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00:00Alright, let's do the cold open in unison. You ready? Mm-hmm. Three, two, one.

00:04Hi. Hello.

00:14Hello and welcome back to another exciting episode of Tech Connect.

00:18It's been a whole two weeks since the last episode and I know people, Corey, are

00:22chanting at the bit to find out some more exciting and accessible information about assistive technology.

00:27If you look down in our comments, there's at least 50 comments in every video that says,

00:32we miss you. Has it been two weeks? We want more videos.

00:37This may or may not be a hallucination of Corey's, but either way, we're going to assume it's true.

00:41So, we are back with another exciting episode, this time covering, Corey, the Meta Glasses.

00:46Yes, I know we've done a couple of videos before, Corey. What have we done before with the Metas?

00:50Well, so far, our most recent was using Be My Eyes with Meta Glasses.

00:56And then we've also had a more general, what are the Meta Glasses?

00:59I definitely recommend checking out both of them.

01:02Yes, you can check out the cards that Jonathan is going to put in the top right,

01:06or you could go down into the fish tank and have a swim around and you should find them down there as well.

01:10Oh, wonderful. Maybe the little chocolate box, little Valentine's?

01:14In the chocolate box. Well, it's past Valentine's by the time this video goes up, I'm afraid.

01:17It is never past time for chocolate.

01:19That is very true. That is very true.

01:22But today's Meta video, we are looking at some other features that we haven't covered yet, Corey.

01:27Those would be making video calls using WhatsApp and or Facebook Messenger.

01:33Two great ways to make video calls to people that you know and love.

01:37Yes, we've done, as we said, we have a video on using Be My Eyes.

01:40Those that are familiar with Be My Eyes, it's a visual volunteer service.

01:44Connect with a volunteer.

01:47They can see through your phone or your Meta Glasses and can help you.

01:51And that's great. It works great.

01:53Volunteers have always been good, but there might be times when you want to look at something sensitive

01:59or maybe your friends or family just know you better,

02:03know your preferences, and it makes more sense for you to connect with a friend or family.

02:08And so that's what we want to show today, how to use WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger to connect with your old buddy, your old pal.

02:17Yes, exactly. So we're going to do that.

02:19Or rather, Corey is going to do that because I'm getting out of here.

02:22I've got a flight to catch. I'm going to France. It's finally time for me to visit the Eiffel Tower.

02:27Corey, did you bring your France pants?

02:31I'm going to say yes, but I don't know what that means, but I'm going to say yes.

02:34I've got my France pants on. I'm ready to go. So Corey, take it over if you will.

02:38And if you need anything, just give me a call. Safe travels.

02:40Thanks, sir. See you later. See ya.

02:46All right. So first off, before we can do a demo,

02:49we want to talk about how to get this enabled.

02:52So there are some requirements, some things you're going to need.

02:55Obviously, you need meta glasses and you need a smartphone, either your iPhone or an Android device.

03:01Once you've got your glasses paired to the MetaView app,

03:05we're going to head into the MetaView app and take a look at where we can make these connections.

03:12So again, as we mentioned in the intro, we will be focusing primarily on WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.

03:19One quick note before we dive in, I recommend downloading WhatsApp,

03:25getting that set up and logged in. Same with Facebook Messenger.

03:29If you don't already have those apps on your phone, go ahead and do it.

03:33It's going to make life a lot easier when you go into that MetaView app to enable them and get that connection going.

03:39All right. So we're going to go ahead in the MetaView app here.

03:42We'll touch settings in the bottom right corner.

03:48There we go. In the settings now, we're going to look for communications.

03:56There we go. Double tap.

04:02Now within this screen here, we've got a number of different apps that we can connect,

04:08including an actual connection to your phone itself.

04:12We also have WhatsApp, and you can see mine's connected already.

04:21That's our Facebook Messenger. And last, we can do Instagram.

04:30Whichever one you want to connect, go ahead and tap that.

04:33So if you're going to do WhatsApp, you'll tap WhatsApp.

04:36And then just follow the prompts through the continue button,

04:39and that will go ahead and connect your WhatsApp to your MetaView and your MetaGlasses.

04:46You can then come back to communication here and follow the same steps for whichever other services you'd like to connect,

04:55if that's Messenger or Instagram. Once you've got those all done, then we're ready to actually make a video call.

05:03This is perfect timing because I'm hoping you guys can keep a secret,

05:08but I was going through my desk today and I came across this piece of paper and I actually realized this is a power bill to our studio.

05:17It was given to me to pay and I may have forgotten about it, but I don't know how old it is.

05:24So we're actually going to use our new, not our new,

05:27but we're going to use our MetaGlasses and call Luke on WhatsApp and see if we can figure out when the due date is.

05:33So we're going to get our glasses out here.

05:42We've got them connected automatically as soon as we put them on. To initiate the WhatsApp call,

05:47we're going to do it from the actual WhatsApp app.

05:50So I've got that open. I've got Luke chosen and I'm going to do the start video call.

05:58I'm going to hear it ringing through my glasses.

06:03That sounds like I'm getting a call on WhatsApp. Let's have a look. Oh, Corey on a vacation.

06:07I don't believe this. Let me answer anyway. Hey, Corey, how you doing?

06:11Well, hello, Luke. How is your little vacation to France?

06:15Yeah, yeah. Having a nice vacation. Thanks.

06:16So here at the Eiffel Tower, not quite as cool as I thought it was going to be,

06:19but, you know, still having a nice time nonetheless.

