AppleVis Podcast

<p>In this podcast, Abby gives us a walk-through of the Real Care Baby Guide iOS app from Realityworks.</p><p>According to the App Store, the Real Care Baby Guide app is designed to be used as a tool to help participants going through a Real Care Baby simulation experience from Reality works. The guide will offer features like "How-To" information, frequently asked questions, Video guides for caring for the infant simulator, Safety precautions and Stress management tips.</p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/realcare-baby-guide/id444531977?mt=8">RealCare Baby Guide is a free download from the App Store</a>.</p><p>More information about the RealCare Baby Infant Simulator is available on Realityworks' website at <a href="https://www.realityworks.com/products/realcare-baby">https://www.realityworks.com/products/realcare-baby</a>.</p>

In this podcast, Duyahn Walker shows us how to pair a Bluetooth speaker with the Apple TV 4th Generation.

<p>In this podcast Abby shows us Talking Pierre The Parrot for iOS. Pierre mimics what you say, as well as dodging tomatoes, throwing dishes and even playing the guitar. Get it on the App Store at <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/talking-pierre-the-parrot/id430152138?mt=8&at=11l4LS">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/talking-pierre-the-parrot/id430152138?mt=8&at=11l4LS</a></p>

In this podcast, Abby revisits the YouVersion Bible, an iOS iPad app by Life.Church. On more than 250 million devices around the world, people are reading, listening to, watching, and sharing the Bible using the #1 rated Bible App—completely free. Over 1,000 Bible versions, in hundreds of languages. Hundreds of Reading Plans, in over 40 languages. Add your own Verse Images, highlights, bookmarks, and public or private notes. Customize your reading experience. Access everything when you’re connected, or download specific versions for offline use. The Bible App lets you explore the Bible with your closest friends. Share honest conversations about Scripture with a community of people you know and Bible on the App Store https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bible/id282935706?mt=8&at=11l4LS

<p>In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville, Randy Rusnakk and Mike Malarsie get together to talk about recent Apple news and topics of interest.</p><p>Topics featured in this podcast include:</p><p><a href="https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-q1-2018-results-88-3-billion-revenue-77-3-million-iphones-13-2-million-ipads-sold/">Apple Q1 2018 Results: $88.3 Billion Revenue, 77.3 Million iPhones, 13.2 Million iPads Sold</a><br><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2018/02/01/apple-services-quarterly-revenue-records/">App Store, Apple Music, iCloud and Apple Pay Set All Time Quarterly Revenue Records in Q1 2018</a><br><a href="https://www.applevis.com/blog/apple-tv-apple-watch-ios-macos/apple-releases-ios-1126-macos-10133-supplemental-update-watchos">Apple Releases iOS 11.2.6, macOS 10.13.3 Supplemental Update, watchOS 4.2.3, and tvOS 11.2.6</a><br><a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/01/apple-previews-ios-11-3/">Apple previews iOS 11.3</a><br><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2018/01/30/apple-to-focus-on-ios-performance-quality-issues-axios/">Apple Has Delayed Some Planned iOS 12 Features Until Next Year to Focus on Performance and Quality</a><br><a href="https://www.cultofmac.com/528487/ios-12-features/">Here's what Apple's got planned for iOS 12</a><br><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2018/02/16/twitter-discontinues-twitter-for-mac-app/">Twitter Discontinues Twitter for Mac App</a><br><a href="https://www.applevis.com/blog/accessories-apple-opinion-reviews/homepod-review-it-really-worth-price-tag">HomePod Review: Is it Really Worth the Price Tag?</a><br><a href="https://www.applevis.com/blog/assistive-technology-ios-apps-news/microsoft-partners-be-my-eyes-offer-specialized-help-its">Microsoft Partners With Be My Eyes to Offer Specialized Help to its Blind and Low Vision customers Via Live Video Chat</a><br><a href="https://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/games/land-livia">Land of Livia</a><br><a href="https://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/productivity/office-lens">Office Lens</a><br><a href="https://www.appleworld.today/blog/2018/1/31/how-to-recover-files-deleted-from-your-icloud-drive">How to recover files deleted from your iCloud Drive</a><br><a href="http://osxdaily.com/2018/02/15/temporarily-disable-touch-id-face-id-siri-ios/">How to Temporarily Disable Touch ID and Face ID with Siri on iPhone or iPad</a></p><p>You can contact the Unleashed Team with feedback or questions at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</p>

