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AppleVis is the go-to resource for blind and low vision users of Apple technologies. Our Podcast discusses the latest in Apple vision accessibility. Topics cover OS and accessibility features, apps, interviews with developers, roundtable discussions, and more - centering around accessing the maximum potential of Apple hardware, software, and services. Tune in to learn how you can get the most out of your Apple devices, hear the latest accessibility news, and more.
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×Episode Title : AppleVis Extra 109: Interview with Klemens Strasser, Developer of Art of Fauna Guest : Klemens Strasser, Indie iOS Developer and Winner of the 2025 Apple Design Award Hosts : David Nason (Dave) and Thomas Domville(AnonyMouse) Length : \~45 minutes Episode Summary In this inspiring and insightful episode, Dave and Thomas speak with Klemens Strasser , the creative mind behind Art of Fauna , a beautifully designed and highly accessible educational puzzle game for iOS. Klemens shares the journey of his app from concept to being honored with an Apple Design Award for Best Design at WWDC 2025. The discussion touches on accessibility in app development, the importance of inclusive design, how Art of Fauna was built with VoiceOver users in mind, and the motivations that drive Klemens to ensure his apps are usable and enjoyable for everyone. What Is Art of Fauna ? A nature-inspired puzzle game that lets players: Solve image-based or text-based puzzles about animals Learn fun facts from 18th- and 19th-century scientific illustrations Choose between visual or VoiceOver-friendly game modes Experience soothing soundscapes and educational content Topics Covered ✅ Accessibility and Design Klemens’ passion for inclusive app design VoiceOver integration in puzzle gameplay Importance of building accessibility from the ground up Apple’s new “Accessibility Nutrition Labels” and their potential impact ✅ The Apple Design Award Experience Klemens shares how he learned he won Insights from attending WWDC and being nominated multiple times How previous apps ( Letter Rooms , Ancient Board Game Collection ) laid the foundation ✅ Development Process Why Klemens chose UIKit and SpriteKit over Unity Collaboration with VoiceOver users and accessibility engineers Beta testing and iterative design for inclusive play ✅ Game Structure and Monetization 10 free puzzles included Five themed puzzle packs available for a one-time fee No subscriptions—premium content is pay-once Periodic content updates including: Friends of Fauna : users upload animal photos to receive monthly puzzles Earth Day Bonus Pack : free bonus for bundle buyers Donations: 20% of proceeds go to wildlife conservation What’s Next? Klemens announces his next indie app: Pocket Shelf – a new reading tracker app scheduled for release alongside iOS 26. Connect with Klemens Website: strasser.app Twitter / X: @klemensstrasser Blog (coming soon): Posts on Art of Fauna donations and accessibility updates Final Thoughts This episode is a must-listen for: Indie developers exploring accessibility VoiceOver users seeking innovative, inclusive games Educators and parents looking for meaningful screen time for kids Anyone curious……
In this podcast episode, host Seamus introduces the SoSecure app by ADT, a free iOS emergency assistance application designed to connect users quickly with ADT agents who can contact emergency services on their behalf. Seamus offers a detailed walkthrough of the app’s features, accessibility, and functionality, highlighting its usefulness—especially for those who rely on VoiceOver or have specific communication needs. Listeners are guided through the app’s setup, key functions, and helpful tips to maximize its effectiveness and accessibility. Whether you are visually impaired, need a silent way to communicate during emergencies, or simply want a reliable safety app, this episode provides a thorough overview to get you started. SoSecure by ADT is a personal emergency response app that offers an emergency button with PIN cancellation, automated guardian text notifications, silent SOS chat, and location tracking groups. It is accessible to VoiceOver users and free to download on iOS devices, making it an essential tool for safety and peace of mind in situations where calling 911 directly isn’t possible. Key Topics Covered: Introduction to ADT and SoSecure Seamus explains ADT’s long history as a home security company and clarifies that the SoSecure app does not require an ADT home security system to be used. App Accessibility The app is about 95% accessible with VoiceOver, with a few minor limitations noted. Account Setup Users are required to create an account that includes providing an email, phone number, and a profile picture. A four-digit PIN must be created to cancel emergency calls. Emergency Button Functionality The app features a large emergency button that, when pressed, initiates a 10-second countdown during which the user can cancel the call by entering their PIN. If not canceled, an ADT agent contacts the user and, if necessary, emergency services. Automated Guardian Contacts Users can add up to five guardians (emergency contacts) who receive automated text alerts in an emergency, sent directly from ADT’s system. SOS Chat Feature Text chat is available within the app to communicate with ADT agents silently, beneficial for those who are deaf, hard of hearing, or in situations where verbal communication is unsafe. Location Sharing and Groups The app includes a "My Groups" feature, similar to location tracking apps, allowing users to track and receive notifications about group members' locations, though this feature has limited accessibility. Settings Overview Seamus details the settings menu, including account editing, notification controls, PIN management (which requires a verification text), FAQ access, and legal/contact information. Demonstration of Adding and Removing Guardians The process of adding contacts from the user’s phone and removing them is shown, with accessibility tips for blind users. Emergency Button Demonstration Seamus demonstrates using the emergency button and entering the PIN to cancel a test emergency call. Why Seamus Likes the App Seamus highlights the app’s usefulness, especially when in unfamiliar locations or……
In this episode of Apple Crunch, Thomas Domville, John Gassman, Marty Sobo, and Desiree Renae discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Chapters: Opening After thoughts of the Apple WWDC Keynote Hands-on and Thoughts of iOS 26 Closing Resources: WWDC 2025 Keynote: The AppleVis Recap Apple Previews New Accessibility Features Coming Later This Year: Accessibility Nutrition Labels, Magnifier for Mac, Braille Access Mode, and More If you have feedback or questions for the Apple Crunch team, you can reach them at AppleCrunch@AppleVis.com Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Thomas :hello and welcome to apple crunch for June 2025 my name is thomas domville also go by the name of AnonyMouse yes we are back once again guys and here we are with the gang and we got a special new voice for you so a mystery voice i'll introduce that new voice to you in a moment so let's say hello to mr john gassman how are you mr john i'm doing good how are you John : Great, great. Thomas : You've been enjoying yourself the past couple months? John :Oh, yeah. Yeah, always stuff going on. I did a nice cruise, and we have a convention coming up shortly before you hear this. And then another cruise in September. So lots of stuff going on this summer. Thomas :Two cruises in a year. You know, I am jealous because you get to go on a Hawaii cruise. That is amazing. Maybe I'll have to join you in a cruise one of these days. That would be fun. We have to go on a Disney cruise. We should do a Disney, yeah, we should do a Disney cruise someday. Exactly. I'm all on board. And then over here, we got Mr. Marty Sobo. How are you, Mr. Marty? Marty :Doing good, doing good. Thank you very much. Glad to be here again. Thomas :Are you busy? Marty :Oh, yeah, always busy. Thomas :Always busy, too? Marty :Yeah. Thomas :Keeping yourself busy with the unmute? Marty : Oh, yeah. Thomas : Excellent. Well, speaking of the unmute, you got a new voiceover on unmute and she is going to be joining us on Apple Crunch from here now. So I am so happy to introduce you to all of you to Desiree Renee. How are you, Desiree? Desiree :I'm good. How are you? Thomas : Wonderful. Desiree : Oh, it's been good. We're finally getting some warmer weather, so that's always nice in Oregon. And although in Texas, when I used to live there, I dreaded the warmer weather, but now I look forward to it. Thomas :Yeah, Texas gets really hot. Desiree :Oh,……
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In this episode, Tunmi offers an in-depth review of µBrowser: Watch Web Browser , a lightweight and efficient web browser designed specifically for the Apple Watch. Ideal for quick web searches and browsing simple websites on the go, µBrowser focuses on speed and ease of use rather than heavy browsing tasks like social media or account management. What You'll Learn in This Episode Introduction to µBrowser A minimalistic browser for Apple Watch enabling fast access to basic websites and web searches. Not intended for complex browsing activities such as managing social media or online accounts. App Structure & Components Two-part system: the Apple Watch app (main browsing) and a companion iPhone app (bookmark management). Breakdown of watch app sections: MicroBrowser (main browser), Bookmarks, Browsing History, and About. Navigating the Watch App Launching via the Digital Crown. Using the address/search bar powered by DuckDuckGo for privacy-focused searches. Four key sections for seamless navigation. Bookmarks Management Emoji-labeled bookmark folders for quick identification. Add, activate, or delete bookmarks directly on the watch. Search and Navigation Features Voice input to facilitate hands-free searching. Heading-based navigation for quick jumps within websites. Known Limitations No back button feature. Simplified browsing experience, with some restrictions on advanced web interactions (e.g., Google services). Companion iPhone App Edit, add, and reorder bookmarks with an easy-to-use interface on iPhone. Synchronization between the watch and phone for streamlined bookmark management. Step-by-Step Guide to Using µBrowser Open MicroBrowser Press the Digital Crown on your Apple Watch and select the MicroBrowser app. Perform a Search Tap the search icon and use voice dictation to input your query. Access and Manage Bookmarks Navigate to Bookmarks, swipe to activate or delete entries. Use the Address Bar Enter a URL manually or via dictation, then tap done to load the page. Manage Bookmarks on iPhone Open the companion app to add, edit, or reorder bookmarks easily. Download µBrowser: Watch Web Browser Try out µBrowser today to enhance your Apple Watch browsing experience! Download on the App Store Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. tunmi : Hello guys, this is tunmi, and welcome to another episode of the AppleVisPodcast. In this one, I'm going to be reviewing the watch app known as MicroBrowser. Now, MicroBrowser is a lightweight web browser that allows you to……
In this episode of the AppleVis Extra podcast , host David Nason is joined by Thomas Domville, Tyler Stephen, and newcomer Levi Gobin to unpack everything announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The team dives deep into the new features coming to iOS, watchOS, macOS, and iPadOS, sharing their first impressions and early experiences with the latest developer betas. Highlights from the Episode: 1. Unified OS Versions: Apple aligns iOS, watchOS, and macOS under version 26, marking a more cohesive update cycle across platforms. The panel discusses the reasoning behind this and what it might mean for users and developers. 2. iOS 26 Key Features: A bold new “liquid glass” aesthetic refreshes the visual design. Versioning now reflects the year, simplifying future updates. Groundbreaking features like Hold Assist and on-device live translation redefine accessibility and daily use. Shortcuts receive a major boost from Apple Intelligence, making automations more powerful and customizable. 3. Beta Testing Stories & Insights: Thomas recounts a rocky iOS 26 beta install on the iPhone 15 Pro and the steps it took to recover. The team examines current beta performance—discussing AI-driven screenshot analysis, enhanced screen calling, and improved battery status alerts. 4. watchOS 26 Updates: Smart Stack and Workout Buddy add new layers of personalization to workouts. Lively debate ensues on the practicality of motivational workout prompts. 5. macOS 26 "Tahoe": Spotlight becomes smarter with Quick Key integration. More control for users through revamped menu bar and control center customization. Discussion around Rosetta’s eventual phase-out and what it means for app compatibility. Subtle but meaningful accessibility improvements, including customizable toolbars via the Actions menu. 6. iPadOS 26 Enhancements: Continues its convergence with macOS, introducing menu customizations and better file handling. A new Phone app brings calling functionality to non-iPhone devices. 7. VoiceOver Improvements: Notable accessibility gains, including enhanced Braille input and toolbar customization for VoiceOver users. 8. Looking Ahead: The team reflects on the implications of Apple’s AI roadmap and the growing synergy across platforms. They offer thoughts on what this year’s updates signal about Apple’s broader strategy moving forward. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Dave: Hello there and welcome to another episode of the Apple Viz Extra podcast. My name is David Mason and really exciting time of year. It is WWDC. We had all of the announcements on Monday and we are gathered to chat through them. what Apple told……
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In this episode, Gaurav continues his deep dive into the Alfred app for Mac, focusing on the Features pane within the settings. He provides a detailed walkthrough on customizing Alfred to boost productivity and usability, with special attention to voiceover users. Gaurav explores various powerful features of Alfred, including Universal Actions, hotkey configuration, web search customization, and clipboard history management. Through practical demonstrations, he shows how to create shortened URLs, compress files, and streamline workflows—all without leaving Alfred. Highlights include: Features Pane Overview: Customize default search results, specify file and folder searches, and set fallbacks for unmatched queries. Universal Actions: Learn how to configure hotkeys and perform contextual actions on selected text, URLs, and files, like searching, snippet saving, dictionary lookups, and QR code generation. Web Search Shortcuts: Set personalized shortcuts for quick access to Google Images, Amazon, YouTube, and more. Clipboard History: Enable and manage clipboard content for easy retrieval and searching. Additional Tools: Brief introductions to snippets, calculator, dictionary, contacts viewer, music mini player, and OnePassword integration. System Commands: Assign commands for system tasks such as restart, shutdown, and emptying trash. Step-by-step Universal Actions setup: Open Alfred’s Features tab and set a hotkey for Universal Actions (e.g., Option + Command + A). Select text, URLs, or files and activate the hotkey. Choose from available actions like search, snippet creation, or file compression. Through these tips and demonstrations, Gaurav aims to help listeners harness Alfred’s full potential, making Mac navigation smoother and more accessible—especially for voiceover users. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav : Hello everyone. So today we shall continue our series on the Alfred 5 application for the Mac. And today we are going to dive into the Alfred settings once again and doing an even deeper dive on an aspect of the settings pane called the features pane. So if you might remember in one of my previous episodes, I had done a general walkthrough of the Alfred settings. And today we're going to get a deeper dive under the hood of Alfred and really see how to make this app really useful for us via the features tab. So I'm going to invoke Alfred now by pressing my Alfred keyboard shortcut, which is command plus space. application Alfred system dialog and I'm going to go into settings command comma finder mac alfred preferences alfred preferences search I'm going to go to the left most part of the screen with vo fn left arrow search preferences blank search I'm going to vo right arrow alfred sidebar I'm going to sidebar and I'm going to use the up and down arrows once I'm in the alfred sidebar to navigate features……
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In this episode, Gaurav offers a hands-on walkthrough of PDFgear: PDF Editor & Reader for Mac OS — a free PDF reader available on the Mac App Store — spotlighting its AI-powered OCR (Optical Character Recognition) capabilities. This feature is especially handy for transforming PDFs composed mainly of images into editable, searchable text. The demo is performed on an M1 MacBook Air running the latest Mac OS Sonoma. Key Highlights: About PDFgear: A free PDF reader app available on the Mac App Store. Stands out with its AI-driven OCR functionality. Demo Setup: Conducted on a MacBook Air with Mac OS Sonoma. Uses a PDF titled Malaysia Wildlife Document , mostly image-based. Step-by-Step Walkthrough: Opening the PDF: Launch the document in PDFgear via the ‘Open with PDF Gear’ option. Navigating the App: Use VoiceOver (VO) commands to explore the window spots menu and locate pages heavy with images. Running OCR: With VO, select the OCR button and choose ‘Current file OCR’ to begin processing. The OCR completes quickly — about 15 to 20 seconds for 134 pages. Exporting Text: Export options include ‘Export to one file’ or ‘Export to separated files.’ Due to accessibility challenges with the save dialog, it’s best to stick with default directories. Accessing Converted Text: Find the output text file in the ‘Downloads’ folder and open it with TextEdit to review the OCR results. This detailed guide empowers listeners to easily convert image-based PDFs into accessible, searchable text, improving document usability across devices. Try PDFgear on the Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pdfgear-pdf-editor-reader/id6469021132?mt=12 Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav : Okay, guys, so today I'm doing a brief audio demonstration on the PDF gear application. This is a free PDF reader on the Mac App Store, and its unique point is that it can use AI to convert or to OCR documents. So that basically means if you have a document, a PDF document, which is mainly in the form of images, you can use the AI-powered features in this application to convert it into text, which you can then read. So I'm going to demonstrate that feature for you today. I'm using M1-powered MacBook Air using the latest version of Mac OS Sonoma. I'm going to navigate to a PDF document on my Mac, which was sent to me by someone called the Malaysia Wildlife Document. Gaurav/VoiceOver : I'm going to V-O-Shift-M to open the context menu. Open with. Open with. Steam app. PDF expert app. PDF gear app. Gaurav : So I'm going to open with PDF gear. VoiceOver : With PDF gear. Malaysia wildlife. PDF window. Gaurav……
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In this AppleVis Extra episode, David Nason and Thomas Domville (AnonyMouse) interview Sarah Herrlinger, senior director of Global Accessibility Policy and Initiatives at Apple. They explore Apple’s ongoing dedication to accessibility, spotlighting exciting new features designed to better support users with disabilities. The conversation covers several highlights, including Accessibility Nutrition Labels, Braille Access Mode, Magnifier for Mac, and the role of AI in accessibility enhancements. Key Highlights: Accessibility Nutrition Label A new initiative that provides standardized accessibility info for apps. Developers will showcase features like VoiceOver and captions. Designed to increase awareness and help users easily find accessibility details. Braille Access Mode Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. Enables quick note-taking, calculations, and BRF file access with Braille displays. Supports live captioning for DeafBlind users to improve communication. Magnifier for Mac Turns your iPhone into a magnifier for Mac users. Uses a secondary camera to enlarge physical objects. Includes zoom, color filters, brightness controls, and OCR with text-to-speech via Accessibility Reader. AI and Accessibility AI remains a vital tool in accessibility advancements. Enhances image recognition and descriptive capabilities. Continues to be integrated to improve experiences for visually impaired users. User Engagement and Feedback Highlights the value of user feedback in shaping accessibility features. Encourages users to send suggestions to accessibility@apple.com . Share Accessibility Settings A new feature lets users temporarily transfer their accessibility settings to another device. Makes it easier for family members to help with troubleshooting and tech support. Listeners are invited to share their thoughts on these features and suggest any other accessibility needs they’d like Apple to consider. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Dave : Hello there, and welcome to another episode of the AppleVis Extra. My name is David Mason, and I am delighted to be joined once again by Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse, of course. And this is an exciting episode that we, I want to say, annually, semi-annually do, and that is an interview with Apple's Global Head of Accessibility, Sarah Herrlinger. So, looking forward to this one, Thomas. Thomas : Right. I mean, you're right. That is a mouthful. What is your, I had to look that up. Director of Global Accessibility Policy and Initiatives. I'm like, wow. I wonder if that actually fits on her business card in one line. There's no way. They only respond so small.……
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In this practical tutorial episode, Siddarth Mahajan demonstrates how to turn a folder into an encrypted disk image (.dmg) file on your Mac, useful if you, for example, need to temporarily share your Mac with someone else and want to protect particularly sensitive data on it. To do this: Open Disk Utility (located in the Utilities folder). Choose File > New image > image from folder (or press Command-Shift-N), and select the folder using the standard open dialog. In the resulting dialog, choose the level of encryption you want for the image in the "Encryption" popup menu (a higher level is slower but more secure) and enter a password that will be used to access it. Click Save, and once Disk Utility reports that the operation is successful, click Done. The image will be saved to the location you specified, which is by default the location of the original folder. Be sure to delete the original folder at this point, so that the data can only be accessed through the password-protected, encrypted disk image. To access the image, open it and enter the password you chose. The folder will then be mounted like a volume on your desktop, where you can add, modify, and delete its contents. When you're done, be sure to eject it so that it can't be accessed without a password by selecting it on your Desktop and choosing File > Eject (or pressing Command-E). Useful Links: macOS Disk Utility: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250 Email Siddarth: siddarthmahajan15@gmail.com Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Siddarth : Are you in that situation where you need to give your Mac to someone for maybe a few hours or a few days, but worried about what if they might access my private files, my private folders? Of course, everyone has their own privacy, right? You might have private documents or messages or pictures, videos, whatever. Siddarth : Do you know that we can lock or we can encrypt the folder on Mac with a password? Well, if you don't know that, yes, we can actually do that. How can we do that? That's what I'm here for. I'm Siddharth Mahajan. In this episode, I'll be demonstrating that. How can we encrypt a folder with a password on our Mac? So let's get started. Siddarth : I'm on my desktop here. VoiceOver : Siddharth Private Files folder. Siddarth : This is my folder, Siddharth Private Files. VoiceOver : Siddharth Private Files folder. Siddarth : Let me press Vivo space to open. VoiceOver : Finder has new window. Siddarth : Okay, let me interact. VoiceOver : In list view, table. Siddarth : What are the files here? VoiceOver : CFP underscore green humanities dot PDF. Siddarth : One of my CFP files. VoiceOver : conference PDF. ……
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1 Experience New macOS Beta Software with Confidence: Dual Boot macOS and Run Beta Software Alongside the Latest Public Release of macOS
In this episode, Levi Gobin demonstrates how to prepare your Mac for beta testing by creating a second volume on your Mac's internal disk to install and run beta versions of the operating system. This way, you can run the beta when you want, but continue to use your Mac with the current shipping version of macOS. To create a volume to install macOS betas on: Open Disk Utility (located in the Utilities folder). Select your startup disk (usually called Macintosh HD) in the table, and choose “Add APFS volume” from the context menu (accessed by pressing VO-Shift-M). Name the volume (it can be any name) and if you want to specify a minimum and maximum amount of storage space for it, click size options, define your parameters, and click OK. Otherwise, click Add to create the volume, which will share space with your startup disk. Once the volume has been created, download the current shipping version of macOS from the App Store, and follow the onscreen instructions to install it, a process that is demonstrated in the episode. At the point where the installer confirms that macOS will be installed on your current startup disk, click show all disks, and select your newly created volume. Once the installation completes, your new copy of macOS will start as if the Mac was new from the factory; follow the onscreen instructions in the Setup Assistant, a process that is also demonstrated. To obtain a macOS beta, if you haven't already, sign up for either the developer or public beta program. Once you've signed up, an option will appear in System Settings > General > Software update to install updates from that channel. Once a beta is seeded, you should be able to install it like any other update. To switch between the two volumes, you can either go to System Settings > General > Startup disk to select a default volume that the Mac will start from each time it is restarted or turned on, or select a different volume as your Mac starts. To do this, shut your Mac down, press and hold the Power button until the startup options dialog appears, interact with the volume you want to start up from, and click Continue. If you no longer want to run the beta on your Mac, you can remove the volume by starting up from your primary volume, opening Disk Utility, selecting your secondary volume in the table, and choosing “Delete APFS volume” from the context menu (accessed by pressing VO-Shift-M). Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Levi : Hello, everyone. In today's recording, I'm going to show you how to dual boot macOS. This might be useful for when you want to beta test a new version, such as macOS 16, which is coming out here in June 2025. I'm going to show you how to dual boot macOS and how you can test the new beta without messing up your current operating system. So first, what we need to do is create an APFS volume. Levi : And the way we do that is by going to Disk Utility. Disk Utility is located in your Applications folder, then under Utilities, Disk Utility. But an……
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1 A Look into Alfred for Mac: Part 3 How to clear the trash, reboot the computer, and perform other tasks using Alfred keywords
Unlock greater productivity with Gaurav’s latest episode on the AppleVis podcast — the final chapter in a three-part series all about Alfred, the powerful macOS productivity app tailored for VoiceOver users. Alfred lets you breeze through tasks simply by typing, eliminating the need to dig through menus or complex interfaces. In this concluding episode, Gaurav walks you through setting up custom keyword commands in Alfred, focusing on how to create a quick shortcut to empty your Mac’s Trash. Follow along as he demonstrates the entire setup, making it easy to automate this common task. What You’ll Learn: How to launch Alfred using Command + Space Using Alfred’s search bar to run commands with keywords Customizing and creating your own Alfred keywords via preferences Replacing the default empty trash command with a shorter, faster keyword Discovering other handy system commands like activating the screensaver, adjusting volume, ejecting disks, and more Tips for prioritizing your most-used commands in Alfred’s suggestions Episode Highlights: Live demo of emptying Trash using a custom Alfred keyword Step-by-step guide through Alfred’s settings and accessibility features How to enable and tweak system control keywords Practical tips for speeding up everyday Mac tasks Encouragement to explore Alfred’s full suite of system commands If you’re looking to simplify repetitive Mac tasks with just a few keystrokes, this episode is packed with practical insights to help you work smarter and faster. Helpful Links: Alfred App: https://www.alfredapp.com/ Download Alfred on the Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/alfred/id405843582?mt=12 Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav : Hello, everyone. Welcome to part two in our Alfred demonstrations and walkthrough series. In today's demo, I'm going to be showing you how you can go into the Alfred settings and set up keywords that you can type into the Alfred search bar, which can trigger certain actions on your Mac. Today, I'll be showing you how you can use a keyword to empty your trash. So just to demonstrate how this works, I'm going to show you how it works on my Mac right now. Gaurav : I'm going to press command space to open the Alfred search bar. VoiceOver : Application. Alfred system dialogue, Alfred search field, Alfred search. Gaurav : I'm going to type my keyword, which is empty. E F T Y force empty trash empty. I've typed the word empty and you can hear it already said force empty trash. I'm going to hit enter. And you heard the trash emptying sound in the background there. So I just have to whenever I want to empty my trash, I just have to trigger Alfred, type in my keyword, hit enter and my trash can gets empty. Now I'm going to show you how you can set this up……