06:22Oh, I feel bad about that, too.

06:25How are your France pants holding up? The France pants?

06:30Yeah, stitching is still looking good. Yeah, I'm still holding up.

06:33All right, that is very good. So I'm going to currently,

06:38this call is going through the camera on my device,

06:43but I'm actually going to reach up to the glasses on the right temple.

06:46There's a physical button. If I hit this twice,

06:49it's going to switch the camera view over to my Metaglasses.

06:55Now our glasses camera is active. Luke, we were all joking,

06:59but unfortunately I came across this power bill

07:04that I was given a long time ago for the studio

07:07and I may or may not have forgotten to pay for it.

07:10Can you tell me when is this due? How much trouble am I in?

07:16Okay. Well, let me take a look. Move your head a little bit to the right here

07:20just so I can see the page. Oh, okay. Do you want the good news or the bad news?

07:24Well, I am a lights a hundred percent kind of guy.

07:27So give me the good news first. All right.

07:30Well, the good news is the lights are still at a hundred percent right now.

07:33Bad news is probably not for long because this bill is way overdue.

07:38Hopefully we've got enough time. I better take care of this before we lose power.

07:47Aw, darn. Kaui, why did it go all dark?

07:54All right. So we have paid our bill. Luke, I no longer need this bill anymore.

07:58Wow. We've paid it and it's been taken care of.

08:01That's how I file things away. I crush them up and toss them away.

08:05Okay. I mean, once you paid it, you don't really need to keep it. Am I right?

08:08Yeah, I'm not sure that that was the power bill anymore.

08:12So yeah, I mean, that was very helpful, wasn't it, Kaui?

08:15You got to call me while I was on vacation. Thanks for disturbing my peace and quiet.

08:18I'm glad you're back. Yeah, we can't do TechConnect without you.

08:22You are the wind beneath my wings. I can't do these videos without you.

08:26Why is this whole place fall apart? I didn't pay a power bill.

08:30Yes. Yeah. Yes. You complete me. Yes.

08:33However, if you were on vacation, I might not notice.

08:38I was when I was in Disney. Everything seemed to go just fine and dandy.

08:42What happened when you're in Disney? Nothing. You did a video.

08:45Everything went great. We've done a few things on Metaglasses.

08:49They are great. As we mentioned at the top of the video, check out some of our other videos,

08:55especially the Be My Eyes. But today we were saying,

08:58what about if you didn't want to use Be My Eyes?

09:00What about if you had a bill that you were embarrassed about

09:04and you didn't want anyone to know except your best mate?

09:08That's what we showed today. Yeah, but my friend Scott wasn't available.

09:12So I called Luke and he told me what the bill is.

09:16So put us down and put it down in the old bread basket there.

09:19If you have a bill that you're embarrassed about

09:22and don't want anybody to see and what the bill is for.

09:25Yeah, and then Luke will give you his contact information

09:29and he'll be happy to tell you how late your bill is. Indeed.

09:33So there we go. I mean pretty short video call.

09:35Pretty straightforward. If you got the Metaglasses,

09:38why not get them hooked up to WhatsApp, get them hooked up to Facebook Messenger

09:41and start making video calls to the extreme.

09:44Let us know in the comments if you have got the Metaglasses

09:47and if so, what you think of them, how you've been getting on with them

09:49and what you are doing with them. And also put down in the comments there,

09:53Corey, if Corey is the wind underneath your wings.

09:57I'd be happy to be the wind under anybody's wings.

10:00We've got a number of things going on here with TechConnect.

10:04First of all, if you like the content, subscribe.

10:07It really does help out the channel. Hit that like button.

10:09Do the old ringy dingy bell and all those other stuff that every YouTube creator says,

10:15but it actually does make a huge difference in getting our videos out to more people.

10:19So we appreciate that. We do. And if you want to see more content,

10:23we have a few different avenues. We do have a podcast.

10:26It is a audio version of our live show,

10:29which by the way, Corey, is shown every two weeks on a Thursday at 11 a.m.

10:33Central. If you're watching this video on the release day,

10:36our next live video will be one week after this.

10:38All you have to do is go to YouTube.com forward slash at Vision Forward TechConnect

10:43and you can check us out live as long as you're there at the right time.

10:46As Corey said in the last video that we made,

10:48if you just stay on the video then, you know, for a week, then it should appear.

10:53I mean, watch other videos while you're waiting for that week.

10:55Got to help the algorithm as well. I like it.

10:58I like it. Don't go to any other YouTube channels.

11:01Nope. I have a short list of people you definitely don't want to go see.

11:05No, if you want to see what the short list is,

11:07then put it in the comments and Corey will let you know.

11:09I'll let you know privately. We have a lot of little secrets today.

11:13We do also have a online learning management system.

11:18If you want free on-demand ACVREP credits

11:21or you just want some great webinars, head over to TechConnect.vision-forward.org

11:27TechConnect.vision-forward.org

11:30and you will be able to sign up for a free account

11:33and have a lot of great information.

11:35We've got a new one on AI.

11:38We've got a new one coming out on the OrCam Read

11:42and then we also have one on low vision magnification,

11:47when you should use what type of magnification,

11:51pros and cons, those kind of things.

11:52Indeed. Check them all out.

11:54So with that being said, Corey, it's time to go pay some more bills.

11:56So let's get out of here. All right, give me your wallet.

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