Bits. Except that this fourth Saturday, which is the 25th of May, due to the Memorial Day weekend we will not be hosting anything so y’all can go … Read more