AppleVis Podcast

In this podcast, Allison gives us a walk-through and demonstration of Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner - Recipes, Drinks, and more! This free iOS app allows you to quickly and easily search the extensive recipe database on allrecipe.com. You can search by ingredient or simply give your phone a shake to find inspiration. The developers have recently addressed accessibility issues that were present in past versions of the app. Consequently, as Allison demonstrates, the app is now very easy to use with VoiceOver. As you will have gathered from the title, this is our 100th podcast. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who has contributed great podcasts for us to share and helped us to reach this landmark in just 7 months. Of course, we'd also like to thank everybody who tunes in. We hope that you find our podcasts interesting and helpful.

In this podcast, AnonyMouse gives us a walk-through and demonstration of Assistant - Voice Controlled Time Management. This iOS app allows you to use your voice to create and manage calendar events. AnonyMouse shows us how easy the app is to use and that it is a great tool for those who don't have Siri on their iDevice.

In this podcast, AnonyMouse gives us a walk-through and demonstration of the new standalone podcast app from Apple. Although not as feature-rich as established podcast apps such as Downcast and iCatcher, this free app offers new and casual podcast listeners an easy way to discover, subscribe to and play podcasts. In iOS 6, podcasts are likely to be removed from the native iTunes app, and you will be prompted to download this app to access the extensive library of podcasts that are available through iTunes. If you listen to podcasts on your iDevice, we would love to hear your opinions on this new app. Will it tempt you away from your existing podcatcher?

In this podcast, AnonyMouse gives us a walk-through and demonstration of AroundMe, a free iOS app that allows you to locate nearby businesses and points of interest. With the option to use a location other than your current one, AroundMe also offers a handy way of planning ahead.

In this podcast, Jonathan Mosen gives us an introduction to Apple's iTunes Match service. He explains what it is, how it works and the benefits for users. Along the way, Jonathan also provides some great tips on how to use the service. If you are a subscriber to iTunes Match, we would love to hear your experiences and opinions in the comments section.

In this podcast, Eyeless Mike gives us a quick walk-through of GJ Tuner. Developed by GuitarJamz.com, this free iOS app includes 6 of the most popular tuning modes to help you tune your guitar. GJ Tuner can also enhance your note recognition and ear training. As Mike demonstrates, the app has a simple and intuitive interface that makes it easy to use.

In this podcast, Eyeless Mike gives us a quick demonstration of CarTunes Music Player, an iOS app that provides a gesture-based system for controlling audio playback on your iDevice. Although not all of the controls can be actioned through VoiceOver, Mike shows us that if you are willing to toggle VoiceOver on and off, or simply leave VoiceOver off altogether when using this app, CarTunes offers a very quick and easy way to control your music.

In the second of two podcasts dedicated to color recognition apps, AnonyMouse gives us a walk-through and demonstration of ColoredEye. This iOS app uses the camera on your iDevice to deliver real-time color recognition. One neat feature of this app is that it allows you to switch between three color databases: Basic - 16 fundamental colors (purple, green, blue, etc) Crayola - 134 fun pigments (burnt sienna, piggy pink, turquoise, etc) Detailed - 134 descriptive colors (dim gray, dark slate gray, gray, etc) The app is free, but has an in-app option to remove the embedded adverts for 99 cents. Also mentioned in this podcast: ColorVisor

In this podcast, Cherokee Eagle gives us a walk-through and demonstration of Store News, a free iOS app that helps you to locate the best deals in the App Store. The App Store is checked for changes every 15 minutes, and as soon as a price drop is found it will be listed in Store News.

In this podcast, Scott gives us a walk-through and demonstration of SKY.FM Internet Radio. This free iOS app offers over 35 unique radio channels programmed by passionate channel directors from around the world. Channel genres include Rock, New Age, 80s, Smooth Jazz, Top 40, Hip Hop, Oldies, 70s, Reggae, Lounge and many others. SKY.FM Radio channels play to thousands of people at any given time, and some would argue that this sense of a shared listening experience is what “radio” is supposed to be. If you are tired of the lonely experience of some other apps, check this one out and see why people have been listening to SKY.FM on the web for years. Also mentioned in this podcast: Digitally Imported Jazz Radio!

In the first of two podcasts devoted to color recognition apps, AnonyMouse gives us a walk-through and demonstration of ColorVisor. This iOS app is probably the most feature-packed app in this category. But, like all others, there are a number of factors that you need to consider if you are to get the best results. AnonyMouse highlights the inherent weaknesses of color recognition apps, and offers a few suggestions for getting the best and most reliable results. We would love to hear your experiences of color recognition apps, so do please share them by posting a comment. Also mentioned in this podcast: ColoredEye

In this podcast, Cherokee Eagle gives us a walk-through and demonstration of iRinger, a free application for the PC that enables you to quickly and easily create ringtones and text tones for your iPhone. iRinger can create ringtones and text tones from virtually any music or video file that you own. These can then be exported to iTunes, where you can transfer them to your iPhone. This demonstration is carried out on a PC running Windows XP and using Jaws.

In this podcast, AnonyMouse gives us a walk-through and demonstration of Blind Bargains, a recently-released iOS app that delivers deals, news and resources from the website of the same name. Blind Bargains scours the Internet to bring you the latest sales, deals, and news on computers, screen readers, notetakers, Braille printers, hard drives, accessible cell phones, memory cards, talking products, household items, and much more. They also present articles, news, and resources of general interest to the blind community and friends.

In this podcast, AnonyMouse gives us a walk-through and demonstration of AccessWorld. This is the official iOS app of the American Foundation for the Blind's online publication AccessWorld, a magazine dedicated to technology and people with vision loss. With this free app you can: Browse and read articles from the latest issue of AccessWorld. Browse and read any article in AccessWorld's entire archive of back issues. Contact any member of the AccessWorld team.

In this podcast, Matheus introduces us to the iOS game, Audio Invaders. In addition to demonstrating the gameplay of this retro space shooter, Matheus walks us through the game's menu and options.