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May I take this opportunity to wish all our readers, clients and businesses we work with a Very Happy Christmas and New Year!

Just proposed a new course for people to request. A bespoke course on the use of assistive technology to help the blind and visually impaired. As a volunteer with AbilityNet I do meet a lot of people who are blind or partially sighted and there is some great tech out there that can bring back some of the daily living lost.

From smart speakers to clever glasses there is something to meet the needs of sensory limitations.

Sight loss can be devastating and isolating . But help is at hand. The main need is matching the AT solution to the individual. That is where I come in! That interface between a person’s need and the technology that can help them is vital to finding a solution.

Take a look at:-

• Blind Tech

I recently had a job given to me which required a password reset. Normally this would be done by using the Windows Search button and typing “reset” which would give a wizard which would guide you through making a USB Password Reset . This was for a Windows 7 laptop. Unfortunately, that did not work.

I came across a useful little programme that actually reset all the passwords on this machine of my clients. There are many tools out there that will do this such as iSumsoft Windows Password Tool. Give it a go and see how you get on. Also, the Lazesoft Recover My Password Home Edition Version 4.3.1 is the one I used and the one that worked.

I had a bit of a shock today as my bank alerted me my personal account had gone below the theshold set. It wasn’t that I was overdrawn but that it triggered an alert below £50. Well, I looked at what had caused this as it was at the usual level on Wednesday, It was then that I discovered that Dropbox had taken their annual fee which is now £95.98 from £79.00 for Dropbox Plus. That’s an increase of £16.00 and with no warning of the price increase. And I checked my emails to see if I had a message concerning the increase but none was there not even in Junk or Spam.

In order to check your account you need to sign into your Dropbox and go to settings and choose the tab billing and you will see the charges. I looked to see if I could downgrade and Dropbox PLus is the lowest setting. I do use it a fair amount and store some useful files there as it’s handy for video transfer and sending colleagues there to see files, etc.

So I will write an email to ask then to tell their customers of price increases and I am just letting you know so you are not caught out. I have now transfered equivalent funds from a joint to my personal account to cover the price hike.

From Widgit to help spread the Christmas cheer!

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