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Discover new levels of productivity with Gaurav’s latest AppleVis podcast episode — the second installment in a three-part series all about the powerful Alfred app for macOS. Designed specifically for VoiceOver users, Alfred helps you speed up your workflow by letting you accomplish a wide range of tasks simply by typing—no need to navigate complicated menus or interfaces. In this episode, Gaurav guides you through the essential Alfred settings, offering a clear, step-by-step tutorial to get you started. Learn how to boost your efficiency by customizing general preferences, setting up handy shortcuts, and managing permissions to unlock Alfred’s full potential. Here’s what you’ll learn: How to use Alfred’s accessibility features tailored for VoiceOver users Setting up shortcuts to replace default macOS tools like Spotlight Navigating and understanding Alfred’s general settings Utilizing Alfred’s powerful search tools, including personalized Google country subdomains Stay tuned for upcoming episodes, where Gaurav will dive deeper into advanced features, workflows, and premium customization options. Unlock the full power of Alfred on your Mac and elevate your user experience with AppleVis. Get Alfred on the Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/alfred/id405843582?mt=12 Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav : Good morning, everyone. Or shall I say good day, depending on where you are in the world right now and what time you're listening to this recording. Today, I'm going to do a brief walkthrough of an application called Alfred. Alfred is a freemium application, which means you can download and use it for free. And there are many additional features you can add on if you were to purchase the premium pack for the application. Gaurav : Now, Alfred is a very powerful tool with which you can do many, many, many actions on your Mac. And I would specifically say it's very useful for voiceover users because you don't have to mess around with complicated UI or screen elements. And you can do a lot of things just by typing. So in today's demonstration, I'm just going to show you the various Gaurav : aspects and options in the Alfred settings and we shall get oriented with the settings and over time I will do more demonstrations and walkthroughs which dive deeper and deeper into the Alfred menus and settings and teach you how to use and understand them in various ways. So currently I'm on the Alfred settings and preferences page. I'm going to press V-O-F-N left arrow to get to the left most section of the page. VoiceOver : Search preferences, blank, search text field. Gaurav : So I'm on a search box. I'm going to press V or right arrow. VoiceOver : Alfred sidebar. General tab selected. Alfred sidebar. Alfred sidebar. 5.5. VoiceOver : Alfred sidebar. Search preference. Alfred in Alfred side. Gaurav : I'm going to do VO……
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Explore the world of productivity with Gaurav’s latest AppleVis podcast episode—the first in a three-part series diving into the powerful Alfred app for macOS. Tailored especially for VoiceOver users, Alfred streamlines your workflow by letting you perform a wide range of tasks simply by typing, eliminating the need to navigate complex interfaces. In this opening episode, Gaurav walks you through the initial setup and configuration of Alfred, providing a thorough guide to its sidebar options. Discover the General tab’s key preferences and learn how Alfred can boost your efficiency by replacing Spotlight and seamlessly integrating web searches. Listeners will learn how to: Configure Alfred for the best VoiceOver experience. Navigate Alfred’s preferences and settings with ease. Understand Alfred’s freemium model and the advantages of the PowerPack. Customize settings to fit your unique workflow. Join Gaurav as he unlocks Alfred’s potential, laying the groundwork for upcoming episodes focused on its advanced Features, Workflows, and more. Get Alfred on the Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/alfred/id405843582?mt=12 Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav : Good morning, everyone. Or shall I say good day, depending on where you are in the world right now and what time you're listening to this recording. Today I'm going to do a brief walkthrough of an application called Alfred. Alfred is a freemium application which means you can download and use it for free and there are many additional features you can add on if you were to purchase the premium pack for the application. Gaurav : Now, Alfred is a very powerful tool with which you can do many, many, many actions on your Mac. I would specifically say it's very useful for voiceover users because you don't have to mess around with complicated UI or screen elements, and you can do a lot of things just by typing. In today's demonstration, I'm just going to show you the various Gaurav : aspects and options in the Alfred settings and we shall get oriented with the settings and over time I will do more demonstrations and walkthroughs which dive deeper and deeper into the Alfred menus and settings and teach you how to use and understand them in various ways. So currently I'm on the Alfred settings and preferences page. I'm going to press V-O-F-N left arrow to get to the left most section of the page. VoiceOver : Search preferences, blank, search text field. Gaurav : So I'm on a search box. I'm going to press V or right arrow. VoiceOver : Alfred sidebar. General tab selected. Press up or down. Alfred sidebar. 5.5 Alfred sidebar. Search preference. Alfred in Alfred side. Gaurav : I'm going to do VO shift down arrow to interact with the sidebar. And now I'm just going to use the arrow keys without the VO modifier to see what's in the Alfred sidebar. VoiceOver : General tab……
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In this episode of the AppleVis podcast, Siddarth shares a quick and efficient way to organize multiple files into a single folder on a Mac using a simple shortcut. He demonstrates how to use VoiceOver to select documents around a specific topic—like “Holistic Education Development”—and instantly group them together by pressing Control + Command + N. This episode is perfect for anyone wanting to simplify file management and save time when handling numerous documents. Listeners will gain practical tips to boost productivity with organizing documents, audio, and video files for easy access on their Mac. If you’re looking to optimize your digital workspace, this episode offers invaluable insights. Tune in to learn and master this handy feature! Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Siddarth : Have you ever stuck in the situation where you have a lot of folders related to one particular topic or a concept and you wanted to group all those in one folder on your Mac? You might be coming across if you're not yet. In Mac, I have discovered an amazing feature that we can quickly create a single folder by selecting Siddarth : the required files and upload it with one shortcut or one key. For example, if I have a subject called accessibility or if I have documents and audios and videos related to accessibility and I want to, instead of creating a folder and copying it and pasting it, I just want a quick handy way to just put all in the folder or an all in one folder. So, Siddarth : I'll show you how can we do that on Mac with VoiceOver. Let's get started. Right, I'm on my desktop. I'll go to Documents, Command-Shift-O. So... All right. Siddarth : So now here I have a lot of documents which I wrote for my University, my class test and all. So now I have a couple of documents here which has the name called head. That's HED. It calls holistic. Education development. So I want instead of copying all those or creating a separate folder and copying them and pasting it instead of doing that. I want to create. I want to just select those all. Siddarth : files related to HED and put it in one single folder so that it will be easy for me to access it whenever I need. So how can we do that? Let me interact here. Okay, I'll go Vivo down arrow. Siddarth : I have a document here. Let me just select it with Vivo command enter. Siddarth : right let me leave the command key and vivo down arrow i have again head test let me press again with the i'm not leaving my vivo keys i'm just uh holding my vivo keys and i just lifted my finger after selecting the command key let me press command and again i perform the same thing vivo command enter VoiceOver : Two items selected. Siddarth : Again, I leave the key. VoiceOver : Add test pages document. Siddarth : This is a pages document. So let me select this. VoiceOver : Add test pages document. Added to selection three items selected. ……
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In this episode, Dave Nason demonstrates how to create and use text replacements, short snippets of text which are substituted with frequently used words, sentences, or emojis when typed, on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. This may be useful if you, for example, need to frequently give people directions to your home. Rather than manually type out the directions, you could configure a text replacement so that several sentences could be inserted simply by typing a few characters of your choosing. You may also wish to use it to speed up typing longer words, or even to type emojis that you use regularly. On iOS and iPadOS, text replacements can be created and managed in Settings > General > Keyboard > Text replacement. Here, you can double-tap an item to edit it, or delete it using the "Delete" rotor action. To create a text replacement, double-tap the Add button in the upper right corner, type or paste the word, sentence, or emoji you want inserted in the "Phrase" field, type the text snippet in the "Shortcut" field, and double-tap Save. On macOS, text replacements can be created and managed in System Settings > Keyboard > Text replacements. Navigate the table using the up and down arrow keys, Tab to individual cells to edit them, or delete them using the Remove button. To create a replacement, click the Add button, type the text snippet in the "Replace" field, type the text you want to be inserted in the "With" field, and click Add. Assuming your devices are signed into the same Apple Account, text replacements are synced between them, allowing you to, for example, create text replacements on your Mac, and use them on your iPhone or iPad. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Dave : Hello there, David Nason here. I hope you are doing well. Today I wanted to give you a quick demo of how to use text replacements or typing shortcuts on both iOS and macOS. Text replacements are a really handy feature for speeding up your typing, helping you type out regular words or phrases or even you know, full on sentences that you want to type more quickly. Dave : You can type as little as two characters as your shortcut and then you hit space or punctuation like a full stop or a comma and it will expand out into the word or phrase that you have set. So it's really handy. There's probably three key ways which I use it. One would be for kind of longer sentences that I need to type semi-regularly. So, for example, directions to my house. Dave : If a friend is coming over or a taxi driver or a delivery person, that kind of thing. Rather than having to type out those directions each time I'm in that situation, I have a shortcut set up. So I type D-I-R-1. and I hit space and it will turn into those directions. I have one that's Dior2 as well, which is a more detailed version of those directions. Dave : I also use it then, number two, for kind of regular words and phrases that I might use when I'm texting people or emailing. I borrow some of these from contracted Braille, others I have made up myself. So things like YD for yesterday, TM for tomorrow, TAFN……
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1 Getting Started with Numbers on Mac: Lesson 7 - Understanding the concept of Tables and inserting multiple tables on a Sheet
In this episode of the AppleVis Podcast, Gaurav returns with Lesson 7 in the ongoing series on mastering Numbers , Apple’s free spreadsheet app for Mac. This lesson focuses on organizing data efficiently in Apple Numbers. Unlike Excel’s single-grid layout, Numbers offers a more flexible, canvas-like approach where multiple tables can coexist on a single sheet. Gaurav demonstrates how to manage tables for different quarters of budget data, making it easier to structure and access your information. Key Concepts Covered Understanding Tables in Numbers Numbers allows multiple tables per sheet, treating each sheet as a flexible workspace Distinct from Excel’s traditional grid-based format Using the Sheet Navigator Access the window spots menu with VO + U Navigate through and interact with sheets Rename, duplicate, or delete tables as needed Working with Multiple Tables Add multiple tables to a single sheet Use VO and arrow keys to move between them Rename each table for clarity and structure Managing Tables Effectively Customize titles and captions Remove unnecessary rows and columns Organize data by period (e.g., Quarter 1, Quarter 2) Advantages of Using Multiple Tables Quickly shift between distinct data sets Enhance visual clarity, especially for sighted users Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav : Okay folks, so in this lesson we are going to discuss about tables. Now tables are different tables you can have on your sheet in Numbers. And what you want to understand is that unlike Microsoft Excel, Numbers doesn't treat each sheet as a massive grid. It instead treats it like a blank canvas where you can have multiple tables. In Excel, it is treated as one massive grid. Gaurav : Now I'll show you what I mean by that and why it's useful to work with various tables on your canvas on a sheet in Numbers. So I'm back on my Numbers table. I'm going to hit VO plus U for umbrella to open the window spots menu. GauravVoiceOver : Sheet navigator tab group. I'm going to go here, hit enter. VoiceOver : Sheet navigator tab group. Gaurav : I'm going to VO shift down arrow to interact. VoiceOver : In budget sheet selected tab. Gaurav : Budget sheet. That's the name I've given to this sheet where we have our January, February, March budget. Here I can hit VO shift M for menu or do the contextual click. GauravV/oiceOver : table one rename ellipsis duplicate show sheet options cut sheet copy sheet paste sheet delete table one rename ellipsis so here currently i have various options of what options i have with this sheet i'm just going to rename it duplicate rename ellipsis you are currently i'm going to rename it to Gaurav……
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1 Getting Started with Numbers on Mac: Lesson 6 - Autofill feature to quickly copy formulas across cells
In this episode of the AppleVis Podcast, Gaurav returns with Lesson 6 in the ongoing series on mastering Numbers , Apple’s free spreadsheet app for Mac. In the previous lesson, he explored how to insert formulas effectively. This time, the focus is on using the autofill feature to save time and eliminate repetitive tasks. Autofill Essentials Apply formulas across multiple cells with ease using autofill. Insert the same formula into multiple rows by holding Shift and using the arrow keys. Access autofill options from the table menu. How to Use Autofill Select the range of cells where the formula should be applied. Choose the direction for autofill (up, down, left, or right). Use the autofill command to extend the formula across the selected area. Adjusting Formulas Copy formulas from one column (e.g., January) to others (e.g., February, March). Ensure row numbers stay the same while updating column references. For instance, replicate the formula from B2–B5 in January to C2–C5 in February. Reviewing and Editing Review and edit formulas in each column as needed. Maintain row consistency while adjusting for different columns during autofill. Using these techniques will help streamline your workflow and minimize manual input. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav : So in this lesson, if you remember in the previous lesson, we had learned how to insert formulas. In this lesson today, we are going to learn how to quickly autofill formulas so that you don't need to fill them in again and again when you want to put in the same formula across different cells. So we're back into our numbers table. Gaurav/VoiceOver : Sap Food, Rope Water, Rope Transportation, Internet. So our January has now got a total, but our February and March remain blank. Gaurav : So I'm going to move into the February total cell. VoiceOver : February empty. Gaurav : I'm going to hold down the shift key. And I'm going to hit right arrow again. C6 through D6 are now added to my selection, which means these cells are selected. And I want to insert the same formula into these two rows as I had inserted into column B, where I inserted the total for the January month. I'm going to hit view, press M for menu. Gaurav : I'm going to keep hitting right arrow until I get to table. I'm going to hit down arrow. Gaurav/VoiceOver : I'm going to type in autofill, autofill cells, submenu. I'm going to hit right arrow here. Gaurav/VoiceOver : Here I'm going to explore the various menu options by hitting down arrow. auto fill left auto fill down auto fill up auto fill from row above command option auto fill from column before command control back auto fill from column before so now it if i hit enter it's going to auto fill the formula from column b into columns c and d and only into the cells which i've……
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Gaurav is back with the next installment in our Numbers tutorial series, diving into one of the most essential spreadsheet skills: the SUM function . Whether you're tracking expenses or organizing data, learning to total values quickly is a must. Quick Guide: Summing Your January Expenses Select the Cell – Click the cell where you'd like the total to appear. Start the Formula – Type = and then SU . Use the arrow keys to highlight SUM and press Enter . Set the Range – Type your cell range, like B2:B5 , and close with a ) . Finish – Hit Enter . Boom—your total is ready! Want to Make a Change? Just press Option + Enter to jump into the formula editor, tweak your formula, and press Command + Enter to apply it. Introduction to Basic Formulas Learn how to analyze and manage data with formulas Focus: Using the SUM function to total values easily Using the SUM Function Adds up all values in a defined range Common use: Insert a “Total” row to sum a column’s data Enter the function where the total should appear How to Enter the SUM Formula Navigate to the desired cell Press Option + Enter to begin editing Type = to start the formula Enter SU , then select SUM with the arrow keys Inserting the Formula Example In cell B6 , type: =SUM(B2:B5) Press Enter to apply and see the result Editing a Formula Click the Total cell Press Option + Enter to enter edit mode Use arrow keys to move around and edit Press Command + Enter to save changes Pro Tips Use larger ranges for more data, like B2:B1000 Press Option + Enter anytime to reopen the formula editor Arrow keys let you fine-tune your formula line-by-line Spreadsheet skills made simple—with Numbers on your Mac! Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav : okay folks so in this lesson we are now going to get into very basic formulas and formulas are very easy yet powerful methods of analyzing and playing around with our data. So today I'm going to use probably one of the most used function, which is the sum function. So it is a way of totaling all the values in a set of cells. Gaurav : So what we're going to do is, again, jump back into our table. Gaurav/VoiceOver : Food. Rowhead or cell? Cell. water row header cell transportation row header cell internet row header cell row header cell cell okay so we have all of our headings in the category headings in column a internet row……
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In this episode of the AppleVis Podcast, Gaurav returns with Lesson 4 in the series on mastering Numbers , Apple’s free spreadsheet app for Mac. In this installment, he dives into two powerful tools for organizing your data: Sort and Quick Filter . These features help you manage and analyze spreadsheets more efficiently—especially when working with larger datasets. We’re using a sample budget spreadsheet with categories like Food , Water , Transportation , and Internet , each with amounts listed for January. Here’s how we sorted that data to quickly find the highest expenses: Sorting the January Column Opened the Sort Options via the menu (Command + Option + R). Selected the January column. Chose Descending to sort from highest to lowest values. Instantly, the data reorganized itself to prioritize the largest expenses. Quick Filter: Focusing Your View Next, we explored the Quick Filter tool—a great way to temporarily hide or display specific rows without permanently deleting data. For example, we hid the Food row with a checkbox and brought it back with a simple undo (Command + Z). Advanced Filtering We also touched on advanced filtering available in the Formatter pane . There, you can set precise criteria for what appears in your spreadsheet—ideal for more complex sorting needs. Recap Sort Function : Explained how and why to use it. Hands-On Example : Sorted the January column using VoiceOver and keyboard commands. Undo + Quick Filter : Demonstrated hiding rows and bringing them back. Formatter Pane : Previewed more detailed filter controls. These tools make navigating and analyzing your spreadsheet data faster and more intuitive. Try them out, experiment a bit, and as always—reach out if you have questions! 💡📊 Happy sorting! Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav :Hello everyone. So today we will continue our sessions on the Numbers application. And today we will be talking about the sort function. There are two or three different types of sort that we can apply to our data. The sort function is one of the most used and most useful functions or features of a spreadsheet. And today we'll see how to use that for better navigation and analysis of our data. Gaurav :So we're back in our spreadsheet. VoiceOver : Food column header cell. Gaurav/VoiceOver : I'm back in cell A1. And if we're just going to go and view all the data we have in column A. Food row header cell cell A2. VoiceOver : Water row header cell cell A3. Transportation row header cell cell A3. Gaurav/VoiceOver : A4 internet row header cell cell A5 row header cell cell A6 all right so we have five from row two to row……
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In this episode of the AppleVis Podcast, Gaurav is back with Lesson 3 in his series on mastering spreadsheets with Numbers , Apple’s free spreadsheet app for Mac. Today, he’ll continue working with our monthly budget spreadsheet and dive into two powerful time-saving tools: Autofill and the Quick Calculation Bar . First, we’ve already completed the budget for January and February. Now, instead of re-entering all the data for March, we’ll use Autofill to do the work for us. Just head over to the March column, open the Autofill menu, and like magic, your February values are copied into March in a flash. Next up is the Quick Calculation Bar – a handy feature that gives you instant stats just by selecting your data. Whether you need a total, average, or want to find the highest or lowest value in a range, this tool has you covered with zero extra steps. Key Features Covered Autofill Quickly copies values across multiple cells. Demonstrated by filling March’s budget with February’s data using the Autofill tool. Quick Calculation Bar Instantly displays summaries like sum, average, minimum, maximum, and count for any selected range. No formulas required. How-To Steps Using Autofill: Select the cell range from the previous month (e.g., February). Open the Autofill menu. Apply the data to the next column (e.g., March). Using the Quick Calculation Bar: Select any range of cells. The summary (sum, average, min, max, count) appears automatically at the bottom of the window. Recap In this lesson, you learned how to: Use Autofill to speed up repetitive data entry. Leverage the Quick Calculation Bar for fast data insights. Give these tools a try and see how much smoother your budgeting becomes. Happy spreadsheeting! Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav : Hello everyone. So welcome to lesson three in this set of lessons on numbers. Now I'm back up in our numbers spreadsheet into the monthly budget that we were creating. And I'm going to show you two things today. I'm going to show you how to use the autofill menu and how to use the quick sum or the quick calculations bar. Gaurav : So first, if you remember, we had filled out the budget for January and for February. And now we need to fill it out for March as well. So let's go over to... Gaurav : We're in D1, which is the column header cell for March. And what I want to do is for March, I want to quickly fill out the same values what I've done for February. Now, of course, one way is to just go into February and see what were the values for February and fill out the same ones for March. But there's a quicker option built into numbers, which is helpful when we want to autofill a……
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In this episode of the AppleVis Podcast, Gaurav returns with the second lesson in his series on mastering spreadsheets using Apple’s free app, Numbers for Mac. This session dives into working with row and column headers and navigating the formatter pane to make your data more accessible and structured. Gaurav shares practical tips to boost your spreadsheet skills and improve your workflow. Can’t wait for the next lesson on autofill! Key Topics Covered: Row and Column Headers Why headers matter for navigation and clarity How to set headers to make navigating with arrow keys easier Example: Entering “Food” in the row and “February” in the column Formatter Pane Navigation Open the formatter with VO + U Interact with it using VO + Shift + Down Arrow Browse table styles, header/footer settings, and more Table Editing & Customization Add or remove rows and columns Change font size and table outline Customize grid line visibility Data Entry Tips Edit cell content with Option + Enter Finish editing with Command + Enter Try entering sample data like monthly expenses for practice 📝 Takeaways: Setting headers is key for organized, navigable tables The formatter pane unlocks a range of powerful customization tools Get ready to explore autofill features in the next episode! Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav : Hello, everyone, and welcome to the second lesson in this numbers tutorial series. I realized last lesson I did not get into much detail about the row and column headers, and we also did not discuss the formatter pane on the right side. So that's what we're going to discuss today. I have my same spreadsheet open, which we were working on earlier. And I'm going to press VO plus U for umbrella to open the window spots menu. I'm going to press down arrow. VoiceOver : Scroll area. Gaurav : This is the formatter pane on the right side of the table. I'm going to hit enter. I'm going to press VO shift down to interact. VoiceOver : Formatter. Empty scroll area. Empty scroll area. Gaurav : I'm going to enter here. VoiceOver : Empty scroll area. Empty formatter. Sheet navigator. Sheet one. Formatter. Empty scroll area. Jump to selection. You are in table formatter. Scroll area. Gaurav : Okay. Seems to be some error. I'm just going to press V-O plus J for jump to until I get into the formatter. VoiceOver : In column header cell. In formatter. Gaurav : In formatter. I'm going to press V-O shift down arrow to interact. VoiceOver :……
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In this episode, Gaurav begins his journey into mastering spreadsheets with Apple’s free app, Numbers on Mac. 📊 Using an insightful AppleVis podcast as his guide, he learns how to open a spreadsheet and navigate it efficiently with VoiceOver. If you're new to spreadsheets, Numbers is an ideal starting point—especially since it’s bundled with every Mac. It’s highly accessible for VoiceOver users and perfectly suited for basic tasks. While Microsoft Excel is the go-to for complex data analysis and advanced features, Numbers excels at simplicity and even lets you export files to Excel when needed. In this episode, Gaurav sets up a basic quarterly budget sheet , placing categories like Food , Water , Transportation , and Internet in the first column, and January through March across the top. It’s a simple project, but rewarding—watching the structure take shape is a great introduction to working with data. Choosing a Spreadsheet App Numbers : Free with every Mac as part of iWork. Excel : Part of Microsoft Office, offers robust data tools. Accessibility & Usability Numbers is beginner-friendly and VoiceOver-optimized. Excel supports complex tasks like pivot tables and macros. Getting Started in Numbers Launch with Command + Space , then type “Numbers”. Press Command + N to start a new spreadsheet. Choose a template using arrow keys, then Enter to select. Interface Overview Sheet Navigator : Switch between spreadsheet pages. Format Panel : Adjust text, background color, and cell formats. Table Format Tools : Customize table layout and appearance. Basic Keyboard Navigation Command + Up/Down Arrow : Jump to top or bottom. Command + Left/Right Arrow : Move to far left/right. Option + Enter : Begin editing a selected cell. Creating a Budget Sheet Enter months across the top row using the Right Arrow . Add expense categories down the first column. Fill in amounts, pressing Enter after each entry. Reviewing Your Work Use VoiceOver to check entries with VO + C (column header) and VO + R (row header). Confirm content cell by cell before finishing your session. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav : Good morning, everyone. Today, I'm going to start a basic course on how to use the numbers spreadsheet application for the Mac. Right now, to start with, I just want to cover a few basic differences between choosing between……
In this episode, Siddarth shares a simple, stress-free way to convert audio files using VLC Media Player — no expensive software or confusing tools required! Whether you're working with WAV, MP3, or other formats, VLC makes the process quick, free, and accessible to everyone. What’s Covered How to convert audio formats (like WAV to MP3) Common challenges: installing new software, app usability, accessibility Why VLC stands out as a lightweight, powerful alternative to programs like QuickTime Why VLC? Free and open-source Easy to install on Mac Perfect for audio and video conversions Step-by-Step Conversion Guide Open VLC Media Player Use the shortcut Command + Shift + S Select your WAV file Choose MP3 (or your preferred format) Set the destination, filename, and extension Start the conversion – done in just a few minutes! Wrap-Up Quick format comparison (WAV vs MP3 size) A nod to VLC’s nostalgic value Encouragement to explore and share this tool Simplify your audio workflow with VLC — a reliable, no-cost way to manage your media. Because learning and sharing helps us all grow. 🌱 Download VLC : videolan.org Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Siddarth: Hello, welcome to another short demonstration. I'm Siddharth and today we are going to touch upon an interesting topic and which is... or which will be useful for us in one or another time. Siddarth: We often deal with multiple video formats or audio formats as well, like MP3, MP4, WAV or MKV, etc. What if we have an WAV audio file and we want to convert that to MP3? Siddarth: installing multiple softwares, dealing with inaccessibility, or trying to figure out, trying to work around with the application, navigating, interacting, un-interacting. That's so much hectic and very time consuming, isn't it? For that, I have brought a simple solution. And the application what I'm going to use is VLC Media Player. Sounds familiar, right? Yes. I've installed VLC Media Player on my Mac. Siddarth: VLC Media Player, if someone is very new to it, it's just like a QuickTime player or any video audio player in that sense. So through that, we can play any type of video or audio format files to watch films, movies, videos. in MP4, MP3, whatever. Siddarth: So using that, I'm trying to show you how can we convert from a particular source format to our desired target format. Right, without further ado, let's get started. I'm on my Finder, and I have this audio file which I demoed a few days back regarding how to check a battery count. Siddarth: and that is that is wav if someone is new to wav that's a one of the standard and lossless file so now i have this wav and the file the size of this file is something around 90 95 mb maybe because it's a lossless So I want to share this and I want to convert this to MP3. ……