<p>The developer behind popular game Super Tile Smash brings us another fun and challenging game. This time the goal is to find hundreds of words from a selection of nine letters, and the game includes thousands of puzzles to try your hand at. In this podcast, Abby takes us through the gameplay and options in the app. Find WordFinder Game on the App Store at <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordfinder-game/id1342131235?mt=8&at=11l4LS">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordfinder-game/id1342131235?mt=8&at=11l4LS</a></p>

<p>In this podcast, Seyoon Choi demonstrates a use of the Animoji feature that was recently introduced with the iPhone X. He walks us through how the feature works with VoiceOver, as well<br> as addressing current concerns about this unique feature within the Messages app.</p>

<p>Whether you have trouble going to sleep, are traveling on a plane and need a quick power nap, or you just find it relaxing, you may benefit from playing white noise. In this podcast, Abby takes us through White Noise Lite for iOS, which offers a range of relaxing sounds, and the ability to create sounds, mix sounds and create playlists, plus a number of other features. Get White Noise Lite on the App Store at <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/white-noise-lite/id292987597?mt=8">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/white-noise-lite/id292987597?mt=8</a></p>

<p>In this podcast, Abby demonstrates <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-word-cookies/id1294026501?mt=8&at=11l4LS">BlindFold Word Cookie</a>, which is one of the latest game titles available from Kid Friendly Software.</p><p>Your objective is to create as many words as possible using a set of letters.</p><p>In each cookie, there are from 5 to 20 levels. Each level has a set of letters, and you have to find all the words that can be created from those letters. You can use the letters multiple times.</p><p>For example, the practice cookie has one level, and has the letters "C", "A", "T". Words must be at least 2 letters long, so you can easily create the words CAT, ACT, and AT. Since you can use a letter multiple times, you can also create the word TAT by using the letter "T" twice and the word TATA by using the letters "T" and "A" twice.</p><p>Once you have completed a level, you move on to the next level. Once you have completed all the levels for a cookie, you move on to the next cookie.</p>

<p>In the first of what is planned to be a monthly series, Thomas Domville, Randy Rusnakk and Mike Malarsie get together to talk about recent Apple news and topics of interest.</p><p>Topics featured in this podcast include:</p><p><a href="https://www.applevis.com/blog/apple-ios-news/apple-releases-ios-1125-focus-security-and-under-hood-improvements">The release of iOS 11.2.5</a><br><a href="https://www.applevis.com/blog/accessories-opinion-reviews/airpods-vs-aftershokz-comparing-two-popular-audio-options">Apple AirPods</a><br><a href="https://www.applevis.com/blog/accessories-apple-news/apple-homepod-launch-united-states-uk-and-australia-february-9-available">The release of Apple's HomePod smart speaker</a><br><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/what-apple-text-bomb-bug-simple-message-crashes-iphones-and-macs-784325">What Is Apple ‘Text Bomb’ Bug? This Simple Message Crashes iPhones and Macs</a><br><a href="https://mashable.com/2018/01/23/ios-11-2-5-siri-read-the-news/#dwREt8ACUiqM">Let Siri play you the latest news</a><br><a href="http://fortune.com/2018/01/03/apple-iphone-battery-life-explained/">Everything to Know About Apple Slowing iPhones Because of Old Batteries</a><br><a href="https://www.securemac.com/checklist/apples-no-good-very-bad-security-quarter">Apple’s No Good Very Bad Security Quarter</a><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/05/apple-mac-spectre-meltdown-iphone-ipad-hackers">Apple says Meltdown and Spectre flaws affect all Mac and iOS devices</a><br><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/08/parental-control-features-iphone-ipad/">Significant Apple investors put pressure on Apple to add better parental control features to iPhones and iPads</a><br><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/12/16885066/apple-try-free-trial-subscription-app-store-ios">Apple made a section of the App Store to highlight apps that offer free trials</a><br><a href="https://www.applevis.com/forum/ios-ios-app-discussion/get-your-emoji-game">Swapping words for emoji using the VoiceOver rotor</a><br><a href="https://www.applevis.com/blog/advocacy-braille-gaming-ios-apps-news/full-braille-display-support-comes-blindfold-wildcard">Full Braille Display Support Comes To Blindfold Wildcard</a><br><a href="https://www.applevis.com/forum/ios-gaming/huboodle-now-available">new Huboodle app released by developers of Dice World</a><br> Listener questions</p><p>You can contact the Unleashed Team with feedback or questions at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</p>

