AppleVis Podcast

To mark the launch of Mountain Lion, otherwise known as OS X 10.8, David Woodbridge has recorded a number of demonstrations in which he shows us some of the most notable changes and new features. In this podcast, he gives us a demonstration of the new Gatekeeper security option in Mountain Lion, which allows you to set installation options for applications.

To mark the launch of Mountain Lion, otherwise known as OS X 10.8, David Woodbridge has recorded a number of demonstrations in which he shows us some of the most notable changes and new features. In this podcast, he gives us a demonstration of the new dictation feature in Mountain Lion.

To mark the launch of Mountain Lion, otherwise known as OS X 10.8, David Woodbridge has recorded a number of demonstrations in which he shows us some of the most notable changes and new features. In this podcast, he gives us a demonstration of the change to accessing Spotlight with VoiceOver in Mountain Lion.

To mark the launch of Mountain Lion, otherwise known as OS X 10.8, David Woodbridge has recorded a number of demonstrations in which he shows us some of the most notable changes and new features. In this podcast, he gives us a demonstration of the new Apple TV AirPlay feature, which allows you to transmit video and audio from your Mac to your Apple TV.

To mark the launch of Mountain Lion, otherwise known as OS X 10.8, David Woodbridge has recorded a number of demonstrations in which he shows us some of the most notable changes and new features. In this podcast, he gives us a demonstration of accessing iCloud documents in TextEdit.

To mark the launch of Mountain Lion, otherwise known as OS X 10.8, David Woodbridge has recorded a number of demonstrations in which he shows us some of the most notable changes and new features. In this podcast, he gives us a demonstration of the new Accessibility Panel short cut, which allows you to turn certain features on or off.

To mark the launch of Mountain Lion, otherwise known as OS X 10.8, David Woodbridge has recorded a number of demonstrations in which he shows us some of the most notable changes and new features. In this podcast, he gives us an overview of the changes and new features in VoiceOver.

In this podcast, David Woodbridge shows us his zombie fighting skills during a demonstration of Where's My Rubber Ducky. This free zombie shooter uses augmented reality audio to give players a 360 degree sound experience. Stand up, turn, aim and shoot alien zombies coming towards you from all sides. It's a great way to kill not only zombies, but also some time. Warning: this podcast features audio from the game, which does include some occasional profanity.

In this podcast, Michael gives us a walk-through and demonstration of MyWarn, an iOS app that provides real-time updates to severe weather in your area. MyWarn delivers critical National Weather Service (NWS) severe weather risks, watches and warnings to your iDevice via audible alerts and textual push notifications. It will also give you suggestions on safety measures to take in the event of an alert. You can watch live TV that follows the alert. This way if you need to take cover, you can still follow what is actually happening. Under settings, you can turn off the individual notifications so that you only get the ones you want. MyWarn is available from the iTunes App Store for $12.99.

In this podcast, Eric Caron introduces us to the new features in version 2.4 of List Recorder. This powerful and flexible iOS app allows users to create multi-level lists combining both text and audio items. It has been developed with the needs of VoiceOver users very much at its heart. This new release fixes some bugs and adds a number of new features, perhaps the most anticipated being the ability to add audio to the beginning or end of existing recordings, which is demonstrated by Eric in this podcast. Eric has recorded a number of podcasts about List Recorder, covering everything from getting started to using the more advanced features. These can be found in our podcast archive.

In this podcast, AnonyMouse gives us a walk-through and demonstration of TextDetective, a new iOS OCR application that has been developed specifically for the sight-impaired. TextDetective finds and reads text in printed documents within seconds using your iPhone’s camera. The detected text can easily be read, edited, copied and pasted into documents, emails or other apps. It even stores all the scanned text in a history, which allows you to refer to it later. Every step is accessible. TextDetective works best with the clean and crisp text you find in documents, and at a distance of about the length of a forearm. You can use it wherever you go, and you don’t need to worry about network coverage. The app is optimized for iPhone 4S, but can be used with iPhone 4 and iPod touch. If you want to use Text Detective on an iPad, please be aware that the camera position is different to the one on the iPhone / iPod, which might require additional practice to align the camera lens and align the text. You can read the early impressions of several other TextDetective users on the AppleVis website. TextDetective is available for $1.99 from the iTunes App Store.

In this podcast, Joseph gives us an introduction to using Siri for Voice Dictation.

This podcast features a recording of the live chat session that took place on Zello on 12 July 2012. This was a scheduled session on the AppleVis channel, and was devoted to the topic of using Braille displays with iOS and Mac. Co-hosted by AnonyMouse and Scott, the session was attended by approximately 30 Braille users. Topics were wide-ranging, and we decided to record and share the discussion as a podcast because we felt that it would be interesting and useful to other Braille users who weren't able to attend. Please bear in mind that this is not a studio-quality recording, and the audio quality suffers in places from the technical limitations that are inherent to any real-time chat service. Despite this, we hope that you will agree that it was worth sharing.

In this podcast, AnonyMouse gives us a walk-through and demonstration of VoiceTexter - Stop typing. Say it! This iOS app claims to be your new voice assistant, translator and interpreter. Start speech recognition and use the text for SMS, iMessages, email, calendar, memos, Facebook, Google, Wikipedia or Amazon. You can also use your voice to search for music and apps, or have your spoken words translated into any of 37 languages with a single touch.

In this podcast, Mike shows us how to use the free text expander feature that is built-in to Mac OS X Lion. This neat little tool allows you to create your own personalized keyboard shortcuts, which when typed will automatically expand to a longer word, phrase or sentence. This provides a quick and easy way to type any of these that you use regularly - such as your name, email address or email signature.