In this podcast, Darrell showcases Call of Fate , a free-to-play, audio-first card adventure game developed by Prudence Interactive. Designed with full accessibility in mind, the game is tailored for both blind and sighted players. Call of Fate transports players to the fantasy world of Teyus, where they take on the role of a summoner uncovering a forgotten past. Official Game Site – Prudence Interactive Key Features Audio-Driven Gameplay : Every aspect, from exploration to combat, is fully voiced with immersive 3D surround sound. Hero Collection : Recruit from 56 unique heroes across five classes—Warrior, Mage, Assassin, Ranger, and Priest—each featuring distinct voices and abilities. Turn-Based Battles : Engage in strategic, card-based combat that is easy to learn and supports idle progression. Inclusive Design : Built with screen reader compatibility, including support for VoiceOver and clear audio cues for seamless navigation. Multilingual Support : Available in eight languages, including English, Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese. Learn more in the AppleVis review or watch the Official Game Guide – Season 1 . Download on the App Store Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Darrell: Hello everyone and welcome to this AppleVis podcast. I am Daryl Bowles, also known on the AppleVis forums as Advocate. Today we are going to be demonstrating a game with some visual elements. It is primarily, it is a video game with built-in accessibility for blind players. It was just released on April the 24th. It is Call of Fate. And we're going to be demonstrating a little bit of that today. Darrell: So I need to find the icon in my games folder. And there it is. Darrell: I will double tap this. Darrell: And it's going to ask me to log into an account here. And I do have an account. All right, there we go. Darrell: I'm going to double tap quick login. Darrell: You are going to want to register. It's just a matter of putting your email address in and then receiving a verification code, entering that verification code, and then selecting the option already have an account. Darrell: and logging in when you are, if you decide to exit and come back into the game. So let's go ahead and get started here. VoiceOver: Quick login button. Quick login. Darrell: Here we go. VoiceOver: Game initialization complete. Landscape. Charge port to the right. Direct touch area. Use the rotor to enable direct touch for this app. Voice over off. Game Voice: The game has a built-in screen reader. To avoid focus conflicts, please disable any external screen reader software before proceeding……
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In this episode, Siddarth B walks you through the process of checking your MacBook's battery capacity—an indicator of how well the battery retains a charge compared to when it was new. He also explains how to determine the cycle count, which tracks the number of times the battery has been completely drained and recharged. Battery capacity can be viewed by going to System Settings > Battery and clicking the "Show detail" button. Cycle count can be viewed by opening System Information (located in the Utilities folder), selecting "power" in the table, and pressing VO-J to jump to the information pane. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Siddarth: Hi, welcome to a short tutorial on how to check the charging cycles count on MacBook. So ever wondered how to check your MacBook battery cycles? When we get into settings of a Mac and when we interact in the battery, we can only find the details of the battery health. It might be 100% or 95% or 90%. depending on your usage. Siddarth: But how to find the battery cycle count or how many times we have charged our battery? For that, in this demonstration, I'll be showing you how can we find it and how can we understand the overall battery details. So first, I'll show you what we can get in the settings slash battery of Mac. So I'm on my MacBook desktop. Siddarth: I'll open my settings with Vivo M. VoiceOver: System settings. Siddarth: And I'll navigate here to the battery. With Vivo right arrow. VoiceOver: Battery. Siddarth: I'll interact here. Siddarth: Alright, my current battery level is 59%. I'll just navigate here by Vivo right. Sorry, I'll interact it here. My low power mode is set to only on battery. I don't need the low power mode activated when I'm connected to my charger. VoiceOver: Your Mac will reduce energy usage to increase battery life. Battery health. Siddarth: Okay, battery health. And if I right arrow again with Vivo, right? VoiceOver: Normal. Battery health. Siddarth: Normal. VoiceOver: Show detail. Siddarth: Show detail, right? I'll hit Vivo Space. So it's great that even after one and a half month, sorry, one and a half year of my Mac, still the battery health is normal. And we'll see how much percent the battery health is. VoiceOver: Nine items optimized battery charging on switch. Siddarth: Right, I'll go... We were left here to the left side of the screen. Yes, it's right. Siddarth: It's 100%. And I feel it's a great battery. I like the way battery, how it optimizes on Mac than the iPhone. The maximum capacity is 100%. But we can't really see the cycle count here. For that, what we have to do is, first I'll close the settings. VoiceOver: authentication Siddarth: right i'll open the search box again with command space VoiceOver: spotlight spotlight spotlight search Siddarth: all right ere i will type system information if i just type system i get the uh the filled it here s-y-s-t-e-m some information space i'll just type i-n-f i-n-f it will be already uh taken so i just hit enter here authentication VoiceOver:……
In this episode, Thomas Domville will demonstrate how to reset the control center back to its factory default state. In iOS 18.1 and later, Apple introduced a convenient feature that allows users to reset the Control Center to its default layout. This is particularly useful if you've customized the Control Center extensively and wish to return to the original setup without affecting other settings on your device. How to Reset the Control Center to factory Defaults Open the Settings app on your iPhone. Scroll down and double tap on Control Center. At the bottom of the Control Center settings, double tap on Reset Control Center. Confirm your choice by double tapping Reset Control Center again when prompted. This action will restore the Control Center to its factory default layout, removing any customizations you've made. ⚠️ Important Notes iOS Version Requirement: This feature is available starting with iOS 18.1. If you're running an earlier version, you won't see the "Reset Control Center" option. No Data Loss: Resetting the Control Center does not affect your personal data, apps, or other settings on your iPhone. Manual Customization: After resetting, you can manually add or remove controls by tapping the + or − icons in the "Edit controls" interface. This feature simplifies the process of reverting to the default Control Center layout, especially if you've made numerous customizations and wish to start fresh Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Thomas , 00:00 Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. In this podcast, I'm going to show you how you can reset the control center back to factory default. As you know, the control center is a great location to go to to obtain quick actions on certain things, such as turning, enabling, disabling airplane mode. Sometimes it got Bluetooth, you wanna select from different devices. Thomas , 00:26 That's where you can find your lock orientation, your brightness, volume, and et cetera. There's so many controls within the control center that you are able to take advantage quickly and easily. However, one of the nice things that Apple has done in recent times is that it gives us way more customization to control of the control center. So we're able to rearrange things, add different controls to the control center to our liking. Thomas , 00:54 But that being said, I have come across where I've got myself in a pickle because I just was experimenting with so much and I moved everything around and I just didn't like how I wanted it. Then I just thought to myself, how in the world am I going to get it back to the way it was? And so I found out there's a way to reset your control center. And thus far, it just resets it right back to factory default. Thomas , 01:19 And then I could just leave it alone at that point, or I can just keep trying to figure out how to move things around the way I like. So if that is something that might interest you, well, I'm going to show you……
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In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to hide your recent searches from showing up when double-tapping the address and search field in a new Safari tab on iOS or iPadOS. Starting in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, your recent searches will by default appear above the keyboard when opening a new tab in Safari and double-tapping the address and search field. If you'd prefer your search activity wasn't so immediately visible, you can turn this off by going to Settings > Apps > Safari, and toggling the "Show recent searches" switch off. Note that this will only hide recent searches from showing above the keyboard in the address and search field; it won't hide them from your browsing history. For searches you want to keep truly private from others who can access your device, you'd need to either clear your browsing history, or use private browsing. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hey, Apple Visors, Tyler here, with a quick tip for how to hide your recent searches in Safari on iOS and iPadOS. With iOS and iPadOS 18.4, when opening a new tab in Safari and double tapping the Address and Search field, your recent searches will, by default, be displayed above the keyboard. While some may find this convenient if they, for example, perform the same searches often, users may not want their search history so visible. To turn this off, you'd go to Settings, Apps, Safari, and toggle the Show Recent Searches switch off. And I'm going to demonstrate that now on my iPhone. Settings. Settings, Apps, Button, Apps, Selected, Section Index, Adjustable. And swipe down to S. And tap in the center of the screen. And since the search heading, where the setting is located, is above the general heading, I'm going to swipe up. Swipe right. Show Recent Searches, this is off for me. If it's on for you and you want to turn it off, just double tap. Now keep in mind that this will not prevent someone from going through your web history and seeing your recent searches. It simply hides them from the search field in a new tab. So when you open a new tab and double tap the search field, your searches will not show up there, but they still will show up in your web history. For things that you'd want to stay private from others who may be able to access your device, you need to do something else like use private browsing or clear your web history. Either way, I hope you found this tip helpful. Peace.…
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In this edition of Apple Crunch, Thomas Domville and John Gassman discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Chapters: Introduction Apple Introduces iPhone 16e with 6.1-inch Display, Face ID, A18 Chip, and More Apple finally lets you move your digital purchases to another account AppleCare+ for iPhone Gets More Expensive Latest News and Updates on iOS 18.4 Beta Apple TV is finally available on Android devices – just in time to stream MLS and Severance season 2 Foldable iPhone Entering Mass Production This Year Closing Resources: Apple Introduces iPhone 16e with 6.1-inch Display, Face ID, A18 Chip, and More 9 Surprises from Today’s iPhone 16e Debut 7 reasons you might want to skip the iPhone 16e Apple finally lets you move your digital purchases to another account AppleCare+ for iPhone Gets More Expensive Apple Is Reportedly Having Trouble Smartening Up Siri You Can Now Integrate ChatGPT Even More Deeply Into Your iPhone iOS 18.3 Temporarily Removes Notification Summaries for News Apple Intelligence is several years behind Samsung’s Google Gemini-powered Galaxy S25 phones – Gurman Save Up to 21GB of Storage Now by Disabling Apple Intelligence on Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac Apple TV is finally available on Android devices – just in time to stream MLS and Severance season 2 Foldable iPhone Entering Mass Production This Year Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome to Apple Crunch for February 2025. My name is Thomas Domville. I also go by the name of AnonyMouse, and along with me today to talk about all source of Apple news and rumors, is John Gasman. How are you doing, John? I'm doing fine. Are you ready for your CSUN? Yeah. ……
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In this podcast, Thomas Domville explores RYFT: A Timely Manor for iOS, an immersive audio-based mystery-adventure game designed for hands-free, voice-activated play. Inspired by classics like Myst , Monkey Island , and Zork , RYFT offers a unique experience where players navigate and interact entirely through voice commands. Game Overview: Setting: Players find themselves in Nexus Manor , a mysterious mansion beyond time, with no recollection of how they got there. Armed with a cryptic stone tablet covered in strange symbols, they must explore the estate to unravel its secrets. Gameplay: This fully audio-driven game allows players to: Move using voice commands such as “north,” “east,” “south,” and “west.” Verbally interact with objects and characters. Solve intricate puzzles by collecting and combining items. Engage with a fully voiced cast, each tied to The Master of the manor. Narrative: As they progress, players uncover recordings from a distressed girl, revealing a sinister scheme orchestrated by The Master . To aid her, they must navigate the sprawling mansion and uncover its hidden truths across time. Tune in to the podcast for a full demonstration of RYFT: A Timely Manor ! RYFT: A Timely Manor on the App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ryft-a-timely-manor/id1661569093 Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. In this podcast, I'm going to be covering an iOS game called Rift. It's the first chapter called A Timely Manor. It is a free game, which I think all of us could say we love, and it's kind of compelling. It's kind of a lot of fun. There's some similarities to this to previous games I've done in the past years or so, and I thought I'd just pass this game along to you. It is an audio based adventure game. So it's kind of a voice control type game. So it reminds me a lot of the older text adventure games where you are put in a room or whatever not be. For example, in our first scenario, we're left in a room that has a desk and a coat stand and stuff like that. And you'll see that we just completely use our voice alone. Now, as a bonus, I will show you is not all has to be done by voice. So for those that prefer just using the regular old screen, or if you have a braille display, that might be something that you want to take a look at as well. So check on the availability of if that or this game is available to you in your country app store. So without further ado, let's jump into Rift. Now the first thing I want to note out is that as always voiceover sometimes kind of butchered the words. And you're going to hear it pronounced it as right. It seems like no matter which voice I use, it says right. And that's because the spelling……
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1 Finding Your Way Home in a (Home) Buttonless World: Using an iOS Device Without a Home Button the Ears Edition
In this episode, Scott Davert explores the different ways to access the Home Screen on iPhones without a Home Button. With the launch of the iPhone 16e, Apple has fully transitioned to a buttonless design, changing how users interact with their devices. For those accustomed to the tactile feedback of the Home Button, this shift may feel challenging. However, several alternative methods can replicate its functionality. 1. Using the Default Gesture: To return to the Home Screen without a physical button: Place a finger at the bottom center of the screen. Quickly swipe upward until you feel a slight vibration or hear a "pop" sound. Release your finger to navigate to the Home Screen. Tip: Using the charging port as a reference point can help with finger placement. Adding a small tactile marker, such as a bump dot, on your case near the swipe area can also provide a reliable guide. 2. Customizing VoiceOver Gestures: VoiceOver users can assign the Home function to a different gesture for easier navigation: Assigning Home to a Two-Finger Swipe Right: Open Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Commands > Touch Gestures. Choose a gesture, such as a two-finger swipe right. Under the "System" section, select "Home". If the gesture is already assigned, iOS will notify you. Confirm the reassignment by selecting "Assign". Note: The two-finger swipe right is typically used for grouped navigation, so choose another gesture if this conflicts with your existing setup. 3. Enabling Back Tap: Back Tap allows users to activate specific functions by tapping the back of their iPhone: Setting Up Back Tap for Home Screen Access: Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap. Toggle "Back Tap" on. Choose "Triple Tap". From the options, select "Home". Observation: If you use a thick phone case, Back Tap may not work as effectively. Adjust your tapping technique or consider using a thinner case if needed. 4. Using the Action Button with Siri Shortcuts: On certain iPhone models with an Action Button, you can program it to bring you to the Home Screen using a Siri Shortcut: Configuring the Action Button for Home: Download the shortcut, courtesy of AppleVis' very own AnonyMouse. on a compatible iPhone. If the shortcut doesn’t run automatically, tap "Add Shortcut" to enable it. Navigate to Settings > Action Button. Select "Shortcut" from the menu. Choose "Go to Home Screen" from the list of shortcuts. Now, pressing and holding the Action Button will return you to the Home Screen. Reminder: To maintain security, only download shortcuts from reputable sources. By utilizing these methods, users can easily adjust to Apple's buttonless design, ensuring a smooth and intuitive experience on modern iPhones. If you'd like to read this in a written guide, you can find it here: Finding Your Way Home in a (Home) Buttonless World: Using an iOS Device Without a Home Button Transcript ……
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1 AppleVis Extra 106: Chatting with The Iconfactory, Helping you Weave Your Social Media Feeds and More Together with Tapestry
In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, David Nason and Thomas Domville speak to Ged Maheux from The Iconfactory, the developers behind innovative new universal timeline app, Tapestry. Long time iPhone users will be very familiar with the company, previously responsible for the highly popular and highly accessible app Twitterrific. Download Tapestry from the App Store. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello there and welcome to the AppleViz extra podcast episode number 106. My name is David Nason and I'm delighted to be joined by AppleViz colleague and well-known voice Thomas Domville to talk today and talk to the developer of Tapestry a brand new app for iOS or pretty new. How are you Thomas? I'm doing great Dave. This is gonna be amazing interview. Tapestry is something just so revolutionary and something so unique and that's what's gonna make this so special. Definitely it's it's a really cool app Tapestry. It's from the icon factory who you may remember from Twitterific. So social media has changed so much Twitterific was one of those victims and our users with us when Twitter cut off third party apps. So Tapestry is part of the new the Fediverse that's the open social web call it what you will and hopefully a big part of the future of social media. So without further ado we can jump into our chat with Ged. Ged thanks for joining us it's great to meet you. Yeah me nice to meet you too thanks for having me it's yeah it's really we were we're delighted to get in touch with you and there was a lot of I guess excitement and a lot of talk on I guess mastodon specifically for me but I guess in in the blind community and on AppleViz.com of course when we saw that icon factory had released a new app so do you want to first of all tell us a little bit about Tapestry but we might also go back and talk about some of the stuff icon factory have done in the past as well. Yeah boy we've been in the home for so long it's hard to know where to start we've been doing this the 2026 will be our 30th year in business so we've been making apps for quite a while and some of your listeners may know us from Twitterific we made one of the first third-party Twitter clients back in the day and that of course has gone the way of the dodo but we've put our attention towards the open web and the Fediverse and created a new app called Tapestry which aims to be a unified personal timeline for all of your social or online needs it can pull in RSS feeds YouTube channels podcasts blue sky accounts mastodon accounts microblog and then a whole host of others to present them in a chronological unified timeline that you can control yourself how you read you decide what you see and what you don't see not some algorithm not some billionaire dictating what good doesn't doesn't go into your feed and we launched at the beginning of February and it's going pretty well I'm pleased with how it's been going so that's great there's a lot to dig into there I suppose question one is why did you think this was the way to go or why did you want to create an app that does this……
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In this podcast, Michael Hansen takes a first look at Apple's iPhone 16e, the latest member of the iPhone 16 family. He unboxes the device, goes through setup, and gives his initial impressions. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello Apple Vis. This is Michael Hansen. Thanks so much for tuning in. I hope you're having a great day. In this podcast, I'm going to be unboxing, setting up, and giving my initial first impressions of the iPhone 16e. The iPhone 16e is the latest member of the iPhone 16 family. It has all kind of the same foundational features as the rest of the iPhone 16 models. So the A18 processor, Apple intelligence, things like that, but it comes at a more affordable price point. I say more affordable because it's still a little bit more than kind of what I, and I think probably think it's safe to say many others, were hoping for. For reference here, the devices start out at $599 for the 16e, $799 for the 16, $899 for the 16+, $999 for the 16 Pro, and $1199 for the 16 Pro Max. But the other side of it is that this device has a lot, and I mean a lot of the same features as the more expensive, kind of the more costly other iPhone 16 models. It's got the action button, it's got the A18 processor, so there's no chipset, a generation behind, anything like that. It's got some new tech in there as well, and it's got the Apple C1, the new Apple C1 modem, which is going to deliver, hopefully deliver better battery life, the best battery life Apple says on a 6.1 inch phone. It also has the action button, which is really, really cool, and it's got some interesting uses, not just in terms of the types of things that you can do with it for turning off and on focus, which is what I use my personal unit for. But also you could even have it go to the home screen. Speaking of the home screen on the iPhone 16e, this device has face ID and does not have a home button, and I know that as soon as I say that, there is probably going to be a subset of people going, what, no home button, and that's okay. Don't feel bad if that's you, if the transition away from the home button concerns you. Don't be embarrassed about it, don't be ashamed of it. There's plenty of ways to make it work. There's some new gestures for going to the home screen and other functions like that. If the gestures are too difficult or just flat out don't work for you, you can always remap some voiceover gestures, some existing ones, or my favorite is you can use the action button to trigger a shortcut to take you right to the home screen. That's really, really cool. So Apple was kind enough to lend me an iPhone 16e and a case for review, and they sent me the white, I was thinking gold, these phones come in white and black, there is no gold. Apple sent me the white iPhone 16e 512 gigabyte storage and a white silicone case. I've got the boxes right here, so let's go ahead and I'll tell you about the case first because I like to, when I take a phone out, I like to immediately put it in a case. So let's go ahead and open this up……
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In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to enable severe weather notifications on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. With this feature enabled for a supported location, the weather app will notify you whenever the weather authority for that location has issued a severe weather alert, such as a storm watch or storm warning. To enable this feature in the Weather app on iOS and iPadOS, double-tap the "Manage notifications" button near the bottom of the screen, and toggle the "severe weather" switch on to enable notifications for your current location, or double-tap a location under the "your locations" heading to access the same options for that location, if it is supported. To do the same in the Weather app on macOS, choose Weather > Settings (or press Command-Comma), click the Notifications button in the toolbar, and select the "Severe weather" checkbox to enable notifications for your current location, or interact with the collection under the "your locations" heading to access the same options for locations in your location list, if those locations are supported. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hey, Apple Visors, Tyler here, with a quick tip for how to enable severe weather notifications on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. With this feature enabled for a supported location, the weather app will notify you whenever the weather authority for that location has issued a severe weather alert, such as a storm watch or storm warning. To enable severe weather notifications on iOS and iPadOS, open the weather app, double tap the manage notifications button, and toggle the severe weather switch on. So to demonstrate that, I'm going to open the weather app on my iPhone, and I would expect at this point to be able to perform a four finger single tap near the bottom of the screen, and then swipe left with one finger, however, that does not seem to work at the time of recording, February 2025. And so for that reason, I'm going to scroll up with three fingers to go to the last page. Now perform a four finger single tap near the bottom of the screen, swipe left, manage notifications, double tap that, swipe right, current location, severe weather, that's on for me. If it's off for you and you want to turn it on, just double tap it. If I swipe right, next our precipitation, if you want that, you just turn it on the same way. And if I swipe right again, there's some information, right again, and these are the locations you have in your location list. So in my case, I have Boston. So I have severe weather turned on for Boston, if I double tap, I have the same thing, severe weather switched on for me, next our precipitation switch button, next our precipitation. If I go back, notifications back button, Boston, severe weather, here I am back on the main manage notification screen. So I'm going to double tap the done button, done button, home, Kate Elizabeth. So here I am back on the main screen of the weather app. So I'm going to go home now. So now severe weather notifications are enabled for the weather app on my iPhone. So now to demonstrate on Mac OS, I'm going to switch to my Mac……
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1 AppleVis Extra 105: Karthik Kannan from Envision on winning the inaugural David Goodwin award and their upcoming Ally app
In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, David Nason speaks to Karthik Kannan, co-founder of Envision Technologies, winner of the inaugural AppleVis David Goodwin Award. This award recognises developers who have excelled in providing great apps and experiences for the blind and low vision community over a sustained period of time. They discuss the background of the company, key milestones, and the exciting Ally app which is due to launch soon. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello there and welcome to another episode of the AppleVis this extra podcast this is episode one hundred and five my name is david nason. Today we are talking about the AppleVis end of twenty twenty four awards again but this is a particular special one today because it's the inaugural david goodwin award david as you most likely know. Founded AppleVisway back in twenty ten and after fourteen years of real dedication he stepped away in the middle of last year. Thankfully we have been able to go on and it's really fitting that this award in particular has been named in david's honor. The david goodwin award rewards a developer who has shown a lasting and enduring dedication to the community with significant apps and really made an impact and they need to have been. Active with an at least one app for over three years and our winner has been many more years than that and so it's a really special awards and we're delighted to have started up this year and really excited to talk to the winner. Today before I get into that conversation I will give a quick overview of the nominees we had a lot of nominees for this award and which is a great sign in of itself really. Nineteen nominated on the panel so let us have a quick run through just to get that acknowledgement to those nominees we had a sharp LLC who make king of dragon pass. We had american printing house for the blind to make good maps at doors agile tortoise who make drafts era tech corporation who make era explorer cash reader sro who make that cash reader app dolphin computer access limited to of course make dolphin easy reader. Envision technologies bv who make the envision app flexi bits incorporated who make the fantastical calendar app junew quang who makes. Mona for mastodon and also spring for twitter canoe suit who makes the leer rss feeder app library of congress who make bird mobile. MIP soft who makes the blind square up national federation the blind to make nfp newsline oreo gomez makes round logic and accessible hangman accessible twenty forty eight and many more great games that we enjoy. Sneaky crab incorporated who make time crest twisted wave limited to make the twisted weight audio app. Ulysses gmbh to make the ulysses writing app and weather god's LLC who make of course the weather gods weather app a very popular app over the years as well. And finally would you juice limited to make hockey side and fright recording apps so big list congratulations to everybody who was nominated it's. Great to see so many developers who have shown that long term dedication to making great apps for our community. So the runners up……
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1 AppleVis Extra 104: In conversation with the creators of Seeing AI, Winner of Best App in the 2024 Golden Apples
