AppleVis Podcast

In this episode, David Woodbridge demonstrates the Universal Clipboard facility available on devices running iOS 10 or later, and macOS Sierra or later. If you now copy text, images, or video to the clipboard on one device, it should be automatically available to paste on any other device that uses the same Apple ID. Note that for Universal Clipboard to work your device must support the Continuity...

In this podcast, David Woodbridge introduces us to taptic time-telling. You configure this in the Watch app on your iPhone. When it's on, quickly double-tap the watch face when it's locked to feel the full time, or triple tap for just the minutes. You can choose from a range of vibration patterns that will tell you the time. Think TimeBuzz , but now built in to watchOS.

In this podcast, Joseph Hodges gives us a demonstration of the Sling TV app on the 4th generation Apple TV. Sling TV is a subscription-based service that lets you watch live television "anytime, anywhere."

In this podcast, Chris Snyder demonstrates how to set up and watch audio described programming using the ABC app for iOS. . Note that there is a commercial before the beginning of each show, but this was eliminated from the podcast to save time and copyright violations.

In this podcast, Mike Malarsie gives us a quick demonstration of how to use the Uber app for iOS. Topics covered include how to set up the app, how to schedule a ride, and how to rate your driver.

In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us a walk-through and demonstration of Capti Narrator , a free iOS app that will convert nearly any text content to audiobooks. Capti supports multiple file types, including PDF, DOC, PPT, EPUB and RTF files, with support for adding content from browsers, GoogleDrive, Dropbox, Bookshare, or Gutenberg. Free Features: Text to Speech: Turn any text into an audio...

In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us a walk-through and demonstration of TeamTalk 5 , a free iOS app which allows multiple users to participate in audio and video conversations through a freeware conferencing system. More information on setting up and using a TeamTalk server can be found on its official website , where you will also find details of the desktop client application which include...

Spring has finally arrived here in the United States, and the AppleVis podcast team sat down to discuss the best ways to get fit and stay that way using a variety of hardware and software solutions. In this episode of the AppleVis Extra, Jamie Pauls is joined by Lisa Salinger, Mike Malarsie, and Alex Hall. The panel takes a look at every aspect of the day, from waking up to winding down. For your...

In this podcast, Lulu Hartgen gives us a demonstration of SelfieX - Automatic Back Camera Selfie , an app which assists users in easily taking a selfie by giving audio directions to angle the camera and automatically taking a picture when the angle is ideal. As defined by Wictionary , a selfie is "A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a s...

In this podcast, Scott Davert shares some tips on how to use the native iOS Mail app more effectively. These include selectively enabling Smart Mailboxes; which can be particularly useful when you have multiple email accounts.

In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, Michael Hansen , Alex Hall , and Scott Davert are joined by Matt King, Accessibility Specialist in UI Engineering at Facebook . King tells us about Facebook's new automatic image description feature for blind and low vision users , as well as Facebook's overall accessibility strategy and how users can provide feedback about accessibility issues or suggestions...

In this podcast, Mike Malarsie gives us a demonstration of MarsEdit - the blog editor for WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger and more. --an easy, accessible program for blogging on the Mac.

In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, Lisa Salinger , Jeff Bishop and Thomas Domville talk with Winston Chen about the much anticipated version 4.0 release of Voice Dream Reader for iOS . Voice Dream Reader is a widely acclaimed app that reads articles, documents and books out loud. With advanced text-to-speech and a highly configurable visual layout, it can be tailored to suit every reading styl...

In the third and last of a short series of podcasts in which he shows us some of the features new to the fourth-generation Apple TV in tvOS 9.2, Jonathan Mosen gives us a look at how you can now use folders to tidy up your Home screen. More information on tvOS 9.2 can be found in this AppleVis Blog post .

In the second of a short series of podcasts in which he shows us some of the features new to the fourth-generation Apple TV in tvOS 9.2, Jonathan Mosen gives us a look at how you can now use Siri to enter text. More information on tvOS 9.2 can be found in this AppleVis Blog post .

In the first of a short series of podcasts in which he shows us some of the features new to the fourth-generation Apple TV in tvOS 9.2, Jonathan Mosen gives us a look at bluetooth keyboard support. More information on tvOS 9.2 can be found in this AppleVis Blog post .

In this podcast, Mike Malarsie gives us a demonstration of Amazon Alexa , the free companion app to the company’s Echo hands-free speaker that you control with your voice. Echo connects to the Alexa Voice Service, to play music, provide information, news, sports scores, weather, and more. The more you use the Alexa voice assistant, the more she adapts to your speech patterns, vocabulary, and perso...

In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us an overview and demonstration of Blindfold Road Trip for iOS . In Blindfold Road Trip, the objective of the game is to be the first person to travel 1,000 miles. As described in the App Store: You and a computer opponent are given a handful of cards. Your turn begins by drawing a card from the deck, and then either playing the card, or discarding the card....

In this podcast, Sheri Wells-Jensen gives us a demonstration of Repeat CheckList - A custom can be learned! for iOS.

In this podcast, Jonathan Mosen gives us a demonstration of Podcast Chapters for Mac OS X. Podcast Chapters allows a podcast creator to easily insert chapter markers into a podcast, thereby allowing listeners (using podcast clients supporting the chapters feature) to quickly navigate to specific parts of the presentation. Podcast Chapters is a US$19.99 download from the Mac App Store . Note: This...

In this podcast, Lulu Hartgen introduces us to Blindfold Horserace , an audio game for iOS where you race your horse against other horses. In Blindfold Horserace, you walk or run your fingers on the screen as if the horse is running. You are in post 2 and the other horses are in post 1 and 3. Once you hear the starting bells, race as fast as you can, and you may win. Races are from 1 furlong to 1...

In this episode of his introductory series, Thomas Domville discusses and explores what’s available from within the ‘Touch ID & Passcode’ area of iOS Settings. This Apple Support page provides more information on how to set up and use Touch ID, a fingerprint identity sensor that makes it easy for you to get into your device.

In this episode, Alex Hall shows us how to look up the definition of a word using Spotlight in macOS. To do this, press Command-Space from anywhere in macOS to open Spotlight, and type the word you want defined. Then press Command-L, followed by Return, and a window with the definition of the word you searched for will be displayed.

In this podcast, David Woodbridge gives us an in-depth discussion and walk-through of one of his most used iOS apps, Audiobooks from Audible . With an Audible membership, this app provides access to your purchases from Audible’s selection of 180,000+ titles—from best sellers to classics, and everything in-between. David demonstrates previewing and purchasing a book from audible.com via Safari on t...

In this month's edition of the AppleVis Extra, Michael Hansen, Thomas Domville, and Alex Hall speak with Marty Schultz of Kid Friendly Software . Schultz is the developer behind the wildly popular Blindfold series of accessible audio games , with over 25 games currently in the App Store and many more exciting titles on the way.