AppleVis Podcast

In this podcast, Alex Hall walks us through the process of making and receiving calls on an iPhone.   Alex refers us back to one of his previous podcasts: iOS Basics #1: An Introduction to VoiceOver Gestures

In this podcast, AnonyMouse unboxes and describes the AfterShokz Bluez Open Ear Bluetooth Wireless Headphones.   The AfterShokz Bluez combine the convenience of Bluetooth wireless connectivity with the comfort and safety of open ear bone conduction technology to provide an entirely new way to stay connected. Unlike conventional Bluetooth headphones and earbuds that use the eardrums to transmit sound, Aftershokz Bluez utilize bone conduction technology to deliver sound through the cheekbones to the inner ear. This enables anyone using them to make/take phone calls and stay connected to both what they are listening to and the outside world - from warning sounds outdoors while walking to a nearby colleague in an office setting.   The AfterShokz Bluez Open Ear Bluetooth Wireless Headphones are available from amazon.com for $82.95 or direct from AfterShokz for $119.95.  

In this podcast, AnonyMouse walks us through DoItWrite, an app that helps you to learn how to draw lower case letters, upper case letters and numbers for use with the VoiceOver handwriting feature introduced in iOS 7.   DoItWrite is primarily intended for blind or visually impaired people who are not familiar with the shapes of printed letters or numbers. The app teaches you how to draw them in a simple way that has the best chance of being correctly recognized by VoiceOver, even if you have never learned the shapes of the characters previously.   To help you practice your speed and accuracy, the app includes a game where you have to blast characters as they tumble down the screen.   DoItWrite is available from the iTunes App Store for $1.99.

In this podcast, Rylan Vroom gives us a walk-through and demonstration of djay for the Mac.   djay transforms your Mac into a full-fledged DJ system, allowing you to mix your iTunes music library on a hyper-realistic turntable interface. Perform live, record mixes on-the-go, or enable Automix mode and let djay mix your favorite playlist automatically. With it’s combination of ease-of-use and features, djay offers a unique experience for beginners and professionals alike.   djay is available for $19.99 from the Mac App Store.

In this podcast, Marco takes a look at how using the Actions menu in the VoiceOver rotor can be used in the Messages and Mail apps on iOS 7. In the case of Messages, he shows us how it gives access to options previously available via the Edit button in earlier versions of iOS - such as deleting specific messages in a discussion, forwarding messages and accessing links contained in messages. He then shows the options available via the Actions menu when browsing email messages. Whilst in the Mail app, he takes a look at accessing attachments. He the concludes by looking at what VoiceOver users can do when they encounter a telephone number, in this case on a web page.

In this podcast, Scott Davert compares the new version of the Google Voice search to that of Siri. Is one now better than the other? Is Google Search even worth installing? Tune in to podcast number 501 to discover this for yourself.

To celebrate our 500th podcast, we take a quick look back over the past 499 episodes and thank everybody who has helped us achieve this major landmark in just 2 years.

In this podcast, Chris Judd gives us a detailed walk-through of Scanner Radio Deluxe, a free iOS app that allows you to listen to live audio from over 4,100 police and fire scanners, weather radios, and amateur radio repeaters from around the world.   The audio is provided by volunteers using real scanner radios. If your area is not available it means that no one in your area has volunteered to provide scanner audio for the Broadcastify.com web site (where the app gets the majority of its audio from).   Scanner Radio Deluxe is a free download from the iTunes App Store.

In this podcast, Blind Joe gives us a brief introduction to jailbreaking and asks for your feedback on what aspects of jailbreaking you would like him to cover in any future podcasts.   Please let Joe know what you would like to hear by either adding a reply to this post or contacting him on Twitter at @theblindjoe

In this podcast, AnonyMouse shows us how iOS 7 users can take back some control over their privacy by stopping their iPhone from tracking frequently visited locations.   In iOS 7, your iPhone now pays more attention to your locations than previous versions of iOS by keeping a log of the geographic locations that you most frequently visit. Basically, your iPhone now remembers everywhere that you’ve been.   Fortunately, if this is something that bothers you, there us an option buried away in Settings which will allow you to disable it.   Simply head on over to Settings, and then Privacy. Go to Location Services and then System Services. You’ll now find Frequent Locations at the bottom of the next page, and after double-tapping that you will be able to change the Frequent Locations slider to the off position.

In this podcast, David Woodbridge walks us through the process of setting up Touch ID on the iPhone 5s and then using it to unlock the phone. Touch ID is a seamless way to use your fingerprint as a passcode. With just a touch of the Home button of the iPhone 5s, the Touch ID sensor quickly reads your fingerprint and automatically unlocks your phone. You can even use it to authorize purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store. Touch ID is capable of 360-degree readability, which means no matter what its orientation, your iPhone reads your fingerprint and knows who you are.

In this podcast, Alex Hall gives us a demonstration of how to set up and use Dictation and Speakable Items on Mac OS X. Together, these two tools can let you control your Mac almost entirely with your voice.

In this 85 minute podcast, David Woodbridge walks us through most of what is new in Mac OS X Mavericks.

In this podcast, Alex Hall reviews the essential gestures that anyone new to VoiceOver on iOS needs to know. These include the left/right flick, double tap, three-finger scrolling, two-finger tap to pause or resume speech, four-finger gestures for top and bottom of the screen plus VoiceOver Practice and the ability to simply move a finger around the screen. Mention is also made of the two-finger double tap, but it is not actually demonstrated.

In this podcast, Piotr Machacz takes a look at what is new and changed for VoiceOver users in OS X Mavericks and the updated iWork and iLife applications.   He briefly discusses what's new in Voiceover itself, updates to iWork including tables, and ends by showing us the issues that VoiceOver users may encounter in the new GarageBand, iBooks, and Maps applications.