In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, David Nason speaks to Saqib Shaikh, a key member of the team behind Microsoft's Seeing AI, winner of Best App in the 2024 AppleVis Golden Apple awards. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello there, and welcome to another episode of the AppleVis Extra Podcast. My name is David Nason and I am delighted to be joining you again to talk about the 2024 Golden Apple Awards. Today's focus is the best app category. We had 10 brilliant nominees in this category and they were One Password, Anytime Podcast Player, Drafts, Mona from Astadon, OKO, Cross Street and Maps, PixieBot, Seeing AI, Tapit Pro Audio Recorder, Todoist, To Do List and Calendar, and Voice Vista. So a great list of nominees there, very strong. Our runners up getting special mention are PixieBot and Voice Vista. So again, huge well done to them for being runners up. Our winner and a very familiar winner, I think it's their fourth Golden Apple, which is amazing, is Microsoft's Seeing AI. So huge well done to them. It's an app that's been around a long time and is still available in the App Store. If you search for Seeing AI from Microsoft. So yes, huge well done to Seeing AI for winning the best app, Golden Apple 2024. And to chat about it, I am delighted to be joined from the Microsoft Seeing AI team by Saqib Shaikh. Hello Saqib, thank you so much for joining me on the podcast today. Hi, thank you so much for having me. It's a pleasure to be here. And you're here because Seeing AI, I don't think for the first time won a Golden Apple Award for 2024 in the best app category, which is fantastic. So congratulations on that, first of all. Thank you. A great honor and actually a surprise. And it means so much because it's from the community. You know, there are so many awards from either the government or industry, but I think the ones from the community just mean that much more. Absolutely. You know, to be voted by the people who are using apps and there's, you know, a great range of apps nominated this year. So to top the pole is absolutely brilliant. And actually, before we jump into too much detail, maybe for the uninitiated, if there are any in our community, can you give us a quick rundown of what Seeing AI is? Good point. Seeing AI, we talked about it as a talking camera app or a visual assistant. It's a mobile app where you open it up and it uses the camera to tell you what it can see. And it has different modes for different tasks in your daily life from reading things to you, whether that's immediately or more slightly with formatting through to describing photos that you take or from your camera roll or from other apps, all the way through to very task-specific channels, as we call them, like finding something or exploring the world around you or knowing if the lights are on. Amazing. What do you do yourself on the team out of interest and are you there long? Have you been there, you know, part of Seeing AI from the start or can you……
In this episode, Dennis Long demonstrates Eter: Streaming Internet Radio for iOS. Eter is a versatile internet radio application available across all Apple platforms, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. It provides access to over 40,000 global radio stations, encompassing a wide range of genres such as news, sports, and music. citeturn0search8 Key Features: Extensive Station Access: Utilizes the publicly available radio-browser.info database to offer a vast selection of free internet radio stations. citeturn0search0 Universal Compatibility: Designed for seamless use across various Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. It also supports CarPlay and AirPlay for enhanced listening experiences. citeturn0search8 User-Friendly Interface: Features a clean and intuitive design, making it easy to navigate and discover new stations. The app includes a hand-crafted list of recommended stations and allows users to search for others. citeturn0search0 Recent Updates: The latest version, Eter 2.3, introduced on February 7, 2025, includes Shazam support for automatic song recognition, enabling users to identify tracks even when stream metadata is unavailable. Additional enhancements include customizable preferences for favorite stations and various bug fixes. citeturn0search0 Premium Upgrade: While Eter is free to use, a one-time in-app purchase unlocks premium features, including: Saving favorite stations for quick access. Hiding recommended stations to view only personal favorites. Setting a sleep timer to automatically stop playback after a specified duration. Viewing listening history and opening tracks in Apple Music. Supporting the app's ongoing development. Eter is available for download on the App Store and offers a comprehensive internet radio experience tailored for Apple users. Eter: Streaming Internet Radio on the App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/eter-streaming-internet-radio/id1523221566 Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello everybody, this is Dennis Long and today's demo is of Eater Radio. Eater is spelled E-T-E-R. Eater is free, but to fully unlock it, it costs you $5, actually $4.99. What do you get for that $4.99? The ability to save favorites, the ability to hide recommended stations, the ability to support ongoing development, and the ability to set a sleep timer to drift off quietly to any station your heart desires. What database does this use, you ask? It uses the radio.browser. The radio browser database is what it uses. Okay, so what makes Eater different? That's what we're going to cover today because they've done some interesting things and we'll get into how to do that here in a moment. Alright, so without any further ado, let's go, shall we? At the top left, you have settings at the very top. Okay, so let's start……
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1 In conversation with the creators of Voice Vista, Winner of Best Developer in the 2024 Golden Apples
In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, David Nason speaks to Jianfeng Wu, also known as Jeff, the creator of Voice Vista, winner of Developer of the Year in the 2024 AppleVis Golden Apple awards. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello there, and welcome to another episode of the AppleVis Extra Podcast. I am David Nason. I'm delighted to be with you again talking about the 2024 Golden Apple Awards. The awards were held at the end of 2024 on appleviz.com with the AppleViz user community voting and winners announced in December. Today we are talking about and talking to the winner of the Developer of the Year award. So delighted to be having that opportunity. Today we had 12 nominees in this category and they were. We had Act Nun AB who make the Eldrum Untold app or game. Agile Bits Incorporated who make one password. Ben Hills from the Anytime Player podcast player app. Benvision Inc. who makes Speakaboo. Jianfeng Wu who makes Voice Vista. Junyu Quang, the creator of Mona for Mastodon and Spring for Twitter. Seyvan Sukiasyan who makes Asmar Quest, another great game. Sparkling Design who make Pixiebot. Split Atom Labs, great name for a company, and they make the Land of Livia game. Tapit Music GmbH who of course make Tapit. Touchmint LLC who make the Adventure to Fate Lost Island game. And No Stranger to the Golden Apples, we had Weather Gods LLC who of course make the Weather Gods weather app. So great list of nominees there 12 and we have two honorable mentions, two runners up first. And they were Pixiebot and Mona from Mastodon slash Spring for Twitter. So congrats to those two runner up developers. But our winner was Jianfeng Wu who makes as we said the Voice Vista navigation app. And I'm delighted to be joined by Jianfeng today to talk about his app and his work. Hello, Jeff, and welcome to the podcast. How are you? Good, thank you. And firstly, congratulations on winning the Developer of the Year award, which is voted by the Appleviz community. Yeah, it's great news. Yeah, I'm glad too and thank you very much. Thank you all my friends to vote. Thank you. Yeah, it's brilliant. And for those maybe you don't know or haven't used it yet, do you want to start by just telling us a little bit about Voice Vista? Oh, yeah, I can. I like coding as platform on my spare time. There are some side projects for myself in the case, for example, some turn-based games, some traditional chess, card games, or practice tools for the elementary and middle schools. And I have some radio and the television station, but all that's for my side projects. I have some other work. So one of my strategy games I built, a lot of people, we sort of impaired played it because it's lucky it's accessible. So one day, one of my friends, Greg, he sent me an email. He said Microsoft will discontinue the app Starscape. He said I may have interest to continue it. It's about time……
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1 AppleVis Extra 102: In conversation with the creators of Dawncaster, Winner of Best Game in the 2024 Golden Apples
In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, David Nason speaks to David Janssen of Wanderlost Games, the creators of Dawncaster: Deckbuilding RPG, winners of Best Game in the 2024 AppleVis Golden Apple awards. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello there and welcome to the AppleVis Extra podcast. My name is David Nason. Really excited to be bringing this episode to you. We are celebrating the winners of our 2024 Golden Apple Awards. So the Golden Apples are a set of awards given out by AppleVis and the AppleVis community every year to mark excellence in apps for blind, low vision, and deafblind people. We nominate a series of apps in four different categories and the community votes on the winner. And today I am delighted to be celebrating the Best Game Award. There were 10 nominees in this category and they were Adventure to Fate, Lost Island, Audio Cat, Asmar Quest, Brailiance, Conjury, Don Castor, Eldrum Untold, Home Quest, Idle Adventure, Land of Livia, and Round Logic. So great list of nominees there and congrats to all of them for being nominated. Absolutely brilliant. And a range of different types of games as well, just puzzle games and RPGs and all different types of games. So absolutely brilliant. The runners up getting an honorable mention were Brailiance and Audio Cat. So congrats to them. But the winner was, as we announced at the end of 2024, Don Castor RPG. And today I am delighted to be joined by David Jensen from the Don Castor team to talk about the win. Hello, David Jensen. Thank you for joining us on the AppleVis podcast. Welcome. Hello. Also David. Yeah. This won't get confusing for people at all. No, definitely not. I mean, I mean, maybe they can tell us apart from our accents. Yes, that is very true. An Irishman and a detriment. So, no, we're absolutely delighted to have you on. You're here to represent Don Castor, which won the AppleVis Golden Apple Award for 2024 in the Best Game category, which is fantastic. So congratulations, first of all. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah. And thank you for the invite. Cause I mean, I personally felt very honored, but the rest of the team as well. And that's, it's not something we, we expected. I mean, it sounds kind of generic to say, but it really was like that. It was like, Oh, Oh, wow. Okay. That's very cool. Can you tell us a bit about the game? Yeah. So Don Castor is a, is a tech builder card battling game where you go through a RPG storyline where you like, try to like save the world by defeating the big demon king. And along the way you can talk to NPCs. You can bring them all onto your adventure. You can have a huge variety of RPG like builds from a poison rogue to a raging barbarian. And it just allows for a lot of creativity on how you approach the game. Yeah. Sounds very interesting. And it seems to be a category that's……
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In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to get weather information in your Mac's menu bar, useful if you, for example, want to be able to quickly access such information but don't want to deal with widgets or the Weather app. To add weather information to your Mac's menu bar, go to System Settings > Control Center, and choose "Show in menu bar" from the "Weather" popup menu. The temperature for your current location, if the Weather app has previously been granted access to it, should then appear in the status menus. Clicking the temperature should reveal a dialog with the current temperature, other applicable information about current conditions, an "Hourly forecast" group showing the expected conditions for the next four hours, and a button to open the Weather app. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hey, Apple Vissers, Tyler here, with a quick tip for how to get weather information in your Mac's menu bar. This is something that you've been able to do with third-party apps for a number of years now, but with the release of macOS Sequoia 15.2, this functionality has been integrated directly into the operating system. This may be useful if you want to get quick weather information such as the current temperature or hourly forecast for the next few hours without needing to deal with the weather app, a third-party app, or a notification center or desktop widgets. I find the menu bar I can use with far fewer keystrokes than the weather app or widgets. So to set this up, all I have to do is go into system settings, control center, and choose menu bar under the weather pop-up menu. So to demonstrate that, I'm going to go to system settings on my Mac. C for control center, control center, and interact with the scroll area. And because weather is near the bottom, I'm going to jump to the bottom with V-O-globe-right arrow. Weather, show in menu bar. If it's off for you, just choose that from this pop-up menu. So now I'm going to close out of this, and I'm going to press V-O-M twice to access the status menus. Okay, and here I am on 29 degrees Fahrenheit. To access more information, I'll just V-O space. Okay, so this is the top of the dialog, V-O-R-A, we have hourly forecast. Depending on the current conditions, there may be other information here too, such as a severe weather warning if one's in effect, or if the feels like temperature is significantly different from the actual temp. But I'm going to interact with the hourly forecast group now. And we have a few hours, so 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m., 9 p.m., 10 p.m., and that's it. So not the full 24-hour forecast that you get in the weather app, but if you want to get hourly forecast for the next four hours, this is quite useful. So I'm going to stop interacting, and V-R-A, open weather, and that's the only things you have in this dialog. The temperature, any other information as relevant, the hourly forecast group, and the open weather button. If I hit that, it'll just take me into the weather app. Now to get out of this dialog, at the time of recording, January 2025,……
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In this episode, Jessica Dale demonstrates how to send Messenger messages using Siri on iOS and iPadOS. To set this up, go to Settings > Apps > Messenger > Apple Intelligence & Siri, and toggle the "Use with Siri requests" switch on. To send a message, engage Siri and say something like "Use Messenger to message [person]." Siri should then prompt you for the contents of the message and then offer to send it, as it does when sending a message using the built-in Messages app. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. My name is Jessica Dale. I'm going to show you how to use Messenger with Siri. Yesterday they came out with a brand new update and it's really cool. So I'm on my iPad Pro. I have the 2021 version and I am running iOS 18, which is a requirement for this. I'll go to Settings, all the way down to the bottom of the screen to Apps. There it is. I'll double tap. Now on the right hand side, I'll click on Messenger. There we go. Double tap, I'll click on Apple Intelligence and Siri. Use with Siri requests. That's what we want. I'll double tap and there we go. Now let's test it. Use Messenger to message Vicky Wright. I hope you have fun on your vacation, period. I can't wait to hear all about it, period. Your Messenger message says, I hope you have fun on your vacation. I can't wait to hear all about it. Send it? Yes. Done. And there we go. I've now sent a message with Siri. Let's now go confirm that it actually went through. And yes it did. It's right there at the top. Perfect. I would like to thank you all for listening to this demonstration. You can reach me via email at jldail13 at Outlook.com. You can also reach me on Mastodon at ke8upe at mastodon.hams.sofa. Or using the information found in my AppleViz profile. Thank you and have a great day. This podcast was b…
In this edition of Apple Crunch, Thomas Domville, John Gassman, and Marty Sobo discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Chapters: Introduction Results of the AppleVis Golden Apples Award for 2024 Apple iOS 18.2 Goes Public Let's Talk Apple Hardware Rumors for Spring Let's Talk Apple Hardware Rumors for Fall Closing Resources: Announcing the Winners of the 2024 AppleVis Golden Apples and David Goodwin Award iOS 18.2: Everything You Can Do With ChatGPT Integration Apple to Maintain iPhone Compatibility for iOS 19, But Drop Older iPads from iPadOS 19 [Rumor] Gurman: iOS 19 delays will cause more spread out, slow software rollout iOS 18's delayed feature rollout impacts iOS 19 development New MacBook Air Models With M4 Chip Expected to Launch 'Earlier' Than iPhone SE 4 and iPad 11 Apple preparing iPhone SE 4 with all-screen design and Face ID, Gurman reports iPhone SE 4 may lack an Action button, but that's OK Apple reportedly releasing AirTag 2 next year with these 3 improvements What to Expect From Apple in 2025 PiccyBot Introducing ally (public beta) Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome to Apple Crunch for December of 2024. This is our last podcast of the year before we head into the new year of 2025. My name is Thomas Tomville, also known as Anonymous. And along with me today to tie up the end of the year with the Apple Crunch, I have John Gasman. How are you, John? Doing fine. How are you? You know, I'm doing great. I'm doing great. I had a wonderful Christmas time, got lots of wonderful gifts and goodies and things like that. And right over here we have Marty. Marty, how are you doing? Dude, thanks. How are you? I'm fine. You guys have a good Christmas? Oh, yeah. ……
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In this podcast, Dennis Long showcases the Broadcasts app for iOS, a lightweight and user-friendly tool for streaming internet radio and organizing stations into a personalized library. Broadcasts supports a variety of online radio formats, enabling users to explore and enjoy their favorite stations from around the globe. Key features of the app include: - Custom Libraries : Easily curate and organize your favorite stations for quick access. - Cross-Platform Compatibility : Works seamlessly on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and CarPlay. - Background Playback : Listen to stations while multitasking or with your device locked. - iCloud Sync : Automatically syncs your library across all Apple devices. - Siri and Shortcuts Integration : Control playback and automate tasks using Siri or custom shortcuts. - Minimalist Design : A clean, clutter-free interface focused on simplicity. Broadcasts is the perfect app for radio enthusiasts looking for a sleek and customizable streaming experience. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello everybody, this is Dennis Long and I am here with a demo of Broadcast. Broadcast is spelled B-R-O-A-D-C-A-S-T-S. Broadcast is a radio app. It is available on the following platforms, iOS, iPadOS, WatchOS, tvOS, MacOS, and Vision Pro. So it is available on everything. It uses the radio browser directory as its source for the stations, which means you could add a station to the radio browser directory and then use Broadcast to find it. Keep in mind it would take time for the radio browser directory to update or you can add a station manually and I'll show you how to do that here in a second. Broadcast is free with a one-time purchase of ten dollars. That's ten US dollars of course. The ten dollars unlocks unlimited collections. Collections are what we would typically refer to as favorites. You are allowed to save five collections or favorites if you don't pay for it. So without further ado let's get into Broadcast. Okay now that read a station that is down in my collection. So let's go to the top of the screen. Okay toggle view. Add station. All stations and of course it's going to put me on my collections because that's where I last was. You can search in your collections here. My collection is where I'm at now so let's go down and explore the settings. Let's check out the settings. Now that is the last tab so let's go left to right. Okay all stations is the first tab you have. Browse tab to five. Browse collections tab three or five. Collections search tab four or five. Search settings tab and buy that. So here we go we're going to check settings out. Settings heading view heading appearance dark list item size large button. Okay so it's a large item button. Now we can change that. Let's tap on that here regular button dismiss context menu but selected large regular button. Okay so we're going to dismiss……
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In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to use Genmoji on iOS. Genmoji, introduced in iOS 18.2, is an AI-powered feature that allows users to create custom emojis simply by describing them in text. This innovative tool enables personalized and unique emojis, going beyond the standard set to enhance self-expression in messaging and other apps. How to Create a Genmoji: Update Your iPhone: Make sure your device is running iOS 18.2. Go to Settings > General > Software Update to check for updates. Enable Apple Intelligence: Open Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri, and turn on Apple Intelligence. Access Genmoji: Open the Messages app. Start a new message or choose an existing conversation. Double-tap the emoji icon on the keyboard. Select "New Genmoji" in the top-right corner of the emoji keyboard. Create Your Genmoji: In the text field, type a description of your desired emoji (e.g., "a pink flamingo wearing tap-dancing shoes" ). Double tap Submit. Browse the generated options, then choose your favorite. Double tap Add to include it in your message. Device Compatibility: Genmoji is available on iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and the iPhone 16 lineup and newer. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. I'm going to be talking to you today about a feature called Gemmoji. I know, I know. There's so many different emoji, Memoji, Gemmoji. Thanks to Apple. I know. I hear you. But that's what I'm here for. I'm going to explain what Gemmoji is and how that's different from other emojis that you find throughout your iOS. Now this is a really kind of a nifty kind of feature that I'm starting to like quite a bit. So all of you probably are familiar with emoji, right? So emojis are little characters, little design, this little artwork is very small and that you can put into your messages and to your WhatsApp and all sorts of different variety of ways of communication. So you can send a little picture of something. So usually they're kind of basic stuff like cows and food things like tomatoes. And you probably know more the popular ones like a smiley face emoji or something or heart eyes emoji and things like that, red heart. Those are emojis and I know there's plenty of those emojis, right? There's like a thousand of these things, right? However, sometimes you're going to find that there isn't quite the emoji that you want. Let's just say I want a mouse wearing sunglasses, giving a thumbs up. You probably not going to find that emoji, but now we are able to design and customize your own emoji called Gemmoji. That allows you to create any emojis that you want to your heart consent. The sky is the limit and what you can create, but I'll show you some quirks and some setbacks that you're not……
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In this month's edition of Apple Crunch, Thomas Domville, Marty Sobo, and John Gassman discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Chapters: Introduction Results of the AppleVis First Ever Survey by the Community Apple Intelligence has Arrived with iOS 18.1 Looking Forward to iOS 18.2 Apple is reportedly moving away from annual launches Closing Resources: The 2024 AppleVis Community Survey: A Summary of the Results and Looking Ahead Apple Releases iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1; Bringing New Bugs and Some Fixes for VoiceOver and Braille Users Gurman: Apple internally believes that it’s at least two years behind in AI development Tim Cook defends Apple coming late to AI with four words - 9to5Mac iOS 18.2: New features coming to your iPhone (other than AI) - 9to5Mac Apple reportedly postponing a ‘larger-than-usual’ number of upcoming iOS 19 features Apple is reportedly moving away from annual launches The coffee table book of Apple Music's Best 100 Albums will set you back $450 Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo – Announcement Trailer - YouTube Joker Greeting Endless Meowy Christmas With Glitter - Loops a meowy christmas song over 3 hours! If you have feedback or questions for the Apple Crunch team, you can reach them at AppleCrunch@AppleVis.com Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome to Apple this is Apple crunch and my name is Thomas Domville also known as AnonyMouse And along with me. I found a couple guys here that came along with me to do this month Apple crunch. Let's bring in Marty How you doing Marty? Hey Thomas, how's it going? I'm good. Thank you. I like that. You're quick simple and fast Just like that bit it did it And and then we have John gaspman on the other end how you doing John just to be different I'll say that I really suck today Really? Well, I was kind of I don't know you don't I don't think you do. No, it's been a wonderful month I'm just if Thanksgiving time here in the states and getting the……
In this episode, Tyler demonstrates the basics of using iPhone Mirroring, a feature that allows you to use your iPhone from your Mac, with VoiceOver. Topics covered in this demonstration include: General description of the feature and its current issues and limitations System requirements and setup Navigating and dealing with various elements of the iOS user interface, such as the Home Screen, rotor actions, and context menus, using macOS Controlling which iPhone apps can forward notifications to your Mac More general information about this feature can be found in the Apple Support article "iPhone Mirroring: Use your iPhone from your Mac." Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hey Apple visitors, Tyler here, with a demonstration and overview of iPhone mirroring. iPhone mirroring is a feature that allows you to essentially use your iPhone from your Mac. This may be useful if you, for example, prefer a given service's mobile app over its desktop or web equivalent, or if what you're using doesn't have a desktop app or website. In addition, as notifications from your iPhone can be forwarded to your Mac via iPhone mirroring, you may find it more convenient to receive and respond to the notification on your Mac than to switch devices if you're working on your Mac when the notification comes in. With the initial release of Mac OS Sequoia 15.0, this feature was completely inaccessible with voiceover. With the subsequent 15.1 update, it has become accessible to a point. I say to a point because at the time of recording, October 2024, there are several issues that, in my opinion, make the experience less than refined from a voiceover perspective, which I'll elaborate on later in this demo. To use iPhone mirroring with voiceover, you'll need an iPhone with iOS 18.1 or later and a Mac with Mac OS 15.1 or later. All iPhones capable of running iOS 18 work with iPhone mirroring, as do all Macs capable of running Sequoia, with the exception of the 2019 iMac, as that model lacks the T2 security chip or Apple silicon. To set up iPhone mirroring, just open the iPhone mirroring app on your Mac and follow the on-screen instructions. I've already done that, so now I'm going to demonstrate the feature. I'm going to open iPhone mirroring on my Mac. So here I am prompted to authenticate. By default, whenever you open the iPhone mirroring app, you are prompted to authenticate as a way to verify your identity before it gives you control of your iPhone. If you'd rather, it didn't prompt you to authenticate each time you open the app, you can change this in iPhone mirroring settings. Just choose settings from the menu bar or press command comma and it should be there. But I'm going to authenticate with touch ID now. Close button. Okay, so here I am in the iPhone mirroring window. Okay, so we have home screen and app switcher. Now you can use those buttons to get to those locations, or I find it more convenient to use the view menu or keyboard shortcuts.……
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1 AppleVis Extra 101: Future Echoes - In conversation with the team behind Echo Vision smart glasses
Welcome to AppleVis Extra 101, where Dave Nason is joined by Xiaoran Wang and Huasong Cao from Agiga, the team behind the upcoming Echo Vision smart glasses. Check out some early demos, with more to come, on their YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@AgigaAi/videos And learn more on their website at: https://echovision.agiga.ai/ The team would love to hear your feedback, so please comment below, or contact them through the website. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello there and welcome to the AppleVis Extra. This is episode number 101. My name is David Nason and I'm delighted to be joined by two fantastic guests from Agiga. We have Xiaoran Wang and HuaSong Cao Is that correct, guys? Thank you, David. Thank you for having us. So yeah, delighted. And the product you're going to talk to us about is the Echo Vision. So before we get into that, though, do you want to tell us a little bit about yourselves, the company, what you do, really, and how it all came about? Sure. My name is Xiaoran. I'm the CEO, and before doing this company, actually, I had long experience building and shaping intelligent devices. I started my career at Amazon Level 26. That's the first place of the world's first Kindle and also the world's first Alexa. And I was actually in the early team that developed Alexa devices. And this experience gave me good exposure and got me enough experience on how to build a good intelligent device. I think that's one of the confidence I brought in when I was doing this company that we can build a great product for the community. Brilliant, and obviously, Alexa, a device that's very popular, being a voice-first product, very popular in the blind and visually impaired community. So yeah, that's really cool. And tell us about yourself, Hua Song. Yeah, thanks, David. So my name is Hua Song, and I'm an engineer by training. Before I started this company with Xiaoran, I was with Google for about nine to ten years. I did various software projects, and the latest one is Google Assistant, the voice assistant similar to Amazon counterparts. Yeah, I've been enjoying doing software, building stuff, both hardware and software. And with Giga, what we are trying to do is really to use our expertise built prior to this company and take that to something that we can really use to help everyone. That's brilliant. So do you want to quickly tell us what the product is, and then we can delve into a bit more detail. Yeah, so the product is called EchoVision. By looking, it looks like a normal pair of glasses. The key feature is to articulate visual information into voices. Think about it. If you can't see this, and there's someone next to you, how will this person help you? So basically, he or she is going to describe it for you, like read it out for you. And that's how we envision our product, basically. It's like an assistant, a virtual assistant that does this work for you. Well, I was going to……