In this podcast, Abby introduces us to Blindfold Song Name, a free iOS app that is a fully accessible music game inspired by the TV Game Show "Name That Tune". In each turn, you first hear all of the song title choices. Then you will hear the song. As soon as you know which song it is, tap the screen, and then swipe up or down to your answer, then double tap. If your answer is correct, the faster you picked your answer, the more points you scored. You keep playing until you get 3 answers wrong. Blindfold Song Name comes with 3 games: Name the song, Name the song with the same artist, and Name the artist. Blindfold Song Name on the App Store https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-song-name/id1290989842?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8

<p>IN this podcast, Scott Davert demonstrates and discusses the changes for braille display users in iOS 11 and later. How to set up type to Siri, braille captioning, how to customize braille keyboard commands, and the new settings in the braille menu are covered. A roughly edited transcript follows. Please note, This transcript was created soely for communication access. It is not a certified legal<br> transcript and may not be entirely verbatim.<br> Unknown Speaker: Welcome to Applevis.<br> Scott Davert: Hey, everybody, it is Scott Davert back with an Applevis podcast. This podcast is on what's new for braille users from iOS 11 onward. I'm a little late recording this podcast for a few reasons: one of them being that life has just kind of gotten in the way, and the other being that I wanted to wait for some of these bugs to get worked out which were really well-documented on the Applevis website, but they kind of made it clunky to record a podcast. There are a few little bugs remaining that I'll talk about, but it's gotten a lot better than the first release of 11.0 for sure back in September. </p><p>For this demonstration, I'm using my iPhone 8 with iOS 11.2.1, and of course VoiceOver. The first few things I'll talk about here are just a few things that aren't really easy to demonstrate, but they might be important updates for you depending on your situation. </p><p>If you have a Focus fifth generation, iOS 11 brings support for that device. Whether you have the Focus 40, or the brand-new 14 that came out about a month ago, you will now have access with iOS 11, and later. So, for those of you who have those devices, you can be happy, and you probably already are happy, using your Focus display with your iOS device. </p><p>Another minor, but important update is the fact that emoticons are now accessible with braille displays. Speech users have been enjoying them for quite a while, and knowing all those smiling piles of poo that their young kids, or nephews, or whatever it is might send them, but as braille users they just showed up as a few symbols, and there was really no way to differentiate between one emoticon and another. That has been fixed in iOS 11.0.</p><p>Now, I'm gonna go ahead and get into the demonstration part of this podcast. The first thing I'm going to do is take you through how to set up captions, and talk a little bit about that. And we're gonna go ahead and go through the braille menu, and talk about those changes. Then I'll show you how to set up new commands, or assign commands functions, however you wanna look at that, and finally we'll wrap up.</p><p>So, I'm going to go ahead, and go directly to the VoiceOver menu. On my particular setup here, I am going to use a Backspace, Space with V. That is a command that I programmed in to take me directly to the VoiceOver menu.</p><p>VoiceOver: Settings, Accessibility, Back button.<br> Scott: So, to set up captioning for braille displays, or speech users, and this also applies to subtitles, I need to find verbosity, so I'll hit Space with F.<br> VO: Enter search text.<br> Scott: V-E-R-B, enter.<br> VO: Verbosity button.<br> Scott: There we go, verbosity. It went right to it. Sometimes that works, and sometimes it doesn't. I'll go ahead and activate the verbosity settings.<br> VO: Selected, VoiceOver, Back button.<br> Scott: I'm not going to go through the rest…</p>

