AppleVis Podcast

In this podcast Wild Man Joe walks us through the process of enabling and using the emoticons keyboard on your iOS device.

In this podcast Garth talks us through the unboxing of a new, 3rd generation iPad. He shows us what comes in the box, and compares the look and feel of the new iPad with the original iPad 1. He then walks us through some of the initial setup, including the configuration settings for VoiceOver, the rotor and language selection. Finally, he demonstrates how to add an account to the native email app.

In this podcast AnonyMouse gives us a walk-through and demonstration of Voice To Apps - Voice To Messages, Email, Facebook and Twitter. Using voice recognition, the app offers a convenient way to send SMS messages, emails, update your Facebook status or post messages on Twitter. Your dictated text can also be copied to the clipboard and then pasted into another app.

In this podcast Scott gives us a demonstration of MusicDock, a free app that offers an accessible way to listen to SiriusXM Radio stations on your iDevice. While the app itself is free, subscribing to Sirius XM is still required to use this app.

In this podcast AnonyMouse gives us a walk-through and review of Onavo - Data Usage, Get More Out of Your Mobile Data Plan. This is a free app, which, as its name suggests, could reduce the amount of mobile data that you use.

In this podcast Scott shows us how to roll-back to a previous version of an app. This is useful for those occasions when an app update introduces accessibility issues for VoiceOver users. To have this roll-back option available, it is good practice to update apps directly on your iDevice and check the usability of the new version before you sync with iTunes. Our thanks go to RoosterLoop, who has kindly created some new audio effects for the AppleVis Podcast. We were very pleased to see the old ones retired!

In this podcast AnonyMouse gives us a walk-through and review of TuneIn Radio, an app that gives access to live feeds from more than 50000 radio stations. The Pro version of this app was recently voted into the AppleVis iOS App Hall of Fame by users of the site.

In this podcast AnonyMouse gives us an introduction to QR codes. He discusses some of their advantages over traditional barcodes, and then uses a free app called QR Reader For iPhone to show how easy it is to read QR codes and to create your own.

Exploring Some of the Advanced Features of the Reminders App

The Hokusai audio editor has now been updated with all of the accessibility features that were showcased in an earlier podcast. In this podcast Drew gives us a quick demonstration of how to get started with this multitrack audio editor.

In this podcast AnonyMouse gives us a walk-through and review of two classic games that are now available to play on the iOS platform. The first is Naval Combat, which brings the classic guessing game of Battleships to your iDevice. The second game is Roll It!, an iOS version of the popular dice game Yahtsee.

In this podcast Eric Caron gives us a demonstration of how to use the iOS Reminders app with VoiceOver. The Reminders app was introduced in iOS 5, and offers basic functionality for managing tasks and to-dos. It also has support for geolocation alerts. Although not as feature-rich as some of the task manager apps that you will find in the App Store, Reminders has enough basic functionality to satisfy the needs of most iDevice users.

In this podcast AnonyMouse gives us 6 tips for safe and secure use of an iDevice.

In this podcast AnonyMouse gives us a walk-through of the Voxer Walkie-Talkie app for iOS. You can use Voxer to send instant Audio, Text, Photo and Location messages to one or a group of your friends. Your friends can listen to your message while you talk or check it out later.

In this approximately 14-minute podcast, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow from Blind Access Journal give us a walk-through of DropVox, a voice memo recording app for iOS.