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In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to use Writing Tools in iOS 18.1. Writing Tools, released as part of the first set of Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18.1 is an impressive feature that allows users to rewrite text in different tones, such as friendly, professional, and concise, with an added proofread option. To use this feature, open the text you want to edit and highlight it. Within the Edit section of your Rotor, you'll find the Writing Tools option. Different tone options will appear for you to choose from. Select the desired tone, and iOS will automatically adjust the text accordingly. If you opt for the proofread option, it will check for grammatical and stylistic errors, providing suggestions for improvement. This feature makes it easier to tailor your writing for different contexts and ensure it's polished and effective. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. I'm going to be talking to you about an Apple Intelligent feature called the writing tools. Now this is one of my most favorite feature of the Apple Intelligent that Apple has to offer. Now in order to be able to use the Apple Intelligent, you must need the following iPhone criteria, which is iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or newer devices. If you have those devices, then you will earn luck. The first thing we need to do is make sure that Apple Intelligent is turned on. Simple enough to turn it on, you'll have to head over to your settings. So let's head over to settings, and let's do one finger double tap and open this. And now what we're looking for, we're looking for Apple Intelligent in Siri, so swipe to the right until you find that button. One finger double tap, open that. Now you may have heard the word beta. Well, at this time of the podcast that's being recorded, it is in beta. So Apple Intelligent is in beta at this moment. Now if you don't hear the beta, don't worry. That might mean that the beta is no longer in beta. So to make sure we are in the same place in this right area, let's go to the very top left hand corner where you have the back button. To get to there, you can either tap at the top left or use a forefinger tap on the top half of your device until you hear the back button. Now if you swipe to the right, that's where you heard the beta. Now in your case, if you don't hear the beta, have no worries, let's keep going to the right. Now we're into the Apple Intelligent section. Now if you go to the right here, a personal intelligence system integrated deeply into your iPhone apps and Siri, learn more link, use the rotor to access links. You can do that if you wish. If you want to find more information about the Apple Intelligent and all the features that has to offer, double tap that and I'll take you to the web page at Apple to talk to you about more about Apple Intelligent. But what we're looking for is the option to turn the Apple Intelligent on and that should be the next item up. If you go to the……
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In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates the call recording and transcription feature in iOS 18.1. This update brings an exciting built-in call recording capability to iPhones. Recording a call is straightforward: just double-tap the Record button in the top left corner during a call (note that you might need to hide the keypad to see the button). A voice message will notify all participants that the call is being recorded. These recordings are saved directly in the Notes app, which uses end-to-end encryption to keep your conversations private. To review a call, simply go to the Notes app, and you'll find your recordings securely stored there. Additionally, iOS 18.1 offers automatic transcription, generating real-time captions and notes during your call. This feature makes it easy to reference important points later, with transcriptions handled entirely on your device to ensure privacy, with no data sent to external servers. Furthermore, supported iPhone models can provide summaries of these recordings, making it even easier to keep track of your conversations. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. I want to show you a feature called call recording and transcription. This is a beautiful feature that allows you to record your phone call. And yes, you're able to get a transcription of what transpired within that conversation of the phone call. Very useful for any time that you want to record a meeting or conversation. Maybe perhaps you're doing an interview with somebody or just simply just want to record for keepsake. Whether there's somebody close to your family you just want to have for record, for archival, or maybe you have a business transition or phone call you just want to make sure it's recorded. Now a couple things I want to note about this feature is that I always like to let people know that I'm about to record them. So it's kind of a respectful kind of a thing and not to get them caught off guard. So some people can maybe kind of leery about those kind of things that you just all of a sudden you just pop on them that you're recording their phone calls and such. Make sure you tell them that you're about to record them. Now even though Apple put a great safety feature in this and if you begin the recording no matter what you do it's going to let that recorder know that the phone call is being recorded. So that is a nice feature that Apple ensured that everybody knows that the phone call is being recorded. Now before you can use this feature you'll have to turn this option on and that's within the settings. So let's head over to settings. Settings. Double tap to open. You one finger double tap on settings. Settings. Now what we're looking for and we're looking for the phone app. Now the phone app now lives in the app section. Yep. So at the very bottom of the settings so I'm going to do a four fingers tap at the bottom half of my phone here. Apps. Button. Which will directly to get me to the app……
In this podcast, Thomas Domville showcases the Audio Ducking feature on iOS. Audio Ducking automatically reduces the volume of background audio when a foreground sound, such as a notification or VoiceOver, is played. This feature is particularly beneficial for accessibility, ensuring that important sounds or speech are clearly audible without being overshadowed by other audio. To adjust the Audio Ducking settings on iOS, follow these steps: Open Settings: Launch the Settings app on your iPhone. Access Accessibility Options: Scroll down and double tap on "Accessibility." VoiceOver Settings: Scroll down and double tap on "VoiceOver." Audio Settings: Within the VoiceOver settings, double tap on "Audio." Audio Ducking Settings: Within the Audio settings, double tap on "Audio Ducking." Choose Your Preference: In the Audio Ducking settings, you can select from Off, When Speaking, or Always based on your personal preference. Make sure to adjust the VoiceOver Speech Volume to your liking. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. I'm gonna be talking to you today about audio ducking. Now some of you out there are familiar with audio ducking and some that are not. So let's talk about what audio ducking for those that are not familiar with this feature. So really what this audio ducking does, it's very useful when you need it, when you want to lower the media sound. So for example, are you on a phone call and you're talking to an operator or a customer service or whatever it might be, and they want you to check your email and make sure you got something, read it off something, or they sent you a text for verification, whatever not. Sometimes it's really, really hard to hear that voiceover voice, right? So having it at the same time, the voiceover can be difficult to hear. Sometimes it's lower than what their sound is. Or in my case, I do a lot of music. So I love listening to the music in the background. However, if I'm trying to do something with voiceover on the same time, it's difficult to hear voiceover. So let me give you an example of what it sounds like when you do not have audio ducking on. So if I turn on music here, I'm just gonna swipe back and forth so you can hear the various sound of voiceover and you'll see what I mean. It's about the same or if not a little bit less, it just depends on the situation. So here's the music. Make sure that what I tell you makes sense. Mail, no unread emails. Messages, one unread message. So it's hard to hear, right? So you don't have that ability to be able to hear it very well. Well, audio ducking, by turning this on, it allows you to duck those media or situation that you're in so you can bring up that voiceover on top and make it clear and concise. Now, for those that are familiar with audio ducking, well, the old fashioned audio ducking allows us to be able to duck, right? But it was a hard set, meaning that we have no……
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In this month's edition of Apple Crunch, Thomas Domville, John Gassman, and Marty Sobo discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this episode include: AppleVis Returns and AppleVis Unleashed Gets a new Name Thoughts on the Apple's "It's Glowtime" Product Line At Last the iOS 18 is Out Where's the Apple Intelligence? Apple working on a cheaper Apple Vision headset, a second gen Apple Vision Pro, and smart glasses Links: AppleVis Partners with Be My Eyes; Website to Reopen September 9, 2024 iPhone 16, Apple Watch Series 10, and New AirPods: Recap of Apple's "It's Glowtime" September Event iPhone 16 Pro Demand Has Been Lower Than Expected, Analyst Says Bricked iPhone 16 Can Be Restored Wirelessly Using Another iPhone iPhone SE 4 due in early 2025 with OLED and Apple Intelligence iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 Accessibility: A Summary of VoiceOver and braille issues and improvements Apple Intelligence Features Expected to Roll Out in This Order Between iOS 18.1 and iOS 18.4 New Siri with Apple Intelligence to launch in 2025, says Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman Some Apple Intelligence features could cost up to $20/month, claim analysts Paid Apple Intelligence features are likely at least 3 years away Apple working on a cheaper Apple Vision headset, a second gen Apple Vision Pro, and smart glasses Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Updated With Real-Time AI Video, Reminders, and QR Code Scanning Looks like Apple is developing a full-fledged advertising tier for Apple TV+ If you have feedback or questions for the Apple Crunch team, you can reach them at AppleCrunch@AppleVis.com Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome to Apple Crunch for September 2024.……
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In this podcast, Thomas Domville reviews and demonstrates the Voices feature, which allows you to customize multiple VoiceOver voices to suit your needs. You can quickly access these voices using the Rotor Actions or the VoiceOver Quick Settings. How to Add VoiceOver Voices to the Voices Feature on iOS Open Settings: Start by opening the Settings app with a double tap on your iOS device. Go to Accessibility: Scroll down and double tap on "Accessibility." Select VoiceOver: Under the Vision section, double tap on "VoiceOver." Tap on Speech: In the VoiceOver settings, double tap on "Speech." Add a New Voice: double Tap on "Add Rotor Voice..." to see a list of available voices. Choose a Voice: Browse through the list and select the voice you want to add. You can swipe up on a voice to hear a sample. Download the Voice: After selecting a voice, double tap "Download" to add it to your device. Set Up Rotor Actions: Go back to the VoiceOver settings and double tap on "Rotor." Ensure that "Voices" is selected so you can quickly switch between voices using the Rotor. Quick Settings Access: You can also access the new voices through the VoiceOver Quick Settings by two finger quadruple tap and selecting "Voice." Now, you can easily switch between your customized VoiceOver voices to enhance your accessibility experience on iOS 18. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as Anonymouse. I'm going to be talking about a feature called Voices. So as you know, we have our primary voice over voice that we use each and every day on our device. Wouldn't it be great that you are able to access various voices more than just one voice over on the fly? Yep, you can do that. It lives right in your rotor, if that's where you would like it to be. In my case, I have it in my rotor itself. You can also put that in the voice over quick settings if you wish to. And I'll be showing you how to add that to your rotor and quick setting if that's something you want to do. But in my case, whenever I do a podcast, you probably always hear that I use Siri number 4 voice, in short is Noel. And this is what I use when I do podcasting, but every so often I like to change things up and here's some other voice and that would be Tom and Hans. So those are my top two voices. And so in order to access it so quickly and easily, I place the voices in within my rotor. So let me give you an example of what it sounds like and what it looks like. So I'm going to access my rotor and I'm going to go to Voices. Voices, Siri voice 4, default, selected. So if I swipe up, Tom, primary voice. I have the Tom primary voice. Or if I could just swipe up again, Siri voice 4, default. I'm back to Siri voice number 4. So this is when I'm talking about how you are able to access voices so easily from your rotor or your quick settings, if that's what you choose to do. So let me show you how I got that set up. But before we can do anything, we need to add voices so you can……
In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to customize the lock screen on iOS, specifically how to remove the flashlight and camera buttons and replace them with other controls. In addition to viewing the time, date, and notifications, the Lock Screen can be customized to remove or replace the camera and flashlight buttons with other controls, or show certain types of information at a glance, such as upcoming calendar events or current weather conditions. To customize the Lock Screen, perform a one-finger triple-tap on either the time or date, double-tap Customize, and then double-tap “Customize Lock Screen wallpaper.” From here, you can double-tap the Remove buttons for default controls, the “add quick action” button to select alternative controls, or the “Add widget” button to select a widget. transcript Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hey, Apple Vissers, Tyler here with a quick tip for how to customize the lock screen on iOS. By default, the iOS lock screen includes the time, date, any notifications received since the device was last used, and at least on devices without a home button, shortcuts to the flashlight and camera functions. Over the years, the iOS lock screen has gradually become more customizable, with the ability to add widgets introduced with iOS 16 in 2022, and the ability to remove the camera and flashlight functions or replace them with other controls the user might find more useful introduced with iOS 18 in 2024. If, like me, you don't find the camera or flashlight functions particularly useful, or at least not useful enough to where you would want them to be among the first things you see when you wake your iPhone, you can replace them with other things you might find more useful. So for me, I replace them with a shortcut to the alarm and also a single action shortcut that I created to set a 20-minute timer. So when I'm about to work out, I just take out my phone, wake it, unlock it, and double tap the workout timer button on the lock screen. And when I want to set an alarm, I don't have to go into Control Center or open the clock app or use Siri anymore. I just double tap the alarm button on the lock screen and I'm taken right there. So to demonstrate this, I'm going to wake my iPhone now and I'm just going to explain so I don't have to explain while voiceover is talking and compete with that sound. Once I unlock it, I'm going to triple tap either the time or the date. Either one works. You can triple tap or you can double tap and hold either one. So I'm going to wake my iPhone now. Do not disturb Friday 1 a.m. Okay, triple tap. Astronomy wallpaper weather sunrise and sunset widget and clock next alarm widget button and illustration of red, blue and yellow rectangle. Okay, so if I swipe left astronomy, that's the first element on the screen. It's the current wallpaper I have. You can have multiple. So if you want to have different lock screens, like, for example, if you're working, you might want access to different types of information than if you're just on your own time. If you want to link focuses, you can do that. So if you have a work focus, you can have it……
In this episode, Tyler demonstrates some of VoiceOver's command customization capabilities on macOS. If you find a particular VoiceOver command difficult to perform, or discover a function in the Commands menu that doesn’t have a default command, you can assign your own custom command to it. In addition, you can configure commands to open apps and run scripts, so you don’t have to locate them manually. Commands can be configured by going to VoiceOver Utility > Commands, selecting the “Command set: user” radio button, and clicking “Custom commands edit.” For ease of navigation, you can choose the type of commands you want to view or change, such as numpad, trackpad, keyboard, etc from the "Filter commands" popup menu, or use the search field to locate a particular command. In this dialog, commands can be presented in either column view, which organizes commands into categories like general, information, and navigation, or table view, which displays a list of all VoiceOver commands, including user-configured ones, which you can navigate with the up and down arrow keys. To add a command, in column view, locate the command, interact with the table of assignments, and specify your new one using the "Add input" popup menu. To add a command when in table view, click the Add button, interact with the table, and specify the input assignment from the popup menu labeled "None: edited." Then, press VO-Right-Arrow passed an empty cell to another popup menu, and choose the command you want your new input assignment to perform. transcript: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content.: Hey, Apple Vissers. Tyler here. With a demonstration and walkthrough of VoiceOver command customization on macOS. Prior to macOS Sequoia, VoiceOver included several user configurable sets of commands, known as commanders, for the numpad, trackpad, keyboard, and quick nav. With macOS Sequoia, these commanders have been consolidated into VoiceOver's broader command set, meaning in addition to the existing modifiers that you could use, like the option key for keyboard commander, you can also create your own command assignments using the VoiceOver modifier, which may be useful if you find a particular VoiceOver command difficult to perform, if you find a command in the commands menu, for example, that lacks a default assignment, or if you want to create a custom command to open an application. So to demonstrate this, I'm going to open VoiceOver utility on my mac with VoF8. Opening VoiceOver utility. VoiceOver utility. VoiceOver utility. Window. Utility categories. C for commanders. Commands. Commands. VRA. VoiceOver modifier. Control option or caps lock. VoiceOver modifier. VoiceOver modifier. This is the setting that was located in the general category in prior versions of macOS, but options are the same. Control option, caps lock, or control option, or caps lock, which is the default. VRA. Also control VoiceOver with. Also control VoiceOver with. Numpad. Uncheck. Checkbox. Numpad, which was formerly known as Numpad Commander. If you want to use, if you have a……
In this episode, Thomas Domville gives us an overview of new accessibility features for blind, DeafBlind, and visually impaired users in iOS 18. Topics covered include: Live Recognition Comes to the Rotor Voices Rotor Improvements to Audio Ducking VoiceOver Tutorial VoiceOver Startup Haptic Feedback Delay Before Selection New languages for Lithuanian and Kazak Using Personal Voice with VoiceOver Equalizer and Other New Customization Options for VoiceOver Voices Voice Presets for Siri Voices A New VoiceOver Gesture for Accessing Siri Text Input Braille Screen Input Improvements Motion Queues New Sound Actions Assistive Touch Improvements Eye Tracking New Background Sounds and Controls Music Haptics Live Speech Improvements Voice Control Improvements Vocal Shortcuts Hover Typing Car Play Improvements: Voice Control, Color Filters, and Sound Recognition Magnifier Improvements: Assign Action Button to Magnifier Mode and New Reader Mode Improvements to Accessing Reader Mode in Safari Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. An Apple Vis Original What's new in iOS 18 for accessibility? Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Donville, also known as Anonymous, as like every year, a new iOS comes in play and Apple brings out new features for us to enjoy. So with no exception, this year we got a slew of new features for voiceover users, braille users, and other accessibility features that you might find of interest. There's a lot in here to pack, so let's go ahead and jump right into it and you can hear for yourself what is new in iOS 18 for accessibility. Live recognition is now an option within your rotor if you include it. To include it, you just go to your accessibility and head over to rotors and include the live recognition. This allows you to access live recognition quickly and easily by simply going to your rotor. Once enabled, we'll just head over to live recognition within our rotor, where you are able to select one or more of the various detections you would like to be enabled. As you swipe down or up within the rotor, you get the various detection. To enable a particular detection, just simply do one finger double tap, double tap again and that'll disable it. If you dismiss the rotor and keep the detection on, it will now live in with your dynamic island towards the top of your device or you can dismiss it from there as well. Apple has now enhanced the voice over voice option within rotors, which used to be called language. This rotor allows you to access the various voices that you have defined within speech under accessibility, but that itself has completely been revamped, which you can find within the voice over in the accessibility. Double tap on this now. You now have two section in here, first is your primary voice, which can be in any language, doesn't have to be necessarily English and they can……
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Join David Nason, Thomas Domville, Michael Hansen, and Tyler Stephen in this AppleVis Extra as they dive into the highlights of Apple’s ‘Glowtime’ Event. transcript Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello there and welcome to AppleViz Extra. This is episode number 100. My name is Dave Nason and this is a very exciting day guys. We're back. I'm joined by Thomas Domville, Tyler Stephen and Michael Hansen from the AppleViz team. How are you guys? I'm good. I'm doing wonderful. How are you Mr. Dave? I am great. It's an exciting day. It's our first day back online. Oh yeah, it's been a really, really exciting day and a big day for us and a big day for the community and love to share in just the outpour of support that we've seen on the website and people are back and it's a great day and it's also an Apple keynote day. Yes, what timing we have, eh? Well, it's ironic. It's like we planned it on purpose. Yes, so where again? Every time what happens, I say I can't believe another year has gone by, but here we go. iPhone event again and some other stuff too. It was an interesting event. It opened actually with a video which had quite a lot of accessibility slash disability references in it. I don't know if you guys noticed that, if you had the audio description on. I did and that was very nice that they incorporate that, isn't it? I mean, they always do like a million gazillion videos, but it just always seemed to be that first one. That's always the most important one. So putting accessibility in there was a nice touch. Yeah, that was cool. And then Tim came on stage or wherever he was outside somewhere. He seemed to be shouting a lot at the start. I don't know if anyone else noticed that, but yeah, he set the scene. He mentioned Apple intelligence in pretty much his first sentence, I think. So I think that kind of set the scene for the afternoon or for the morning. Right. It was almost like, you know how WWDC, we had this Christmas gift and we opened it. It's like, oh, Apple intelligence. We were so excited. They just went ba ba ba ba ba ba ba all the way down. I feel like today they just rewrapped the gift and we just reopened it because they just went through the whole same thing over again. And you know, Google were accused of exactly the same thing at their Pixel event that they just re-advanced. I thought I was hearing some familiar things. They were talking about iOS 18 and all of a sudden I was like, wait a minute, this is not anything new. I mean, okay, you want to re-advance. Okay, that's kind of how you know you're getting to the end of the announcement of whatever the product is. They start talking about the software. They're refreshing you on what to expect. Yeah, I think that's the thing about AI marketing is that when you're marketing that and it's so much of that is software based, you got to kind of beat the drums, the AI drums as much as you can. Apple doesn't use the term, specific term……
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In this AppleVis Extra, Dave Nason and Thomas Domville engage in a discussion with Bryan Bashin and Hans Jørgen Wiberg from Be My Eyes about the acquisition of AppleVis. They tackle the tough questions, explore how Be My Eyes came to acquire AppleVis, and share insights into the experiences of the AppleVis Editorial Team before and after the acquisition. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello there and welcome to the AppleVis Extra podcast, the first AppleBiz Extra podcast of the new era. We wondered if we would have another one and we do. We are so excited. My name is Dave Nason and I'm joined as so often by Thomas Domville , also known as Anonymous Thomas. How are you my friends? Oh boy, that's a loaded question to come in. How am I doing? Well, you know, I'm ecstatic, I'm excited. Gosh, what a whirlwind of emotion and whiplash that we have all gone through, right? It's been a roller coaster, I think it's fair to say over the last, it hasn't only been a month because it feels like about three years. Right. It does feel like it's been going on for years, that's how much impact this has had on us, hasn't it? It really has. So I suppose for those who kind of maybe aren't sure, what happens? And you know, we don't need to go into the absolute weeds, but kind of what happened on a high level in terms of, you know, getting to a point where Appleviz appears to be shutting down. You know, yeah, let's start from the beginning. So everybody will be on the same level as we are because we have had a lot of questions, a lot of critiques and I understand because I completely understand, we were in the same boat with you guys. So what happened, guys? Let's back up all the way to July. This is when it all came down, was July 3rd. I remember that specifically, it's right the day before America's Independence Day. And we woke up with a bombshell of a news from David and, you know, David mentioned in there, he has talked about the first or thought about it for several months and a lot of people have asked us, we had several months, how come you haven't done anything during that time and to be quite fair to the editorial team is that no, we had zero idea, we had no idea. It was just like we woke up and this bombshell was set. And I think I can say it was so dramatic. I will say that first two days just was a blur because I was still trying to digest and process like what in God's name is that mean for all of us in the community and everything. But of course, the most important thing out of this whole thing was that David has reached a limit that he spent so much of his personal life into. And so it was so understandable. I completely understand where he was coming from. I completely understand why he made that decision and why we're trying to process all this. We were trying to figure out as a team what to do. We had a meeting that weekend that we talked about the team and the steps that we wanted to take. And during that meeting, David Goodwin was with us and he was very ill at that time. We had no idea……
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In this episode, Thomas Domville provides a detailed walkthrough of the ElevenLabs Reader for iOS. This versatile app transforms any text content into natural, expressive speech using advanced AI-generated voices. Perfect for articles, ePubs, PDFs, and more, it enables users to enjoy their favorite content on the go. With an extensive and ever-growing library of voices, the app offers a personalized listening experience tailored to any mood or occasion. ElevenLabs Reader: AI Audio on the App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/elevenlabs-reader-ai-audio/id6479373050 transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. I'm going to introduce you to an app called 11 Labs Reader, and it's spelled just as it sounds like. So 11 Labs is one word, E-L-E-V-E-N-L-A-B-S, 11 Labs, space, reader. This is an amazing app that you definitely want to check out if there's something that interests you, of course. So I'm going to do a nice little review and walk through and show you a demonstration how to use 11 Labs Reader. Now before I do that, 11 Labs should sound familiar for most of you out there. If you haven't heard of 11 Labs, no problem. 11 Labs has been around for some time now, and what they're known for is being able to take any text and convert it into audio for you to listen. It's incredible technology. It sounds marvelous, and it's trying to do its best to sound as natural as possible. And I personally think they're getting really close to that moment where we will be able to say, wow, this is definitely a hit on their hands. And I think this app is no doubt going to be something that's going to be popular by some of you out there. Now I have used other apps. I won't mention those names. They will take various files like text files or probably PDFs or EPUBs and try to read it out using whatever voice over voices that we have now. And as you know, well, for myself, I'm not a big fan of those things. And it's really kind of hard to read books or listen to articles with those voices, especially when I come back in a background where I'm not used to using older voices such as eloquence and such things like that. It just sounds very unnatural, very robotic. So I'm really more into more natural sounding speech. So this is no doubt one of the big app that I definitely going to keep on my main home screen from now on. Now it's saying that there are some quirks and issues with this app. Yeah, for the most part, it is accessible and usable. Now there are some things that if you need to do, it can be difficult. So I won't be pointing that out. But I'm hoping that there's definitely going to be some update to this app and to making things more efficient for voice over users. Overall, I think this app definitely has potential and it definitely is going to be something I'm going to be using a lot. So let's go ahead and……