<p>In this podcast, Marco shows us how to delete podcast episodes in the native Podcasts app, which had it's user interface overhauled in iOS11. The option to delete is not immediately obvious, so Marco shows us where to find it using the rotor actions menu or 3D touch.</p>

<p>If you enjoy word games, you'll love 7 Little Words, a fun and challenging game where you solve clues using the groups of letters provided. In this podcast, Abby introduces us to the game and takes us through one complete puzzle, consisting of seven clues. 7 Little Words is available in the App Store for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad at <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/7-little-words/id431434152?mt=8">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/7-little-words/id431434152?mt=8</a></p>

<p>In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us a walk-through and demonstration of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zany-touch/id349509773?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">Zany Touch</a>, a Bop-It Style game for iOS.!”</p><p>The game tests your reflexes against faster and faster challenges. Listen for the instruction and do it as fast as you can -- touch, swipe up, swipe down, swipe left, swipe right, shake, pinch, and two finger touch.</p><p>FEATURES:</p><ul><li>Three difficulty settings: Easy, Medium, and Hard.</li><li>Easy level uses three gestures. Medium level uses five. Hard level uses all eight.</li><li>Tracks high scores and previous scores for each difficulty setting on the device.</li><li>Post scores to Twitter and Facebook.</li><li>Post scores and check your rankings with Apple Game Center leaderboards and achievements.</li><li>Fully integrated with Voice Over to make this a great game for the blind and visually impaired.</li></ul>

<p>In this podcast, Abby is back to introduce us to and walk us through some of the key features of Bible Gateway for iOS, which is available for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Get it on the App Store at <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/bible-gateway/id506512797?mt=8&at=11l4LS">https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/bible-gateway/id506512797?mt=8&at=11l4LS</a></p>

<p>In this podcast, Sabrina Fagerheim takes us through one of her favourite games, a challenging tile matching puzzle game from Kid Friendly Software called Blindfold Pyramid Tiles. Download the game from the App Store <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-pyramid-tiles/id1235887256?mt=8&at=11l4LS">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-pyramid-tiles/id1235887256?mt=8&at=11l4LS</a></p>

<p>In this podcast, Khalfan Bin Dhaher introduces us to the Actilino smart braille display from Handy Tech, and shows us how to connect it to an iOS device for use as an audio device to take phone calls, listen to music and more. He then shows us how to pair the Actilino for use as a braille display.<br> For more on the Actilino, check out Travis Roth's review at <a href="https://www.applevis.com/reviews/braille-devices/handy-tech-actilino-review">https://www.applevis.com/reviews/braille-devices/handy-tech-actilino-review</a></p>

<p>In this podcast, Khalfan Bin Dhaher demonstrates Multilingual VoiceOver support on macOS.</p>

<p>In this podcast, Ornella Jagdeo introduces us to Blindfold Fireworks , a free iOS app that's a fully accessible audio fireworks simulation app.</p><p>Blindfold Fireworks on the App Store<br><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/blindfold-fireworks/id1176302572?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/blindfold-fireworks/id1176302572?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS</a></p>

<p>In this podcast, Khalfan Bin Dhaher introduces us to Audio Moto Championship, a paid iOS app where you will face your opponents with super fast motorbikes. Conquer the categories 125, 250 and 500 cc of the Moto World Championship and bring your team to victory. Undertake the numerous tournaments of Audio Moto Championship, where you will prove yourself with different and always more difficult tracks.</p><p>Audio Moto Championship on the App Store: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audio-moto-championship/id1234077796?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audio-moto-championship/id1234077796?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS</a></p>

