AppleVis Podcast

In this podcast, John Gassman gives us a walk-through of Laudate for iOS, which is described by its developers as “the most popular and most comprehensive free Catholic App”. Laudate offers Daily Mass Readings (with Saint of the Day and Reflections), Liturgy of Hours, Latin Liturgy of Hours, Latin Mass, New American Bible, interactive Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Seven Sorrows Rosary, Chaplet of St. Michael, Franciscan Crown Rosary, Latin Rosary, Latin Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Servite Rosary, Chaplet of Sacred Heart, multiple Stations of the Cross, searchable prayers and latin prayers with English translation. Douay-Rheims Bible for offline use. Multiple podcasts for daily meditations and Rosary. Catechism of Catholic Church with ability to bookmark and share. My Prayers lets you store your own prayers and move them between iPad and iPhone. Confession guides through sacrament of reconciliation. Vatican documents: 2nd Vatican Council, Code of Canon Law and more.

In this podcast, Josh introduces us to Kodi (formerly XBMC), an award-winning free and open-source software media player and entertainment hub that can be installed on Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android. Kodi allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet. It’s features can be extended by downloading ‘add-ons’. Josh talks about some of these, including the screen reader add-on that he uses in this demonstration.

In this podcast, John Moore gives us an overview and walk-through of Universalis, an iOS app for Roman Catholics that provides access to Daily psalms, prayers and readings from the Catholic Liturgy of the Hours, seven times a day: Morning Prayer (Lauds), Evening Prayer (Vespers), Night Prayer (Compline), the Office of Readings, and the three daytime hours: Terce, Sext, and None. Translations: Jerusalem Bible for the readings, choice of Grail or Universalis web version for the psalms. Universalis is a US$13.99 download from the iTunes App Store.

In this podcast, Khalfan Bin Dhaher gives us a walk-through and demonstration of The Blind Swordsman, a self-voicing audio game for OS X. As the title suggests, you are a swordsman who lost his sight. The only person who can give it back to you is a warlock, who ives at the end of a particularly dangerous path. So, your goal is to get to the warlock and defend yourself on the way. The game has a story and an endless survival mode and quite a few achievements to unlocked, so there’s quite a bit of replay value. The Blind Swordsman is a free download from the Evil-Dog Productions website.

In this podcast, Khalfan Bin Dhaher gives us a walk-through and demonstration of The Blind Swordsman, a self-voicing audio game for OS X. As the title suggests, you are a swordsman who lost his sight. The only person who can give it back to you is a warlock, who ives at the end of a particularly dangerous path. So, your goal is to get to the warlock and defend yourself on the way. The game has a story and an endless survival mode and quite a few achievements to unlocked, so there’s quite a bit of replay value. The Blind Swordsman is a free download from the Evil-Dog Productions website.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge shows us the power reserve mode on the Watch. When in this mode, the Watch will display the time only and VoiceOver will not be available. With the assistance of the Light Detector app on his iPhone, David shows us what happens on the screen and how to get the Watch back to normal operation.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge shows us the power reserve mode on the Watch. When in this mode, the Watch will display the time only and VoiceOver will not be available. With the assistance of the Light Detector app on his iPhone, David shows us what happens on the screen and how to get the Watch back to normal operation.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge shows us how to remove and attach Watch bands.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge shows us how to remove and attach Watch bands.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge shows us what features and functionality of the Watch are still available when not connected to an iPhone.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge shows us what features and functionality of the Watch are still available when not connected to an iPhone.

In this podcast, Alex Hall gives us an introduction to using the Mac OS X Calendar with VoiceOver. While it does not happen in this podcast, VoiceOver will sometimes skip over events in Month View. This problem only affects some users, and can often be avoided by using Week View instead. It has been reported to us that Apple is working on a fix, so be sure to keep your Mac up to date. This is as of OS X 10.10.3.

In this podcast, Alex Hall gives us an introduction to using the Mac OS X Calendar with VoiceOver. While it does not happen in this podcast, VoiceOver will sometimes skip over events in Month View. This problem only affects some users, and can often be avoided by using Week View instead. It has been reported to us that Apple is working on a fix, so be sure to keep your Mac up to date. This is as of OS X 10.10.3.

In this podcast, David Harvey gives us a quick demonstration of SelfieX - Automatic Back Camera Selfie. This free iOS app allows you to take selfies using the rear camera on your iPhone and provides voice feedback to ensure that you are centred in the photo. As you will see from its entry in the AppleVis App Directory, there are a few accessibility issues in some areas of this app, but for simply taking quick and reliable selfies it works well.

In this podcast, David Harvey gives us a quick demonstration of SelfieX - Automatic Back Camera Selfie. This free iOS app allows you to take selfies using the rear camera on your iPhone and provides voice feedback to ensure that you are centred in the photo. As you will see from its entry in the AppleVis App Directory, there are a few accessibility issues in some areas of this app, but for simply taking quick and reliable selfies it works well.