In this episode, Thomas Domville discusses the workings of the Emergency SOS feature on iOS. This feature is designed to be a swift and straightforward method for summoning assistance and notifying emergency contacts. Upon activation, it dials the nearest emergency service and transmits your whereabouts. For iPhone 14 models and newer, it’s capable of establishing a connection with satellite services in the absence of cellular or Wi-Fi signals. Following an emergency call, your device will automatically send a message to your designated emergency contacts providing them with your location, and will continue to update them should you move. transcript: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. And this feature I'm going to be covering is something that I hope you will never have to use ever. However, it is also one of those features that you should know about, know how to use it, and get prepared for it if you ever have to do that. This feature is called the Emergency SOS. Now, for those that have been using for iOS for some time, you might be surprised how things have changed within that settings for Emergency SOS. So this is probably a good time for you to go back and look into it and make sure all the settings are set the way you want it when you need it. So let's dive into Emergency SOS, show you what the feature looks like, see what kind of setups you can, and settings that you can tweak, and then on top of that, knowing how to use it. There's quite a few things in here, so let's go ahead and dive into the Settings app here. Settings, double tap to open. So we're gonna do just that, one finger, double tap to open up Settings. Settings. And then from here, just swipe to the right until you get to Emergency SOS. Emergency SOS, button. And we have arrived here. So let's go ahead and open this up with one finger, double tap. Settings, back, Settings, back button. And now the focus is going to be at the top left-hand corner where you have your back button that takes you back to the settings. Let me go right here a few times, and we'll get to our first little item that you are able to initiate Emergency SOS manually. So there are two options to do this manually, and then I'll show you a couple of other options that can be done by automatic and when those would occur. So as I swipe to the right. Emergency SOS, heading. Animated image depicting the buttons on the iPhone required to call emergency services. Image, press and hold the side button and either volume button to make an emergency call. In certain regions, you may need to specify an emergency service to dial. Auto call requires a SIM card. Call with hold and release. Switch button on, double tap to toggle setting. If you continuously hold the side button and either volume button, a countdown begins and an alarm sounds. After the countdown, if you release the buttons, iPhone will call emergency services. So here's our first option, and this should be set on. If it's not, this is something you……
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In the latest AppleVis Extra, hosts Dave Nason and Thomas Domville convene to share their insights on the highlights from Apple’s WWDC 2024 Keynote. transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello there and welcome to AppleVis Extra number 98. My name is Dave Nason. Because it is June we are talking, of course, about WWDC and because it is AppleViz I am talking, of course, to Thomas Domville. How are you today, Tom? Hey, I'm pretty good. Boy, was that a show or what? It was. Nearly two hours that went on and, yeah, it was probably the most anticipated WWDC I can remember in a long time. Like everybody was waiting for this one, waiting for the announcement. So before we get into the nitty-gritty, did it meet those expectations for you? Definitely. I had a check box of all the things I wanted to hear and it definitely checked all the tick box that I wanted to see and hear. So I was very happy with the results. And I know there were some disappointments out there as well, but that's what we'll be talking about. Yeah, for sure. And it's funny, we've had a few of these announcements in recent months from all the companies, you know, Google had IO, Microsoft had events, OpenAI had an event, and they've all, you know, Google especially and so on. They've shorn the words AI or the letters AI into every sentence of the entire thing it seemed, whereas Apple, it was kind of, it must have been nearly an hour before they set the term, though I thought that was interesting. So we might take the same approach to them and we will kick off with the regular updates, you might call them, to iOS and Vision OS and Mac OS and so on. And then we can have a chat through the so-called AI. That sounds great. I think that'd be perfect. So they did kick off with Vision OS and I don't think we need to. Why not, man? You know, it is kind of odd that, you know, it's only been four months since they released it and they actually have a Vision OS 2 that comes out. I'm thinking, wow, this is kind of, not only that, but it really didn't feel like it was a 2. I mean, it was like one big thing and that was it. I was kind of really disappointed. I mean, yeah, granted that 3D photos sounds cool now, but definitely not for anything for us. No, no. And laserhertz, you know, Marcus Brownlee, you know, he said, it's more, felt like more of a 1.2 than a 2. Exactly. It was like a 1.2. It was like a 1.5 update. That was it. But I guess what they're doing there is they're getting it onto their summer cycle. That's all that really is. So next year, it'll be 3 and, you know, go from there, I guess. So it makes sense. But what it included was, yeah, you can turn any photo into a 3D experience or whatever the correct terminology is and some new gestures. But from an accessibility point of view, we're not aware of anything really. You know, it's still a product that is very limited in terms of availability and, you know, what it can……
In her latest podcast episode, Ida Grace takes listeners on a guided tour of the Disney+ app for iOS devices. Disney+ stands out as a premier streaming platform, boasting an extensive collection of films, television series, and unique content from iconic brands such as Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. It caters to a diverse audience by offering everything from the newest hits to beloved classics. The service is enhanced with high-definition features like 4K UHD and HDR, comprehensive parental controls, and the convenience of multi-screen viewing. Available across multiple devices, Disney+ provides subscribers with a subscription model that includes access to exclusive original content and the latest releases. Disney+ on the App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/disney/id1446075923 transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello AppleVis and Happy Pride Month! Today I'm going to be demonstrating the Disney Plus app and how to use the Disney Plus app. So we are going to talk about how to navigate the Disney Plus app, how to find things that you want to watch, how to browse through the different categories on the website, or I mean the app, sorry, and I am also going to show you where you can go to turn audio description on or off, and I'm showing you this because it's not the easiest thing in the world to find, unfortunately, so I am going to show you where to go to find that. So the first step, the first thing we need to do if we're going to use an app is open it. So, there's the Disney Plus app. We're going to open it. Now I will not be able to show you how to add an account. I'll show you where to go to add one a little bit later, but I will not be able to show you how to actually add an account because our account is already on here. Now our account has several profiles, so anybody who's logged into a specific account can access any profile on this account. So one of the options, add profile button, is you can add a profile to this account, and to do that you can add avatars, you put your name, the typical profile info, except it doesn't ask you for personal info for this app, but I am going to swipe until I find my profile and double tap on that one. Like I said, you can actually access any profile on any given account because I've accessed my sister's profile before, but today we're gonna access mine. So, access Ida Grace's profile. Ida Grace, who is that? Anyway, we're gonna double tap here. Select Disney Plus heading. Okay, now the first thing that you get of course is the Disney Plus heading. Featured carousel, adjustable. Okay, this thing, swipe up or down with one finger to adjust the value. This is like the Acolyte, Disney, Big City Greens, the movie, Doctor Who, Disney, for the first time in forever, the Jim Henson idea man, Disney Junior, Ariel, Mermaid Tales, Inside Out, prepare for Inside Out 2, only in theaters June 14th. Select for details on this title. Yeah, so this little featured carousel, swipe up or down slider thingy……
In this episode, Kushal Solanki revisits NaadSadhana for iOS. This Apple Design Award-winning app is a comprehensive musical companion that offers a suite of features for both practice and performance. Musicians can hone their skills with Note and Ear Workouts, and explore a multi-octave keyboard and various essential instruments for free. The app allows users to perform alongside a Live Orchestra, featuring an extensive collection of 27 instruments, 262 Ragas, and 54 Taals across 10 Styles/Genres. Additionally, users can create professional-quality audio and video recordings with automatic mixing and microphone enhancements. The app’s rich instrument library includes the Tanpura, Surpeti, Metronome, Swarmandal, and more, catering to a wide range of musical tastes and styles. With features like Note and Beat guidance, Karaoke with pitch shifting, In-Ear Monitoring, and iCloud sync, the app is designed to be an all-in-one solution for music creation and practice, making it easier for artists to share their work and manage their repertoire. Note: The free and paid subscription versions of the NaadSadhana iOS app are: Free Version Provides access to basic features like note and ear workouts, pitch detection, multi-octave keyboard, and essential instruments like tanpura, metronome, and swarmandal. Allows practicing with a limited set of instruments and ragas. Paid Subscription (NaadSadhana Pro) Unlocks the full "Live Orchestra" feature with 27 instruments across 10 world music styles, 262 ragas, 54+ taals/rhythms. Enables creating audio and video recordings that are automatically mixed, with microphone enhancements. Provides additional features like note/beat guidance, song presets with lyrics and tuning, karaoke mode with pitch shifting and looping, in-ear monitoring with reverb and EQ, iCloud sync for songs/playlists, and smart song suggestions. The subscription is available as monthly ($4.99), quarterly ($12.49), or annual ($39.99) plans. So in essence, the free version is focused on practice tools, while the paid subscription unlocks the full performance capabilities with the virtual orchestra, multi-track recording studio, and additional utilities for serious musicians and learners. NaadSadhana on the App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/naadsadhana/id1348181386 transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Good day AppleVis, and today on this podcast I'll be demonstrating the NAD Sadhana app. Now I did do a podcast on this in 2021. So today is going to be about revisiting the app, because since my podcast in 2021, the app has undergone major changes when it comes to accessibility, like when it comes to features as well as accessibility improvements, simply user interface and all that great stuff. And the developers really committed when it comes to accessibility, which is really great to see. And what this app basically does, it basically listens to you and according to your singing, it will improvise. The app is primarily based for Indian classical musicians, but the cool thing is that it also has styles for Western music as well. And so you can say it's not……
In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to delete your entire iPhone call history or a specific call. There are several reasons why individuals might choose to delete their iPhone call history or specific call log entries. One common reason is to ensure privacy by removing records of personal or sensitive calls that they wish to keep confidential, especially from others who may have access to their phone. Additionally, deleting old or irrelevant call logs helps maintain an organized call history, making it easier to find important calls and reducing clutter. Sometimes, to prevent misunderstandings or confusion, one might delete a call log entry related to an accidental dial or a call received from a specific number. Furthermore, while call logs take up minimal storage space, clearing them can help free up a small amount of storage on the iPhone, which is particularly useful if there is an extensive call history accumulated over time. To delete your entire call history on iOS, follow these steps: Open the Phone app. Double-tap on the “Recents” tab. Double-tap on the “Edit” button near the upper left corner, and choose "select" from the resulting menu. Select “Clear” to remove all call logs. To delete a specific call log entry: Navigate to the Recents tab. Select the call you wish to delete. Swipe down to reveal the “Delete” option and double tap it. Please note that deleting call history is irreversible, and the deleted call log entries cannot be restored unless you have a backup made prior to the deletion. Therefore, it’s important to be cautious and only delete call log entries that you are sure you no longer need or that you prefer to keep confidential. transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville. Also known as AnonyMouse. I'm going to show you how you can delete your iPhone call history or just specific calls in general. So why does this pertain to you or to me, whatever that might be, there might be a number of reasons why you want to do that. But first, let me go ahead and open up my phone app here so I can show you what I'm talking about in terms of what is call history. Phone double tap to open within your phone. Let's go ahead and double tap this so I can show you what is in the phone app as well. Phone and let's go to the bottom right hand corner of the screen here. Tab bar favorites. Tap one of five is your favorite, which is the first one of the tab on the far left bottom left. Now the next one next to this and to the right of this as you swipe to the right selected recents tab to a five is your recent tab. Now if you double tap that as you hear there is already selected. So if yours is not selected, go ahead and do one finger double tap on that. Now let's go to the top of the screen here and I'm going to show you what's involved in this particular recent area. Edit button. As we swipe to the right and analyze and what's on the screen itself, the edit buttons always at the top left hand corner there as you swipe to the right. Selected all button.……
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In this episode of his podcast, Kushal Solanki showcases the “Red Riding Hood” app from the Twisted Tales series, designed for iOS. This app reinvents the traditional storytelling method by providing a pick-a-path adventure, making reading a dynamic and captivating activity for kids. Here’s what sets this app apart: Choose Your Own Adventure: Users can steer the narrative, resulting in various possible finales. Interactive Storytelling: The tale springs to life with expert voiceovers, atmospheric music, and sound effects. Educational & Fun: As children delve into the story, they simultaneously enhance their literacy and critical thinking skills. Accessibility: Features are included to cater to the visually impaired and blind, broadening its reach. Parental Controls: An integrated parental lock feature guarantees a secure environment for children to explore the app. This app stands out by being free to download, with optional in-app purchases such as accessing the Big Bad Wolf’s viewpoint. It requires iOS 9.4 or later¹ and offers a contemporary take on the beloved fable, positioning children as the central characters and delivering an innovative and interactive reading journey. Red Riding Hood on the App Store transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Good day AppleVis, and today on this podcast, I'll be demonstrating a game. Now, I'm sure we've read Little Red Riding Hood, the book, right? You know, where the big bad wolf eats grandma and, you know, all that. Now, this game comes. It's an audio game, so it comes with a twist. So basically, you can pick your own path. Basically, like, you know, let's say, you know, what happened? What would happen if the wolf didn't eat grandma, for example, or whatnot? So you've got that choice. It's that's what's called twisted tails. So. Yeah, without further ado, it's developed by the way, it's developed by a company called Sona in New Zealand and in collaboration with the Blind Foundation of Australia, Blind Foundation, Blind Foundation of New Zealand. So without further ado, we will get straight into the demo. Now, I will say this. You have to use in order to use the app, you have to use direct touch. Also, some parts, like when you're scrolling through the screen, voiceover does seem to cut off like it, you know, does seem to cut words. So if you do notice that, you know, yes, it's it's probably a app bug. But, yeah, without further ado, we will get straight into the demo. Speech setting, wallet, prime video, red writing hood. So I've got red writing hood here. So I will double tap on double tap to open the app. Red writing hood, direct touch area foundation, use the rotor to enable direct touch for this app. So now interactive, twisted tails, red writing hood. So that's kind of the opening thing. Button double tap to select. So we will go through the screen just to kind of give you a bit of an idea. So this is the what all the what elements are……
In this episode, Mark Sarch provides a follow-up to his previous introduction of the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. He demonstrates several new features including music integration with Apple Music and Spotify, multilingual support for messaging services like WhatsApp, the new Meta AI visual assistance capabilities, and hands-free video calling with WhatsApp and Messenger. Mark walks through enabling music services in the MetaView app and using voice commands to control playback. He shows how to send multilingual WhatsApp messages by voice. For the Meta AI visual assistance, Mark showcases its ability to describe objects, read text, identify colors, and more - highlighting its limitations as a mainstream device not optimized for comprehensive document reading. He compares the Meta AI's output to a live video call demonstration with a human assistant reading details from a business card. Mark also explains the process for hands-free video calling on WhatsApp and Messenger by using the capture button and touchpad. While not a dedicated assistive device, Mark highlights some potentially useful features for visual assistance and hands-free operation. transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello everybody, my name is Mark and I'm back once again to talk about Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses latest feature available only for US and Canada. If you haven't heard before about this pair of smart glasses, I highly recommend listening to the episode I made, review of Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, where I talk about unboxing, hardware description and basic tasks that you can do with the voice assistant. In this episode, I will show 4 of the latest features available for hardware, V4.0, music integration, multilingual support for messenger services, Meta AI available for US and Canada only, and WhatsApp and Facebook messenger video call. Let's talk first about music integration. Now, Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses support Apple Music and Spotify completely hands-free. To do this, you have to activate Apple Music or Spotify directly from the MetaView app. I will show you how to do it. MetaView Open MetaView MetaView From the bottom you have a few tabs, click on settings, and then from here you have to see Apple Music Button Spotify Button If you listen to my voice not too loud, it's because I have placed the microphone really close to my ear, where you will be able to listen to the music completely hands-free. Using only your voice, where you can request commands as resume the music, change to the next song, change to the previous song, and also pause. Just you have to say the magic phrase and it will sound like this. Hey Meta, resume music. Hey Meta, next. Hey Meta, previous. Hey Meta, pause. Great, I think you get some idea how this thing works. Now, I'm going to show you something, but in order to do this request, you have to place the finger on the touchpad. It's to change to the next radio station. Press and hold using one finger on the touchpad for two seconds, will change to the next radio station. Resuming, this is……
In this episode, Thomas Domville delves into the seamless sharing of content from your iPhone screen via iMessage, thanks to Siri’s enhanced capabilities. Apple has equipped Siri with on-device processing, offline support, and advanced contextual awareness, which facilitates a smooth “Share This” feature. Here’s the process: When you’re in any supported application, such as Safari, Apple Music, or Photos, you can initiate sharing by saying, “Hey Siri, share this with [contact name].” Siri will grasp the context and ask for confirmation to share the particular content. Afterward, you have the option to append a personalized message before sending it off. Should the content be unsharable directly, like a weather forecast, Siri cleverly captures a screenshot to share instead. transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville also known as AnonyMouseSo I am in a situation where I do a lot of messaging throughout the day So you probably are in a similar boat So you probably have text message to your friends or family and co-workers and whatnot And if you are like myself, I send a lot of links to various things that could be photos web Weather things like that, right and but the problem I have with that is that it's pretty tedious And I'll show you what I mean in a moment But the point is I have a feature or a advice for those that do this often Something that might streamline your texting with a link more efficiently and faster So let me show you what I'm talking about. So let's just say I let's go to my Safari app here, for example Safari double tap to open. So I'm gonna do that. So let's just say I have something in Safari that I want to share with someone Safari we'll go to the top here so I can show you what I'm sharing here Skip to content in page link critically endangered attacks born at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge So this is a great article. I wanted to send it to a friend of mine And there's a Disney News, of course, and this talks about a new baby that was born at the Animal Kingdom Lodge Anyway, the point is say I want to share this article with my friends So typically what I have to do is I have to go to the bottom right to find my tabs first toolbar tabs button double tap and hold for more tab options Now I have to swipe to the left until I find the share button show bookmarks button share button Now I have to double tap on that critically endangered attacks critically endangered attacks born at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge WDW news today. Now I have to swipe to the right until I get some messages WDWNT.com options button close button airdrop button messages button double tap that New message and now I'm gonna swipe to right until I find the to edit box cancel button to text field is editing word mode insertion point at start double tap that Insertion point at end and now I've got to put in the first couple initials that the person I want to send it to So I created this just for this podcast. I'm going to send it to Mickey Mouse I'm gonna find the letter M and no M M now gonna go back to the top here new message And now can I swipe to the right until I……
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In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates a handy feature in the Mail app on your iPhone: Block Sender. Block Sender is a feature in the Mail app that allows you to prevent emails from specific senders from reaching your inbox. Once you block a sender, their emails will either be automatically deleted or sent to your Trash folder, depending on your settings. There are many reasons why you might want to block senders such as: Spam: This is the most common reason. Block those unwanted marketing emails and get your inbox back under control. Unsubscribe Nightmare: Tried unsubscribing but the emails keep coming? Blocking is a more forceful solution. Unwanted Contacts: Maybe you have an ex or someone you no longer want to hear from. Blocking cuts off email communication. How to Block Senders in Mail (iOS): Find the Mail app and locate an email from the sender you want to block. Swipe down to the More option and double tap to bring up a menu. Locate the Block Sender option and double tap it. Bonus Tip! You can also manage your blocked senders list in the Settings app: Go to Settings > Mail. Double tap on "Blocked". Here you can see a list of all your blocked senders and even unblock them if you need to. transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. In this podcast, I'm going to introduce you to a feature called Block Sender that you can find within your mail app for iOS. Now, I will admit in recent years, some of the mail services that I use have done a great job. Definitely a huge improvement over many years ago when we used to get tons of spams and unwanted emails, right? Things have gotten a lot better. You don't get as nearly as much as you used to, but there's still a few that kind of slides in and you find those in within your spam folder and et cetera. Sometimes they don't even make it to the spam folder. Comes right into your inbox. I'm going to show you how to block a sender. Now, obviously there are many different scenarios why you would want a blocks of sender. Perhaps it is a spam or an unwanted mail or perhaps it is unwanted mail, but from somebody that you know that just persistently send you an email and there's you just want those particular emails go directly to the trash can. All right, let's just do that. I'm going to go to my mail app here. I have one particular mail that I would like to place on a block sender and I will show you how to do that and why I'm doing it for this particular mail. Mail. No one read emails. Double tap to open. So I'm going to do that. One finger double tap to open up my mail app here. Mail. Search. Search field. Double tap to edit. Now let's go to the particular mail that I was talking about in question that I like to block. I'm going to go to the right here. Dictate button. Double tap to start dictation. Double tap with two fingers when finished. Sam's club. See what'……
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In this delightful episode, Ida Grace revisits Baby Adopter Dress Up for iOS. This charming game combines babysitting, fashion costume dress-up, and nursery care for those who adore looking after little ones. As a player, you have the opportunity to adopt and nurture a cute son or daughter. You can dress up, feed, care for, and acquire various costumes, shoes, and hats for your baby. Keep in mind that certain costumes become available as your baby grows. Some game features include: Game Locations: Venture into different interior rooms and external settings, including the Summer Beach and Winter House. Growth: Your baby will mature after 20 days, unlocking additional costume options. Dress your little one in playful outfits and share their adorable looks on social media. Karma: Reflects your overall gameplay progress and experience. Embrace the joy of tending to your virtual baby and creating charming outfits! 🍼👶 Baby Adopter Dress Up on the App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/baby-adopter-dress-up/id875064928 transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello AppleViz. This is Ida Grace and I am here today with a podcast on the baby adopter dress up app. I want to go through a couple of quick disclaimers before I start. First of all, I want to say that I did a podcast for this app years ago. However, it was called Milky Baby at the time and now it is baby adopter dress up and my podcast for that is no longer available on AppleViz at least as far as I've been able to tell. 417 PM. Ah, I wanted to tell you a disclaimer about the voice I'm using too, but the app has gone through a couple of changes anyway, so I was given the green light to go ahead and make a new podcast. And the second disclaimer is involving the voice I am using. I am using American Siri voice 5 because it is pride season and if you all were able to read the article that Apple put out, this voice was recorded by somebody in the LGBT community. So I thought with pride month approaching fast, I would keep this voice on through pride season. However, as you'll notice as I demonstrate this app, it does have some delays. There is a little bit of delay between voiceover speech and voiceover sound. So you will notice that comma 418 PM and it is 418 PM. I am on the clock widget right now. So the first thing I want to let you know is when you first open the baby adopter dress up app, it's going to ask you if you want the app to send you notifications. I always turn that on, but all they do is notify you every 24 hours if you forget to feed the baby. So if you don't want the notifications turned on, you don't have to do it. Just know that if you're using this on an iPad like I am, the baby will cry and you won't get a vibration. You'll just get because iPads don't have haptics. So you're just going to get the baby crying if you forget to feed the baby in 24 hours. I'm also using iPadOS 16 because the Siri voices do not auto delete for voiceover as they do in iOS 17. They seem to be……
In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville, Mike Malarsie, and John Gassman discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this episode include: Apple Announces 'Let Loose' Special Event With New iPads Expected Voice Dream Reader Developer has Back Down Apple has been secretly building home robots that could end up as a new product line Latest Hardware Rumors and News Latest iOS 18 Rumors and News The Big Slow Down for Apple What's in this month AppleVis News Links: Apple Announces 'Let Loose' Special Event With New iPads Expected Applause have backed down. Purchased VoiceDream features will stay. Apple has been secretly building home robots that could end up as a new product line, report says iPhone 16 capacitive button rumor resurrected by supply chain report The iPhone SE 4 could be an odd mix of several different existing iPhones Apple plans to overhaul the entire Mac line-up with AI-focused M4 chips Apple Reportedly Developing Its Own Custom Silicon For AI Servers iOS 18 Rumored to 'Overhaul' Notes, Mail, Photos, and Fitness Apps iOS 18 AI features to be powered by ‘entirely on-device’ LLM, offering privacy and speed benefits watchOS 11 Rumored to Drop Support for Apple Watch Series 4 Apple cuts Vision Pro shipments, now ‘reviewing and adjusting’ headset strategy iPhone Activation Market Share Dips To Lowest in Six Years, per Report Introducing Envision Assistant Beta If you have feedback or questions for the Unleashed team, you can reach them by email at unleashed@applevis.com…