<p>In this podcast, Thomas Domville introduces us to Audio Memos, a paid app which is a professionally made audio recorder. It has an amazingly intuitive interface, which is easy to use and full of powerful features. Use it in interviews, lectures, music session, briefings, ... and simplify your recording tasks.</p><p>Audio Memos on the App Store<br><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id338550388?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id338550388?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS</a></p>

<p>In this podcast, Thomas Domville introduces us to Just Press Record, a paid app which is the ultimate mobile audio recorder bringing one tap recording, transcription and iCloud syncing to all your devices.</p><p>Life is full of moments we would rather not forget - like your child’s first words, an important meeting or spontaneous idea. Capture these moments effortlessly on iPhone, iPad or for ultimate convenience, Apple Watch.</p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/just-press-record/id1033342465?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">Just Press Record on the App Store</a></p>

<p>In this episode, <a href="https://www.twitter.com/davidnason1">Dave Nason</a> explores the changed gestures and button functions on the iPhone X, the first iPhone to ship without a Home button. Although these changes are demonstrated on the iPhone X, they apply to all subsequent iPhone and iPad models that lack this button.</p><p>Using alternative gestures as well as the other buttons on the device, all functions involving the Home button can be accessibly replicated. The table below lists affected functions, how to perform them on devices with a Home button, and how to perform them on devices without a Home button.</p><table><thead><tr><th>Function</th><th>How to perform it on devices with a Home button</th><th>How to perform it on devices without a Home button</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Accessibility shortcut</td><td>Press the Home button three times quickly</td><td>Press the Side button three times quickly</td></tr><tr><td>Engage Siri</td><td>Press and hold the Home button</td><td>Press and hold the Side button</td></tr><tr><td>Power off the device</td><td>Press and hold the Side button</td><td>Press and hold both the Side button and either of the volume buttons</td></tr><tr><td>Return to the Home Screen</td><td>Press the Home button</td><td>Place your finger on the bottom edge of the screen and when you hear a brief tone, slide it straight up until you hear a second tone</td></tr><tr><td>Reveal the App Switcher</td><td>Press the Home button twice quickly</td><td>Place your finger on the bottom edge of the screen and when you hear a brief tone, slide it straight up until you hear the third ascending tone</td></tr><tr><td>Reveal the Control Center</td><td>Place your finger on the status bar and swipe up with three fingers</td><td>Place your finger on the top edge of the device and when you hear a brief tone, slide it straight down until you hear the second tone</td></tr><tr><td>Reveal notifications</td><td>Place your finger on the status bar and swipe down with three fingers</td><td>Place your finger on the top edge of the device and when you hear a brief tone, slide it straight down until you hear the third ascending tone</td></tr><tr><td>Take a screenshot</td><td>Press both the Home and Side buttons</td><td>Press both the Side button and either of the volume buttons</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: Placing your finger on the status bar and swiping either up with three fingers to reveal the Control Center or down with three fingers to reveal notifications still works on devices without a Home button, in addition to the alternative gestures.</p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/davidnason1">Dave Nason</a> demonstrates setting up Face ID on the iPhone X with VoiceOver enabled.</p>

<p>In this podcast, Thomas Domville introduces us to Dolphin EasyReader, a FREE accessible reading app for readers with dyslexia, low vision or blindness. Browse & download from the World's largest collection of talking book and newspaper libraries. Or copy text from anywhere on your phone & hear EasyReader read it back to you. Experience perfectly synchronized text & audio. Or for text only titles, EasyReader can add a human sounding voice of your choice. Boost comfort or contrast - choose colours, text size and highlights to suit your visual needs.</p><p>Dolphin EasyReader on the App Store<br><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/dolphin-easyreader/id1161662515?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8">https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/dolphin-easyreader/id1161662515?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8</a></p>

