AppleVis Podcast

In this podcast, Thomas Domville demonstrates BlackBox, a game filled with many unique puzzles. App Store Description: Frustrating, fun, and full of surprises… There’s more to Blackbox than meets the eye. Can you find all the meta challenges? HINTS: Every challenge has been tuned to be on the cusp of maddening but always solvable. Some challenges take time, perseverance, and perspective to underst...

In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us a demonstration of Prizmo Go - Instant Text Capture , an iOS app (free with in-app purchases) which allows one to quickly and easily scan printed text and have it read aloud. From the App Store: Aim at text. Shoot. It's yours! Prizmo Go lets you quickly grab printed text with the camera. After text is recognized in a blink of an eye, you can interact with...

In this quick tip, Chris Wright shows us how to permanently delete files and folders on macOS. To do this, in Finder, navigate to and select the item you want to delete, and press Command-Option-Delete. Click Delete in the confirmation dialog, and the item will be deleted immediately, bypassing the Trash.

In this podcast, Joseph Weakland gives us a demonstration of Blindfold Sound Search for iOS, yet another title in the Blindfold Games series .

In this podcast, Scott Davert introduces us to Reverb for Amazon Alexa, a free app available on the App Store. Since the discontinuation of the Roger app, some users may have been looking for a replacement to work with the Alexa platform through iOS. This is one possible option.

In this podcast, William Lomas demonstrates Crafting Kingdom, an iOS game that has recently become popular among many in the blind community. The following description is quoted from the app store: Every empire starts small! Build production sites, and start crafting resources. Harvest logs, coal, iron and many other goods. Then craft them into more valuable items and sell them on the market! Comp...

In this podcast, Joseph Weakland provides a brief demonstration of Blindfold Feud, one of many games in the Blindfold Games series.

In this Walk-through, T Dog gives us a brief demonstration of Mine Racer for Mac available from 2MB Solutions. You can play a free demo of the game, and purchase a fully-functional copy for $5 U.S.

In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us a demonstration of DayNight: Daytime & Nighttime Awareness , a free iOS app which notifies users of sunrise and sunset times each day.

In this podcast, Marvin Rush gives us a demonstration of the DIRECTV iOS app.

In this podcast, Thomas Domville introduces us to Threema , a powerful and secure messaging app for iOS. Key features of the app include: write text and send voice messages share videos, pictures and locations send any type of file (pdf, animated gif, mp3, doc, zip, etc.) create groups conduct polls with the unique poll feature choose between a dark and a light theme quickly and silently reply wit...

In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us a demonstration of Microsoft Outlook - email and calendar for iOS.

In this podcast, Thomas Domville revisits lire (Full-text RSS), a paid iOS app that offers a great way to collect all your RSS Feed News into one easy place to read. According to lire's App Store description: RSS feeds are a great way to follow updates on your favorite websites. However, some sites set up their feeds to only show a portion of each entry to get you to click through to their actual...

In the latest edition of The AppleVis Extra, Thomas Domville and Lisa Salinger talk with Scott Wilson, developer of Weather Gods. This weather app for iOS takes a unique approach to presenting weather information, and VoiceOver accessibility is a major consideration of the app's design.

In this quick tip, Cati gives us a brief tour of the free Through the Bible Radio Network app for iOS

In this quick tip, Cruz1996 gives us a quick demonstration of how to use Apple’s support app for iOS to connect with an Apple representative to help you troubleshoot a problem with your i-device.

Lisa Salinger reviews Pedometer++ , an iPhone and Apple Watch app that allows for easy, real-time monitoring of the steps you take in a day. If you have questions about this app, you can contact Lisa on Twitter

In this podcast, Tunmi introduces us to Suddenly Lost , an interactive adventure novel for iOS with a script that is over 40,000 words alone. The App Store description provides the following information: You will explore many interesting places and have many adventures, all within the wonderful world of the written page. But that's not all. We all know that adventure stories can be hazardous to yo...

In this edition of The AppleVis Extra, Jamie Pauls and Alex Hall talk with Sneaky Crab cofounder Justin Ng about the accessibility work that has gone into their award-winning game, Timecrest: The Door. Sneaky Crab received a 2016 Golden Apples award for developer of the year, and Timecrest received a Golden Apples award for best iOS game of 2016.

In this podcast, Hope Robinson takes us on a brief tour of Blindfold RS Games for iOS.

In this quick tip, Igna Triay shows us how to Pause an Audio or Movie Recording Using QuickTime Player On the Mac. Although this process is very straightforward, there is a step that might not be obvious to some.

In this podcast, David Woodbridge introduces us to the recently released Apple AirPods. He tells us what we will find in the box; gives us a physical description of the AirPods and their charging case; and then talks us through his experience of using them with an iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. For those unfamiliar with the Apple AirPods, this is how they are described by Apple : AirPods w...

In this podcast, Khalfan Bin Dhaher gives us a brief demonstration and walk-through of Blind Gladiator for Mac. The game is also available for iOS and the Windows PC platform Here is a link to the game on the app store.

In this podcast, Joseph Weakland gives us a demonstration of Blindfold Trivia Match, yet another entry in the Blindfold Games series.

In this quick tip, Lisa Salinger gives us a demonstration of Abiding Radio, an iOS app that provides easy access to various streams of sacred music. Quoting from its app store description, "Abiding Radio airs classic hymns of the faith and the best of today's conservative, sacred, and traditional Christian instrumental music."