In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to connect to a Windows computer using the Files app on iOS and iPadOS, in order to transfer files over your local network. To do this, you'll first need to make sure file and printer sharing is enabled on your computer by going to Settings > Network & Internet > Advanced network settings > Advanced sharing settings, and making sure "File and printer sharing" is on for your current connection type, either public or private. To view your computer's internal or "Private" IPV4 address, which you'll need to enter on your iPhone or iPad, either use the ipconfig command line tool as demonstrated in the episode, or locate it via the GUI by going to Settings > Network & Internet > Advanced network settings > Hardware and connection properties. To connect to the computer from your iPhone or iPad, open the Files app, double-tap the "More" button near the top right of the screen, and choose "Connect to server" from the resulting menu. Enter your computer's IP address in the "Server address" field, and double-tap Connect. You'll then be prompted to authenticate with the username and password you use to log into the computer, after which it should appear in the brows view of the Files app, under the "Shared" heading. Once connected, you can brows and modify the file and folder structure of the C Drive from the Files app, as well as transfer files from other apps on your device to this location. To disconnect your iPhone or iPad from your computer, focus on it in the brows view of the Files app and choose "eject" from the Actions rotor. Note: This feature was demonstrated on a computer running Windows 11. While it is available on prior versions of Windows, the process for configuring it may be slightly different. transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville , also known as AnonyMouse. Now this podcast is going to be for my advanced users out there. Now I've been in this position for quite a while and I have been thinking about how could I streamline this process. So are you one of those people that tend to transfer files a lot back and forth from your iPhone or your iOS device to your computer? If you are, raise your hand. This might be something for you to think about. Yes, you do have the option to kind of transfer from your phone to your computer by using a third party service such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or maybe Microsoft OneDrive. But the problem with that, it can be slow, right? Or I just don't want to store it up in those surfaces for whatever reason that is. In my case, I tend to have some very large files and can take some time, especially if you have a slow internet access. So in other words, anytime I need to transfer something, so I'm essentially sending it up through the internet, through the cloud, store it up there. So it takes that time to do it and then go on my phone, go through Microsoft OneDrive and go to the drive and pull it back down. And it's kind of tedious. I wish it would be more……
In this episode, MarkSarch provides a comprehensive review, shares his insights, and demonstrates the features of the RAY-BAN META SMART GLASSES. He takes us from the initial unboxing through the exploration of their unique functions, detailing how they’re integrated into the glasses, and concludes with a live demonstration using the smart assistant To learn more about the RAY-BAN META SMART GLASSES https://www.ray-ban.com/usa/ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello everybody. My name is Marco and this audio I'm going to do unboxing, hardware description, demo and extra features of RayVan Meta Smart Glasses. Unboxing. Well, it looks like a classic recycle package, flat box, and I'm going to give you the package dimensions. It's about seven inches length, about three and a half inches width, and about two inches height. Okay. I don't feel that has any tape on it, so which means so I don't have to cut anything. So in order to open it and also I feel some something printed on it in highlights is on the top and on the sides, on the length sides and both sides. Okay. So I'm going to place the box with the length side closer to me in horizontal way. It's sitting down on my desk and the way how open the box is from the left and from the right sides, which means the width sides. So I'm going to start opening from the left side. Once again, I don't have to cut anything. Basically the only thing I need is use my fingernail in order to make some pressure. You know, like pushing out, yeah, pushing down first and then pushing out and I'm going to open. Here you go. I did. I'm going to open also the right side. Once again, I'm going to use my finger and nail, push down and push out and this one is easier. Okay. So what's on it? Well, the box has like a compartment in one of the sites and which is the, you know, the paper manuals, the user guide and everything in this case is on my right side. And on the left side is the microfiber cloth and I feel the case on it. Okay. So in order to take out the case from the package, that I do is with my right hand, I'm going to feel it and make some, and I'm going to push it so to my left side. So and with my left hand, I'm going to touch it and locate it and I'm going to twist it a little bit and the way, you know, how get out a little bit and here we go. I'm going to start pushing once again with my right fingers and here we go. I have it here. Well, this is the box and on my hands. Now I have the, the case and the glasses are inside. Now I am going to open the case and it has on the front, some kind of magnet, which allows to attach to the case with the lid, that's I can tell and the glasses are inside. On the middle, there is some plastic tape, which is in order to keep in place the glasses in the case. So I have to cut it or just, yeah, cut it or push up and down in order to take out the glasses……
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In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville and Mike Malarsie discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this episode include: Wider Tech Discussions: AppleVis Forums Expand Beyond Apple WWDC 2024 will show off Apple's AI efforts on June 10 Apple Developing New Accessibility Features for iOS 18 and macOS 15 Apple reportedly considering using Google’s Gemini Ai engine into iPhones with iOS 18 Apple Watch Series 10 could finally offer blood pressure monitoring Mass production of two new AirPods models to start in May, targeting fall release US DOJ takes on Apple in massive antitrust suit, after years of investigations Apple could be in trouble over DMA security warnings, as well as Core Technology Fee Be My Eyes Expands with Service Directory Links: Wider Tech Discussions: AppleVis Forums Expand Beyond Apple WWDC 2024 will show off Apple's AI efforts on June 10 Apple Developing New Accessibility Features for iOS 18 and macOS 15 Apple reportedly considering using Google’s Gemini Ai engine into iPhones with iOS 18 Sources: iOS 18 Lets Users Customize Layout of Home Screen App Icons Apple Watch Series 10 could finally offer blood pressure monitoring Mass production of two new AirPods models to start in May, targeting fall release iOS 18 rumored to bring hearing aid mode to AirPods Pro US DOJ takes on Apple in massive antitrust suit, after years of investigations Apple will crush the DoJ in court if Garland sticks with outdated arguments The lock-in problem at the heart of the DOJ’s case against Apple EU rejects Apple’s European App Store changes: Company could be fined 10% of global turnover Apple could be in trouble over DMA security warnings, as well as Core Technology Fee Apple Fined $2 Billion by E.U. for Using App Store to Thwart Competition ……
In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to disable predictive text suggestions on macOS. As you type on your Mac, macOS by default attempts to finish words and phrases it thinks you're trying to type. If you find that hearing these suggestions spoken by VoiceOver is more distracting than helpful, you can turn them off by going to System Settings > Keyboard, clicking the Edit button under the "Text input" heading, and toggling the "show inline predictive text" switch off. transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hey, Apple vissers, Tyler here, with a quick tip for how to disable predictive text suggestions on macOS. By default, as you type on your Mac, macOS attempts to finish words and phrases that it thinks you're trying to type. While this may increase the speed of text entry for some, if you're a voiceover user, you may find that hearing these suggestions spoken while you're trying to type is more distracting than helpful, in which case you can turn them off. To do that, go into system settings, keyboard, hit the edit button under the text input heading, and turn the show inline predictive text switch off. And I'm going to demonstrate that now, I'm going to system settings on my Mac, k for keyboard, vio command h to get to the text input heading, vio right, edit, and at the leftmost of this dialog, k, that's what we want, vio right, scroll area, interact with vio shift down arrow, and vio right until I find the setting I want, show inline predictive text, if I vio right once more, show inline predictive text off switch, it's off for me because I turned it off. If it's on for you and you want to turn it off, just press vio space, then stop interacting with the scroll area, with vio shift up arrow, and vio right to done, hit it, and here we are back in keyboard settings. So now as you type, you will not hear text suggestions predicted by macOS, which could almost ironically increase your speed of text entry because this feature is off and is no longer giving you distracting or potentially distracting feedback. So that's a tip for how to disable predictive text suggestions on macOS, I hope you found it helpful. Peace. Thank you.…
In this episode, Ida Grace introduces eSpeak-NG, a compact open-source software text-to-speech synthesizer available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Developed by Yury Popov, eSpeak-NG supports over 100 languages and accents. It is built upon the original eSpeak engine created by Jonathan Duddington. The app acts as a compatibility layer between the eSpeak NG library and Apple VoiceOver, enhancing accessibility for users with visual impairments. eSpeak-NG on the App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/espeak-ng/id6444089174 transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello AppleVis. This is Ida again and I'm back with another demonstration. This one is somewhat by request, so thank you for the person who requested this podcast. They said that they really wanted a demonstration of this app, so I hope that this is satisfactory. I am doing a demonstration today of the eSpeak NG app. This app will add the eSpeak synthesizer to VoiceOver for anybody who wants it. There are settings that you have to change within the app, or that you can change within the app if you want to, and then you can go into the actual VoiceOver settings to start using eSpeak. Right now I'm using Daniel, which is not an eSpeak voice, but I will select an eSpeak voice throughout this demonstration. So I am in the app right now, and the first thing you get... It says eSpeak NG. It's eSpeak NG, Daniel. Learn how to pronounce words, please. Anyway, so this is the name of the app. So the first button you come to, if I swipe to the right here, that button allows you to set up what languages you want VoiceOver to have available to you in the eSpeak app. So if I go in here... First thing you see is back, of course. You can search in that field for a specific voice and language. Okay, I deselected that one because that is not my user-preferred language. As you can tell by Daniel, he is English UK, not English US, so I deselected that. But in order to do that, I had to keep going to the right. Let me show you. So under user-preferred, the only thing that seems to be there is English United States. Whether it's selected or not, you can double-tap to select and deselect it. Under this system heading, it gives you all the languages. And the only one in here for English right now is English UK because I deselected the English United States. So that means that when we go into the VoiceOver settings, the eSpeak United States English voices will not be available because I deselected that one. Because I personally think that United States English eSpeak sounds very bad, which I will demonstrate in a moment. But you have all of these languages that you can, of course, choose what language is your preferred language in this languages listed below may be poorly supported by VoiceOver and might be broken at all. They are available in spoken content. Okay, so that's a little disclaimer about the eSpeak app and the VoiceOver languages that it supports. Okay, so then it's just going……
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In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates the new Stolen Device Protection feature introduced in iOS 17.3. This feature is designed to protect against the rare instance when someone has stolen your iPhone and knows your passcode. Thomas begins by explaining the purpose of the Stolen Device Protection feature. It prevents unauthorized individuals from performing critical device and Apple ID account operations, like changing your device passcode or Apple ID password. This is achieved by requiring biometric authentication with Face ID or Touch ID, with no passcode fallback. He then moves on to the step-by-step guide on how to enable the Stolen Device Protection feature: Go to Settings. Depending on your iPhone model, do one of the following: On an iPhone with Face ID: double Tap Face ID & Passcode, then enter your passcode. On an iPhone with a Home button: double Tap Touch ID & Passcode, then enter your passcode. Scroll down to the Stolen Device Protection section, then double tap Turn On Protection. Note: If you don't see the Stolen Device Protection section, you may need to set up Face ID or Touch ID first. The episode also covers the Security Delay feature, which requires a successful Face ID or Touch ID authentication, an hour wait, then an additional successful biometric authentication. This feature helps prevent someone from making changes to settings that can lock you out of your iPhone or Apple ID account. For further details about the Stolen Device Protection feature, you can refer to the following resource: Use Stolen Device Protection on iPhone https://support.apple.com/is-is/guide/iphone/iph17105538b/ios transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Donville, also known as AnonyMouse. I'm going to talk to you today about a feature called Stolen Device Protection. Now this will be ultimately up to you if you want to turn this feature on. This is a feature that will just kind of enhance your security protection for your iPhone and other settings. I'll explain a little more here. When this item is set to on, this will give you an additional protection when it comes to anytime that your phone is stolen or gets lost. In theory, the feature came about, unfortunately, because there have been some incidents where people will be watching other people gain access to their iPhone, whether that's using the passcode or using their biometric authentication to get into the phone and thus forth then gets stolen from that person. Or maybe perhaps you lost your phone and somebody somehow, someway gets onto your phone one form or another. Well this protection will defeat from that person being able to make changes to some critical areas on your device. So the first layer of protection when this is turned on, this will protect you from them being able to access to certain settings that will now require a biometric authentication. So it kind of bypass if there weren't any passcode to that area before, you will now have to be able to use authentication by a biometric……
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In this episode, Ida Grace demonstrates VO Starter, an iOS app specifically designed to assist new blind and visually impaired users in learning how to navigate their devices using Apple’s built-in screen reader, VoiceOver. The app offers step-by-step guidance, teaching basic VoiceOver gestures and simplifying the learning process. VO Starter on the App Store https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/vo-starter/id6455786629 transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. And good afternoon AppleViz. This is Ida and it is currently 2 o' 5 p.m. Central Time and I am here with a podcast tutorial on VoStarter. This app is an app that teaches voiceover for iOS users. It does assume some basic knowledge of voiceover, I've noticed. The first couple lessons start out pretty simple, but then it quickly jumps into more advanced things. So I will be demonstrating a few of the lessons and making some comments as I go. So here we go, open VoStarter. Ok. Welcome to VoStarter for iOS. After completion of these tutorials, you will have been introduced to nearly all of the concepts associated with using voiceover on your iOS device. To get started, simply double tap the screen with one finger. This will begin the first lesson. Good luck on your journey. Ok that is the introduction. You can also, if you don't want voiceover to read it to you, you can swipe over to the continue, I mean the listen button, sorry. Welcome to Arctic to Gifts. Good luck toolbar. Listen. Button. Yeah this toolbar has a menu button which is where you go to select a lesson if you've completed this tutorial or if you want to skip ahead a little bit and later in the tutorial there is also a continue button that appears on this menu. But for now, if we double tap on listen. Welcome to VoStarter for iOS. After completion of these tutorials, you will have been introduced to nearly all of the concepts associated with using voiceover on your iOS device. To get started, simply double tap the screen with one finger. This will begin the first lesson. Good luck on your journey. Ok here's what I don't like about this though. Even when you're on the listen button and it says simply double tap the screen with one finger, well if I do that now from the listen button, it's not going to continue. After completion of these tutorials, you will be introduced to nearly all of the concepts associated with using voiceover on your iOS device. To get started, simply double tap the screen with one finger. But not there. This will begin the first lesson. Good luck on your journey. So what you have to do is swipe back to the left. Now there's a lesson later in this tutorial on flicking which is also swiping but I'm sure most of you AppleVis users already know about swiping and double tapping. So we're going to flick back to the left. Menu. Good luck on your journey. Ok. Now, one thing I want to let you know is that because the continue button……
Tired of apps interrupting you with requests to rate and review? This episode with Thomas Domville will show you how to take control. This iOS feature lets app developers ask you to rate and review their apps directly within the app. While helpful for developers, these pop-ups can be a nuisance , especially if they appear frequently. How to Disable In-App Ratings & Reviews: Find the Native Settings app and Double Tap to Open Settings Now Swipe Right until you find the AppStore button and Double Tap to open Locate by swiping right until you get to the "In-App Ratings & Reviews" and toggle the switch to the off position ( Remember: Disabling this feature only stops the in-app prompts. You can still search for apps in the App Store and leave ratings and reviews manually if you'd like to share your feedback. transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Donville also known as AnonyMouse. Hey have you been in this position where like myself I keep opening up different apps and it just seems like one form or another is always popping up hey would you like to review this app and give the app some rating and you know I do this every so often and when I'm in a good mood or whatever not or if I feel like the app really deserved to have a rating I want to go ahead and give that rating but the thing I don't like is that it just keeps coming up every so often so I feel like that there needs to be a balance and I need to and I will vote and give you a rating when I am ready to do that so if you are one of those people you see these little pop-ups and it seems like it's popping up everywhere have no fear there is a nice little settings that we can just simply turn on and off to disable this pop-up so let me to show you where that's at and we're gonna head right over to settings settings double tap to open and let's do that one finger don't tap to open up settings settings and now we are going to to go to the right and she get to App Store App Store button yep it's way down there but once we find it go ahead and do one finger double tap on this allow App Store to access heading now you're gonna keep swiping to the right until you find a button for in app rating and review in app ratings and reviews switch button on double tap to toggle setting all we got to do is one finger double tap just to turn this off off and voila now you have this set off now of course when this is set off you'll never get that pop-up again however now in saying that and I want to make this pretty clear is that I know the developers out there are probably screaming at me for suggesting anything like this to you because I get it because what they want they want you to rate it as often as you can because that gives them more visibility and that leads to more downloads and more sales to them so I get that but I believe in a fair balance that I am able to do a few votes but I don't want to be pester all the time so that is the option why I can turn that on and off and keep in mind there's a lot of apps out there if you just go into the apps that you like and then go into into settings or about area they typically have a little……
In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville, Mike Malarsie, and John Gassman discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this episode include: Let's Talk about the Apple Vision Pro Upcoming Features in Apple iOS 17.4 Understanding the Apple Compliance of the DMA for EU Users with iOS 17.4 What Should We Expect from the Upcoming Apple's March Event SE Users Start Saving Your Pennies Apple is Going All In for AI in the Upcoming iOS 18 Heads Up All New Apple Apps for Windows Users What's in this month AppleVis News Links: Thoughts after Vision Pro demo: not really much for us yet, but that's ok Shelly Brisbane: 90: I Want to Pinch and Zoom the World The Blind Life: Accessibility settings of the new Apple Vision Pro iOS 17.4 Will Add These New Features to Your iPhone Apple is bringing sideloading and alternate app stores to iPhone These Are the Countries Where You Can Install Apps Outside of the iOS App Store - MacRumors Apple announces reduced commission structure for apps in Europe Apple says third-party app marketplace creators must have €1,000,000 ‘letter of credit’ Apple's EU Core Technology Fee Could Bankrupt Freemium App Developers This is How Notarization Will Work for iOS Apps Distributed Through Alternative App Stores Apple opens iPhone tap-to-pay to third parties in EU Browsers like Chrome and Firefox can abandon WebKit in EU with iOS 17.4 iPad users will miss out on third-party app stores, browser engines, and more EU: Apple Can Keep iMessage Closed Off Apple March event: Everything we know so far Apple's iPhone SE 4 rumored to launch early in 2025 ……
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In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to enable or disable predictive text and inline predictive text on iOS. Predictive text allows you to write entire sentences with just a few taps. As you type, suggested words, emoji, and information appear above the onscreen keyboard. You can double tap a suggestion to apply it. Inline predictions complete the word or phrase you’re currently typing, appearing in gray text. To accept an inline prediction, double tap the Space bar; to reject it, keep typing. You can manage predictive text settings in Keyboard settings on your iPhone 12 or newer models running iOS 17 or later versions. Open Settings on your iPhone. Scroll down and double tap on General. Double tap Keyboard. Double tap the Predictive switch to enable or disable predictive text. To manage inline predictive text, ensure that the Predictive switch is enabled or disabled. While typing, you’ll see inline predictions. To accept a suggestion, double tap the Space bar; to reject it, keep typing. transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Donville also known as AnonyMouse. Now every so often when I am composing an email or I'm trying to send off a text to a friend or family whatever that might be and I'm using the keyboard as I'm typing there is something called predictive text that will pop up so it tries to predict what you are going to spell out and this feature what this does it tries to help you shorten your typing that you have to do so you just find the various words on top of your keyboard tap on that and it selects that then they have this inline predictive text now which is a newer feature which takes it a next step that allows you to highlight within the text itself and allows you to choose those words but for me those are distracting I am trying to focus and I am NOT a multitasker as I would love to be but as I'm typing along I it just bothers me hearing these words pop up and they don't help me at all I want to kind of stay focused and type in what I want so I'm going to show you how you can turn those features off if you are interested in doing so and if you are distracted like I am when those things come up I'm also going to show you some pointers and advice some other things you can turn off as well what they call features and for some may be distracting to you as well or something that drives you bonkers so do in order to go and change this settings we are going to head over to the native settings itself settings double tap to open now that you located the settings let's do one finger double tap to open this up settings now you are going to need to swipe to the right until we get to something called general general button and we are going to do one finger double tap here about button and now we are looking for something called keyboard so swipe to the right until you get to keyboard keyboard button and at last we are here one finger double tap on keyboard keyboards to button now the easiest way to get to the area that we need to do is set your rotor to headings and go to the first heading all keyboards heading and now what we're looking for is predictive text so swipe to the right a couple times and……
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In this episode, Ida Grace introduces the Connected Breath iOS app. Designed to promote mindfulness and relaxation, Connected Breath offers guided breathing exercises to help you pause, reset, and find serenity. The app boasts a simple and tranquil interface adorned with a night sky background. As you inhale and exhale, stars gently appear and fade, symbolizing other users across the globe who are also engaging with the app simultaneously. This shared experience fosters a sense of connection and support during your practice. Download Connected Breath on the App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/connected-breath/id1166443182 transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello AppleVis, good evening from Ida and tonight I'm going to be doing a podcast app demonstration of an app called Connected Breath. This is a meditation app that connects people from all around the world to do a meditation together. So this app works just similar to apps that are social media apps where you can connect in real time with people but you can't communicate with them. It simply shows you how many people are using the app at a time. So if I open the app, open Connected Breath, this app is used in portrait mode and the first thing we get is to select breathing duration. You can do one, three, or five minutes. I'm going to select three minutes and then I will show you what happens. For anybody who's curious, I'm using an iPad. I'm using Daniel as my voice over voice, the compact version of Daniel because I like him better than the enhanced and I'm using an Apple keyboard that doubles as an iPad case. So you can choose to breathe for one, three, or five minutes in this app. I'm going to double tap on three minutes and you're going to hear a bell. And then go to the bottom of the screen, okay that message is going to change throughout the meditation. I will show you, okay so that's the starting sound and then breathe in, breathe out. This message is changing with the music. Breathe in, breathe out, and now it's going to change. You are breathing in and then it's going to tell you how many. Seven other people are currently connected right now. The stars in the distance are the people breathing, that's the visual representation. We are all breathing together, we are all connected, I guess I don't need to repeat. Now close your eyes and focus on your breath. Now the rest of the time it's going to say breathe in and breathe out over and over again. And for those of you with perfect pitch, you will notice that it's saying breathe in on the C chord and breathe out on this like A minor type chord. So if you don't want to constantly listen to the messages, just listen to the music and follow the music. You hear the peaceful nature sounds in the background? You kind of hear a breathing noise too, it's kind of creepy honestly. Breathe in and breathe out. See it's still changing from breathe in to breathe out. And it will……
In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to start your Mac in safe mode and explains in what situations this may be useful. Safe mode is a feature of macOS that disables login items, third-party drivers, and legacy system extensions at startup, useful if an incompatible item in one of these groups is causing a problem with your Mac. In addition, system caches are cleared, and a light check of your startup disk is performed when starting up in safe mode, which can identify possible issues that could be causing slower than expected performance. To start up in safe mode, start up the Mac while holding down the Power button, and interact with your startup disk (usually called Macintosh HD) in the grid that appears. Focus on the Continue button and route the mouse pointer to it by pressing VO-Command-F5, (or VO-Command-Globe-5 if you’re using a Mac with a Touch Bar) hold down the Shift key, and click the mouse. Maintenance tasks are completed once the Mac has finished starting; restart your Mac to exit this mode. If you’re trying to isolate a particular issue, attempt to reproduce it when in safe mode, and again once you leave this mode. If the issue no longer occurs, it was likely resolved by the maintenance tasks that macOS performed. If it doesn’t occur when in safe mode but returns once you leave this mode, you may want to remove login items for third-party apps, update, remove, or reinstall any third-party drivers or legacy system extensions, or contact their developers for assistance. For more information, check out the Apple Support article “Use safe mode on your Mac” Note: VoiceOver only works in safe mode on Macs with Apple Silicon. transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hey AppleVisers, Tyler here, with a quick tip for how and when to start your Mac in safe mode. Safe mode is a feature of macOS that prevents certain software components like login items, third-party drivers, and legacy system extensions from loading at startup. If you're having trouble starting your Mac or have some other issue that's tough to pin down, an incompatible item in one of these groups may be the culprit, and thus starting up in safe mode can help you rule that either in or out. In addition, when starting in safe mode, a light check of your startup disk is performed, similar to what happens when running first aid in Disk Utility, and your system caches are cleared, which can potentially improve the performance and responsiveness of your Mac if such files have become corrupted over time. Safe mode is a feature that's existed in macOS for a long time. The problem for voiceover users prior to Apple Silicon was that, as part of this mode, the audio driver was disabled, and thus the Mac could not provide any audible feedback, making voiceover effectively useless. However, with Apple Silicon, audio is supported, and thus voiceover users can use macOS in safe mode as if they were using it in any other boot screen. If you have enough usable vision to see the screen and want to start an Intel Mac in safe mode, you can do so by restarting it or turning it on while holding down the shift key. For a Mac with Apple Silicon, you'……