<p>In this podcast, Abby is back to show us her favourite new app, which is <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/loony-libs/id561339631?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">Loony Libs</a>a very accessible mad-libs app for iOS, which is both great fun to play and a great way to work on your literacy skills.</p>

<p>In this podcast, Abby gives us a quick overview of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/verse-a-day-daily-bible-verses/id478652721?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">Verse-A-Day: Daily Bible Verses</a>, an iOS app that delivers a new bible verse each day.</p><p>Preferred translations for bible verses include:</p><ul><li>NET (New English Translation)</li><li>NIV (New International Version)</li><li>NKJV (New King James Version)</li><li>NLT (New Living Translation)</li><li>KJV (King James Version)</li></ul><p>Verse-A-Day: Daily Bible Verses is a free download, with in-app purchases available to remove ads and enable bookmarking of verses.</p>

<p>In this podcast, Carla gives us an in-depth look at <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/filebrowser-access-files-on-remote-computers/id364738545?mt=8&at=11l4LS">FileBrowser - Access files on remote computers</a>, an iOS app that enables you to manage and view files across a number of locations. These include Windows, Mac and Linux computers; Time Capsule, NAS and WiFi drives. You can also connect to a number of cloud services, including Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, WebDAV, FTP and SFTP.</p><p>Features include:</p><blockquote><p>Documents:</p><ul><li>View Microsoft Office documents.</li><li>View Apple Pages, Numbers, KeyNote files.</li><li>View any text file.</li><li>PDF and Image file Annotator.</li><li>Save edited files back to any storage.</li><li>Zip and Unzip files & folders.</li><li>Store email attachments.</li><li>Capture photos to PDF - great for filing expenses.</li><li>Sync documents to all your devices using iCloud Drive.</li><li>Supports iOS multi-tasking / split-screen.</li></ul><p>File Management:</p><ul><li>Copy multiple files and folders in one go.</li><li>Select a group of files on Dropbox, for example, and copy them to your home Mac, PC, NAS, iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive, Box, WebDAV, or FTP server.</li><li>Manage and organize storage using Copy, Move, Rename, Delete, Create Folder.</li><li>Easily transfer files between devices, such as iPhone to iPad.</li><li>Download files from the Web and store them locally, password protected.</li><li>Bookmark folders for 1-touch access.</li></ul><p>AirPlay, ChromeCast and Amazon Fire:</p><ul><li>Watch a slideshow of your photos on your HDTV via AirPlay™, Amazon Fire TV or Chromecast.</li><li>Stream your movies to your HDTV using AirPlay™ or Chromecast.</li><li>Listen to your music using AirPlay™ or Chromecast device.</li></ul><p>Photos:</p><ul><li>Browse & view photos stored anywhere, even raw formats.</li><li>Free up storage on your iPad/iPhone and still access all your photos.</li><li>Upload and download photos from your iPhone and iPad Camera Roll.</li><li>Rapid swipe to scroll & pinch to zoom.</li><li>Automatic thumbnail extraction.</li></ul><p>Movies:</p></blockquote><ul><li>Stream movies across your home network.</li><li>No need to wait for them to sync or copy to your iPad or iPhone.</li><li>Last playback position remembered.</li></ul><blockquote><p>Music and Audiobooks:</p></blockquote><ul><li>Stream music across your home network, including FLAC files.</li><li>Stream music in the background.</li><li>Play music while browsing photos - great for slideshows.</li><li>Cue up multiple tracks.</li><li>Last playback position remembered - great for audio books.</li></ul><blockquote><p>Out and About:</p></blockquote><ul><li>Connect to portable WiFi drives to expand your iPad or iPhone’s capacity without limits.</li><li>Connect to your Mac or PC when away from home. See our web site for details.</li></ul><blockquote><p>High Quality:</p></blockquote><ul><li>We continuously update FileBrowser with new features and improvements.</li><li>User feedback is welcomed and valued.</li><li>No additional software needed on your computer.</li></ul><p>FileBrowser is…</p>