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Ever misplaced your Apple Watch and spent minutes frantically searching under couch cushions? Worry no more! In this episode Thomas Domville dives into the handy "Ping My Watch" feature on iOS, turning your iPhone into a personal Apple Watch locator. Here are the steps to activate Ping My Watch on your iPhone: Open the Settings app on your iPhone. Double Tap Control Center. Under More Controls, Double tap the "insert Ping My Watch". Now, open Control Center. Double Tap the Ping My Watch button to make your watch audibly beep. Bonus Tip: If your Apple Watch is on silent mode, the ping will still play through your Apple Watch speaker. transcription: Find Your Lost Apple Watch in Seconds with Ping My Watch on iOS! - An AppleVis Podcast Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. You're listening to an AppleViz Podcast. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. Now, I've done a podcast before on Apple Watch and being able to identify and find your iPhone with the ping my iPhone from your Apple Watch. So like myself, I tend to put my phone in places I don't remember where I left it. Are you one of those people? Raise your hand. Yep. There's a few out there. And what that feature does is that it takes, I can go to my Apple Watch, go to the control center and use the ping my iPhone, double tap that, and then it'll start chiming and you can find your phone in no time by following the chime within the house or place that you left your iPhone. What if I told you, you can do the other way around? Yes. So this was very useful for me as I was on vacation shortly ago. And one of the things I came in, I was just hot. I was just hot and the Apple Watch was just making me hotter, right? You got to get that watch off. And so I put it down and Lord, behold, I forget where I left the Apple Watch. Then I remembered, Hey, there's a feature that I can do the other way around. And that's using my iPhone to ping my watch. So I'm going to show you how to set that up and how this works. And so you can find your Apple Watch as you could with your iPhone, with your Apple Watch. So it's great both ways. So we are going to go to your iPhone and we are going to go to the settings, because that is where we are going to have to turn this feature on. And that lives in the control center of settings. So let's go double tap settings, settings. Now swipe to the right until you get to control center button, control center button. Once you find that one finger, double tap, swipe down from the top right edge to open control center. Now the easiest way to get to where we need to go is to set your order to headings. And let's go to the first headings here, included controls heading. These are the included controls. So these are controls that shows up on your control center as of right now. So here's a few of the controls I have set. Remove timer, reorder timer button, direct remove code scanner, reorder code scanner, remove voice……
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Join Thomas Domville in learning how to use Carrot Weather for iOS with VoiceOver. Carrot Weather for iOS is a feature-rich weather application that offers a unique blend of humor and functionality. It provides accurate and detailed forecasts, including current, hourly, and daily predictions. The app is known for its distinctive personality, featuring hilarious dialogue and delightful animations. Key features include: Apple Watch App: An award-winning app that allows you to check the weather from your wrist. Widgets: Offers a variety of customizable widgets for your Home and Lock Screen. Customization: Allows you to build the weather app of your dreams by changing layouts, adding data points, and more. Notifications: Provides rain, lightning strike, severe weather alert, and daily summary notifications. Data Sources: Allows you to switch between sources like AccuWeather, Apple Weather, and Foreca for better forecast accuracy. Weather Maps: Features super-advanced radar to track incoming storms. Fun Stuff: Offers secret locations, achievements, augmented reality, and bonding with the Carrot AI. The app is available for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. It is a paid download with in-app purchases to unlock premium features. The app was created by Brian Mueller, who codes, designs, illustrates, and writes the real-time gags himself. The app’s unique blend of humor and functionality has made it a popular choice among users. CARROT Weather: Alerts and Radar on the app store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/carrot-weather-alerts-radar/id961390574…
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In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville, Mike Malarsie, and John Gassman discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this episode include: 2023 AppleVis Golden Apple Award Winners Apple Vision Accessibility: the 2023 AppleVis Report Card blood oxygen features Removed from Apple Watch At Last Apple Vision Pro has Arrived Apple’s Wall Garden Crumbling Before our Eyes Part 1: External App Payment Options Apple’s Wall Garden Crumbling Before our Eyes Part 2: Side Loading and Opening Tap to Pay Options What's in the new iOS 17.3 Latest News on the Upcoming iPhone 16 Links: Be My Eyes, Timecrest, and Zanagrams Named 2023 AppleVis Golden Apple Award Winners Apple Vision Accessibility: the 2023 AppleVis Report Card Apple Watch Sales Ban Reinstated in U.S. Effective Tomorrow Apple Watches without banned blood oxygen features will go on sale Thursday morning Apple's biggest new product since the iPhone, the Vision Pro, launches soon — here's how to order the 'spatial reality' headset Apple’s 27% response to the Supreme Court decision is baiting antitrust regulators Apple Revises App Store Rules To Let Developers Link To Outside Payment Methods Apple wants $73.4 million from Epic Games for legal expenses Apple reportedly ready to enable sideloading for iOS users in the EU Exclusive-Apple offers to let rivals access tap-and-go tech in EU antitrust case, sources say Microsoft could offer one of the first third-party app stores on iPhones Apple Releasing iOS 17.3 Next Week With These New Features iPhone 16 Capture Button Will Respond to Touch and Pressure for Zooming and Focusing If you have feedback or questions for the Unleashed team, you can reach them by email at unleashed@applevis.com or by leaving a voice message at 1-816-287-1482 (US number, call charges may apply).…
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In this episode, Thomas Domville guides listeners through the process of sharing AirTags with others on iOS. Thomas explains why one might want to share their AirTags. Thomas then provides a detailed, step-by-step walkthrough of the sharing process. Step-by-Step Instructions: Open the Find My app on your iPhone. Swipe right along the bottom tabs until you hear "Items" and double-tap to select it. Swipe right until you hear the name of the AirTag you want to share and double-tap to open it. Swipe right until you hear "Add person" and double-tap to continue. Swipe right until you hear "To" and double-tap to enter the contact name or email of the person you want to share the AirTag with. Tap the top right part of the screen and you should hear "Share" and double-tap to share the AirTag. The person you shared the AirTag with will receive a notification invitation to accept the sharing request. To stop sharing the AirTag, swipe right until you hear the name of the person you shared the AirTag with and double-tap to open it. Then swipe right until you hear "Remove" and double-tap to confirm. Remember, the person you’re sharing with will need to accept the invitation on their device. Once they do, they’ll be able to see the AirTag in their Find My app. Happy sharing!…
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In this episode, Thomas Domville explores the ‘Listen to Page’ feature on iOS 17. This feature allows your device to read aloud the content of a webpage, making it an excellent tool for multitaskers who want to consume text content while on the move. To use the feature, ensure that your device is updated to iOS 17 and launch Safari. Visit the desired webpage and locate the Page Settings icon at the bottom left of the webpage. Tap it and select ‘Listen to Page’ to start the narration. To pause, tap the Page Settings icon again and choose ‘Pause Listening’. When you’re ready to continue, tap the Page Settings icon and select ‘Resume Listening’. Please note that ‘Listen to Page’ may not support webpages with interactive features or minimal text. However, if a webpage supports Reader mode, it’s likely to support ‘Listen to Page’ as well. The feature remembers where you left off, so you can resume listening from the same spot. You can also customize the voice of the spoken audio in your iOS settings at any time.…
In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to encrypt an external disk on macOS for improved security of the disk's contents. To encrypt a disk formatted as Apple File System, (APFS) connect it to your Mac, focus on it on the Desktop or Finder sidebar, and choose "Encrypt [disk name]" from the context menu (accessed by pressing VO-Shift-M). You'll then be prompted to create a password for the disk, which will be required to access its contents. As this password is the only way to access the disk's contents, it should be reasonably difficult for others to guess, but easy enough for you to remember. The next time you connect the disk to your Mac, you'll be prompted for this password, and given the option to remember it in your Mac's Login keychain. This way, you won't need to enter the password when connecting the disk to your Mac, but others will if connecting the disk to theirs. Saved passwords in your Mac's Login keychain can be viewed and edited in Keychain Access (located in the Utilities folder). If the disk you want to encrypt uses a different file system, like Mac OS Extended or XFAT, you must erase and reformat it as APFS. Note that this process will erase all data on the disk, so be sure to move anything you want to keep to another location before doing so. To erase and reformat a disk: Open Disk Utility (located in the Utilities folder) and choose View > Show all devices (or press Command-2). Select the top level of the external disk in the table and choose Edit > Erase (or press Command-Shift-E). If you’re unsure of what disk is what, you may wish to disconnect other external disks to avoid inadvertently erasing the wrong one. In the resulting dialog, give the disk a name and choose “APFS (Encrypted),” from the format popup menu. Enter the password you want to encrypt the disk with, click Choose, and then click Erase to begin the process. Note: APFS-formatted Disks are not natively compatible with non-Apple platforms like Windows or Linux. To use an APFS-formatted disk with a non-Apple platform, use something like APFS for Windows, or APFS for Linux.…
Update June 2025: Zanagrams is no longer available in the App Store. We are preserving this interview, as the developer's accomplishment remains the same and we believe it is an important piece of our community's history. In this AppleVis Extra, Thomas Domville talks to Zach Tidwell, the developer of Zanagrams, the word game that won the 2023 AppleVis Golden Apples Award for the Best Game of the year. Zanagrams is a fun and challenging game that tests your vocabulary and spelling skills. Zach shares his inspiration, challenges, and tips for creating an accessible and engaging game for blind and low vision users. Tune in to hear his story and learn more about Zanagrams. You can contact Zach at: contact@darkhorsegamestudios.com You can follow Zach on X at: @ZachCTidwell Articles mentioned in this episode: Dark Horse Game Studios https://darkhorsegamestudios.com/programming/…
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In this episode, Thomas Domville shows you how to share passwords and passkeys with people you trust on iOS. With password sharing in iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS Sonoma, you can create a shared group and add your family and friends to it. Then you can choose which passwords and passkeys you want to share with them. The shared credentials will sync across all the devices in the group. Step-by-step: To create a shared group, go to Settings > Passwords and double-tap the Add button in the top-right corner. Double-tap "New Shared Group," name the group, and double-tap Add People. Type in the contact information of the people you want to add, then double-tap Add. Double-tap Create to continue. You will then be prompted to select passwords you want to share with the group; double-tap the ones you want to share, then double-tap the Move button in the top-right corner. If you are not ready to share any passwords yet, double-tap "Not Now." To edit a group, go to Settings > Passwords and double-tap the name of the group. Double-tap "Manage" to add or remove members, change the group name, or delete the group. To accept or decline an invitation to a group, make sure your device has iOS 17 or later, iPadOS 17 or later, or macOS Sonoma or later. Go to Settings > Passwords > Group Invitations and double-tap the invitation. Double-tap Accept to join the group, or Decline to reject it.…
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Step into the world of the Super Sliding Puzzle Game! Join Thomas Domville as he explores the Super Sliding Puzzle Game for iOS. Get ready for a captivating journey filled with puzzles that will challenge your mind. This latest Slide Puzzle Game is designed to offer you a compelling and brain-bending experience that will keep you engaged for hours. Choose your game type from numbers, letters, or images. The game grid sizes are designed to cater to all skill levels. You can test your abilities at your own speed with range of game grid sizes! Whether you’re a novice or a puzzle master, Slide Puzzle Game offers grids of varying complexities. You can start with a smaller grid and slowly increase the difficulty, or you can immediately tackle the most challenging grid. The choice is completely yours! The game offers a broad selection of game types and grid sizes, ensuring infinite replayability. The key features of the game are its simplicity and its suitability for passing time while waiting for someone to answer a phone call, waiting for a delayed bus, or waiting for a late delivery driver. Moreover, the game is fully accessible with VoiceOver, guaranteeing that everyone can partake in the fun." Super Sliding Puzzle Game on the AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/super-sliding-puzzle-game/id6473786698…
In this episode, Thomas Domville introduces a new feature that enables Siri to interact with and record data from the Health app for health and fitness inquiries. Users can query Siri about their sleep duration, Activity ring progress, or blood glucose levels if they have a linked monitor. Supported queries include checking steps, heart rate, blood oxygen level, Exercise ring, Move ring, average walking heart rate, and calories burned. Furthermore, Siri can record data in the Health app, such as weight, spotting, medications taken, body temperature, period start, blood sugar, and blood pressure. To activate this feature, users must enable “Access Health Data” in their iPhone’s Health settings or “Allow Siri Access to Health Data” on their Apple Watch.…
Join Thomas Domville as he explores the new feature in iOS 17.2. that allows you to modify the default notification alert. Previously, users were restricted to Apple's default notification sound. However, with iOS 17.2, Apple has added a new “Default Alerts” section in the “Sounds & Haptics” settings. This feature enables you to choose the sound for all incoming notifications, except for texts, mail alerts, and calendar alerts, which already had customization options. You now have the freedom to use any of the text tones as your notification sound. This is a major update for those who have always desired to choose a sound. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to change your default notification sound: Launch the Settings app. Select “Sounds & Haptics.” Select “Default Alerts.” Choose your preferred text tone from the list. Enjoy your new personalized notification sound! You also have the option to alter the default haptic feedback. Apple made some adjustments to the default haptic alert in iOS 17, but now you can revert it or customize it if the update didn’t quite meet your expectations.…
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Join us in our newest episode as we delve into the captivating realm of iOS gaming. In this episode, Thomas Domville introduces us to an intriguing game named “Voice of the Ancients”. This game is a voice-controlled adventure where players set off on a journey in search of a long-lost treasure, all while evading a malevolent group called the Society of the Ancients. The game is fully voice-activated and currently offers support for both English and Hungarian languages. Voice of the Ancients on the AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voice-of-the-ancients/id114209979…
Do you ever get the sense that you’re being monitored on the internet? In this episode, Thomas Domville will demonstrate Apple’s Advanced Tracking and Fingerprinting Protection, a fresh addition to the privacy tools in iOS 17. Picture this: You click on a link, and all of a sudden, advertisements for that exact product begin to appear everywhere. It’s unsettling, isn’t it? This is the effect of cross-site tracking, powered by concealed IDs within links. However, there’s no need to worry! Advanced Tracking and Fingerprinting Protection is designed to protect you. It accomplishes this by: Removing tracking IDs from links: Those crafty “tags” that track your every click? They’re history! Preventing fingerprinting scripts: Advertisers employ cunning code to fingerprint your device and create a unique profile. This feature disrupts their scheme. The greatest aspect? It’s integrated and automatically turned on for private browsing. But if you wish to have more control, here’s how to enable it for all browsing: Navigate to Settings > Safari. Select Advanced > Advanced Tracking and Fingerprinting Protection. Opt for “All Browsing”. Now, you can browse with assurance. Say goodbye to intrusive ads and the sensation of being scrutinized digitally. It’s just you, the web, and the liberty to discover.…
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In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville, Mike Malarsie, and John Gassman discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. We were also thrilled to have a brief visit from Randy. Topics featured in this episode include: A Word from Randy Rusnack (00:00:00) Introduction (00:03:45) Woah! Vosh a Possible New Screen Reader Solution for the Mac (00:07:46) Apple M3 Chips Have Arrived (00:15:35) Will the RSC End the Green Bubble vs. the Blue Bubble War? (00:23:38) Ready or Not Here Comes the iOS Side Loading for the EU Customers (00:32:07) iOS 17.2 is Nearing to Release and the Latest on the Upcoming iOS 18. (00:42:54) Thoughts from the Unleashed Team on This Year AppleVis Golden Apples Award (00:59:38) Closing (01:08:48) Links: Work In Progress: Vosh - a third-party screen-reader for the Macintosh Apple Debuts New MacBook Pro Lineup, Powered by M3 Family of Chips Benchmarks confirm Apple's speed claims for the new M3 chips RCS is coming to iOS, but will it change anything for most iPhone users? Apple's flavor of RCS won't support Google's end-to-end encryption extension EU iPhone owners will get a whole new way to download apps in 2024, insider says iOS 17.2 hints at Apple moving towards letting users sideload apps Apple pauses work on iOS 18 and more to focus on bug fixes and quality, report says iOS 17.2 Coming Later This Year With These 10 New Features for iPhone Apple wants iOS 18 to be its most ‘ambitious and compelling’ update in years, report says If you have feedback or questions for the Unleashed team, you can reach them by email at unleashed@applevis.com or by leaving a voice message at 1-816-287-1482 (US number, call charges may apply).…
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In this episode, Thomas Domville delves into the details of iOS battery health and charging features. He begins by explaining what battery health is and why it’s important for your device’s performance. Then, he explores the various charging options that iOS provides, discussing how each one affects your device’s battery health. A key part of this episode is the introduction of a new feature that’s only available on iPhone 15 and newer. This feature lets users set a charging limit to 80%, and Thomas discusses its benefits and how it can extend your device’s battery life. He also provides a step-by-step guide on how to set this charging limit on your iPhone 15 and newer devices.…
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In this episode, Thomas Domville takes us on a journey through the world of FruitPot 2, a fun-filled slot machine game for iOS. FruitPot 2 is a game that will take you back to the 80s with its retro graphics and sounds. The game features an ever-changing fruit machine slot, as well as more than 15 mini-games that appear as you progress through the game. With the Bucks you earn, you can purchase items from stores at the mall. FruitPot 2 is a great game to play when you're looking for something to relax and have fun with. FruitPot 2 is available for free on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fruitpot-2/id6444378324?l=en…
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In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to change Safari's default search engine on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. To do this on iOS and iPadOS, go to Settings > Safari and double-tap "Search engine" to specify the search engine for standard browsing windows, or "private search engine" if you want to specify a different search engine to be used in private browsing windows. On macOS, in Safari, choose Safari > Settings (or press Command-Comma) click the Search button in the toolbar, and choose from the "Search engine" or "private browsing search engine" popup menus.…
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In this episode, Thomas Domville teaches you how to use Screen Recording on iOS and iPadOS. Screen Recording is a feature that allows you to capture what's happening on your screen. This can be useful for creating tutorials, demos, or simply sharing something interesting with your friends and family. To set up this feature, go to Settings > Control Center and double-tap the "Insert Screen Recording" button under the "more controls" heading. To create a recording, open Control Center by placing your finger on the top edge of the device until you hear a tone, and sliding it straight down until you hear the second tone (devices without a Home button) or placing your finger on the status bar and swiping up with three fingers (devices with a Home button). Double-tap the Screen Recording button; there will be a three-second countdown before recording starts. To stop recording, either press the Side button to lock the device, double-tap the Screen Recording button in Control Center again, or double-tap the screen recording button in the status bar. By default, the recording will be saved to your Photos library, however this can be changed if you wish by focusing on the "Screen recording" button in Control Center and choosing the "open controls" rotor action.…
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In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville, Mike Malarsie, and John Gassman discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this episode include: Introduction )00:00:00) Let's Talk about the new iPhone 15 (00:03:07) The Good, Bad, and Ugly of iOS 17 (00:16:16) Double Tap Fizzle for the Apple Watch Series 9 (00:27:11) Time Moves Fast. Scary Fast, you could Say (00:38:04) Farewell iTunes! Well, Sort Of... (00:49:19) Get Out of Here, How Much is Google Paying Apple? (00:50:26) Apple is Stomping Down on the Gas Pedal for GPT (00:56;46) Be My AI goes Public (01:01:17) Closing (01:07:00) Links: Is the iPhone 15 Pro Worth the Upgrade? How It Compares to Older iPhones This iPhone 15 Pro Action Button Shortcut will change your life iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 Accessibility Report: VoiceOver, Braille, and Low Vision Issues and Improvements Apple Releases iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1 With Many Fixes for VoiceOver Users Apple Watch Series 9 Review: New Tricks Make for a Minor Upgrade 2024 Apple Watch ‘Unlikely’ to Have ‘Significant Innovative Experiences’ What to expect from Apple’s unexpected ‘Scary Fast’ evening Mac event M3 Series MacBook Pro' to Be Focus of Apple's October 30 Event Apple raises prices for Arcade gaming subscription service, AppleTV+ streaming Report: Apple planning revamped TV app, will discontinue dedicated iTunes movie and TV show apps Google pays Apple US$18-$20 billion a year to keep its search engine on the company’s devices Apple's answer to ChatGPT could be ready in time for iPhone 16 Apple could spend $5B on servers to catch up in AI race Announcing ‘Be My AI,’ Soon Available for Hundreds of……
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In this episode, Thomas Domville delves into the new feature introduced in iOS 17 that allows users to automatically delete one-time verification codes after they have been used. This feature is useful for keeping your Mail inbox and Messages app clutter-free. To enable this feature: Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad. Scroll down and double-tap Passwords (you’ll be prompted to use Face ID or Touch ID to authenticate the next screen). Double-tap Password Options, and toggle the "Clean Up Automatically" switch on.…
In this episode, join Ida Grace as she explores the innovative BabySitMe app for iOS. This app, designed to simulate the experience of caring for a real infant, will revolutionize how you interact with your Reborn Baby Doll or any other baby dolls. Simply activate the app when you’re ready to start your babysitting adventure, and switch it off once you’re done. BabySitMe is engineered to mimic a real-life baby simulator when paired with your Reborn Baby. It’s an ideal choice for those seeking an extra layer of realism while role-playing with their Reborn Baby dolls. The app runs a schedule that instructs the user to feed, burp, rock, and perform all other essential infant care tasks. These actions are intended to be enacted in role play with the user’s Reborn Baby Doll. The app offers four different simulation modes: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Play. The first three modes operate on a 24-hour schedule, each offering a different level of challenge. The Play mode is tailored for users seeking a fast-paced, condensed version of the simulation BabySitMe on the AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/babysitme/id1475406264…
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iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max have an Action button in place of the Ring/Silent switch. You can choose which function you want the Action button to perform when you press it, making it useful for actions you perform often. In this episode, Thomas Domville discusses and demonstrates how to configure and use the Action button. We'd love to hear from you in the comments about how you are customizing and using the new Action button on your iPhone 15 Pro. Are you setting it up for quick access to commonly used apps or actions like switching to the camera or recording a voice memo? Or are you taking advantage of its support for shortcuts to improve your iPhone experience and workflow?? Let us and other listeners know what creative ways you've found to utilize this handy new feature.…
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In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to create and use Safari website shortcuts or "Web apps" on macOS. This feature allows you to create shortcuts to websites on your dock that when opened, behave as if the website was its own app. This may be useful for VoiceOver users, as web apps are included when pressing Command-Tab to cycle through open apps, making them easy to switch to and from. In addition, these web apps can be mapped to commands in Keyboard Commander so they can be accessed with a single keystroke. To create a web app, go to a website in Safari and choose File > Add to Dock. Change the name and icon of the web app if you wish, and click Add. It can then be accessed via the Dock, or in the Applications folder in your Home folder, accessed by choosing Go > Home in Finder, or pressing Command-Shift-H. To map the web app to a command in Keyboard Commander, open Voiceover Utility > Commanders > Keyboard, click Add, type the key that you want to open the app when pressed, choose "Custom commands > Open application" from the menu, and navigate to and select the web app in the Open dialog.…
In the sixth instalment of his tutorial series on learning Logic Pro X for Mac, Ming discusses the importance of EQ and how to use Logic's own EQ plugins. Ming demonstrate how to select presets, and what the impact is from tweaking each parameter. See also: Learning Logic Pro X: Using Reverb Learning Logic Pro X: Virtual Instruments Learning Logic Pro X: Automation Learning Logic Pro X: Exploring Interfaces, Choosing a Microphone, and Basic Editing Techniques Learning Logic Pro X: Episode 1 - Creating a New Project Note: Logic Pro X is a professional grade digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI sequencer. It is suggested to have some familiarity with Digital Audio Workstations to get the most from this series.…
In this episode, Ida gives us an in-depth look at the iOS app Widget Pet. In Widget Pet, you can adopt and care for a virtual pet. You can select and customize a dog, cat, bunny or other virtual pet from the in-app WidgetPet pet shop. Once selected, the pet can be incubated and hatched. You then feed, play with, and care for your virtual pet, impacting its mood and triggering activities. As the pet grows, it unlocks new capabilities like mini-games and virtual vacations. The app features a customizable widget that follows the pet's health, hunger and happiness levels on iOS screens. It provides real-time updates on the pet's emotions and activities throughout the day. The widget can be added to iOS devices and Apple Watch to keep the virtual pet close by.…
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