<p>In this podcast, Abby gives us a walk-through and demonstration of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/singtrue-learn-to-sing-in/id914239183?mt=8&at=11l4LS">SingTrue: Learn to sing in tune, pitch perfect</a>, an iOS app which claims that it can teach anybody to sing in perfect tune. Even if you think you're tone deaf.</p><blockquote><p>SingTrue features over 30 interactive exercises* that help you learn to sing easily, confidently and in perfect tune. By using the iPhone microphone and sophisticated signal processing, the app analyses your singing and provides personal feedback on how you can improve.</p><p>If you are already a musician, the app will train your voice and your ears to help you become more confident, more creative, and more musical. In fact, the advanced exercises will help you recognise notes by ear - enabling you to play by ear, write your own music, and improvise freely on your instrument.</p><p>The exercises have been designed by experts, in consultation with some of the leading vocal teachers in the world. Building on the success of the RelativePitch ear training app (featured by Apple and used by over 300,000 musicians) and the Tone Deaf Test (4.5-star rated app used by 170,000+ people), SingTrue has been developed to help more people discover their inner voice and naturally become sensational musicians.</p></blockquote><p>SingTrue is <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/singtrue-learn-to-sing-in/id914239183?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">a US$0.99 download from the App Store</a>, with additional features available as in-app purchases.</p>

In this podcast, Abby introduces us to Little Girl Magic for iOS, that's a nursery, child care and dress up game for people who love to babysit. Little Girl Magic on the App Store https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/little-girl-magic/id446509719?mt=8

<p>In this podcast, Ornella Jagdeo introduces us to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/classic-lemonade-stand/id1077016153?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">Classic Lemonade Stand</a>, a modern take on the old text-based lemonade stand simulators.</p><blockquote><p>Buy cups, lemons and sugar to fill your inventory. Set your price and start selling cups of lemonade! Watch out for the weather which will affect your sales.</p><p>Other unexpected events may pop up randomly like bees taking your sugar or the neighborhood bully swiping some cash.</p></blockquote>

<p>In this podcast, Abby introduces us to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scout-legend/id946917921?mt=8&at=11l4LS">Scout Legend</a>, an iOS game for people who enjoy the world of scouting, hiking, fishing, camping and scout uniform dress-up and would like to have fun playing together and unite into scout units.</p><blockquote><p>To start you need to choose a character to play, then make your scout eat every day so you never get hungry and keep your energy level at 30. You earn points for eating if you eat at least one hour after the previous eating. Another way to earn points is by Scout Actions.</p><p>There are many choices of camping food and Scout Actions to choose from. Eat everyday to make sure your scout is not hungry, mad or sick. This is the goal of Scout Legend.</p></blockquote>

<p>In this podcast, Tunmi Jubril introduces us to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/orange-tree/id834521227?mt=8&at=11l4LS">Orange Tree</a>, a fruit tree care game for people who like to farm, take care of plants and grow harvest fruit.</p><p>You choose a character; and then give water to the orange tree every day, harvest oranges, sell and earn money, and buy cool stuff for your house with money.</p>

In this podcast, Abby introduces us to Baby Adopter Sea, where babies and their parents are traveling on a cruise ship. The voyage, ship's amenities and rooms add to the experience of taking care of your little baby. Baby Adopter Sea is a babysitting, nursery and dress up game for people who love to take care of little babies. Baby Adopter Sea on the App Store https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/baby-adopter-sea/id731410493?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8

<p>In this podcast, Joseph introduces us to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-bop/id1272873004?mt=8&at=11l4LS">Blindfold Bop</a>, an iOS game similar to the "Bop-It" Toy.</p><p>In this game You are told to perform 3 of the gestures in the following list: tap with 1 finger, tap with 2 fingers, swipe in any direction, and shake the phone. The game speeds up at each level, and in each level, you must perform the requested gestures.You have two seconds to perform the gesture, otherwise it's a mistake. The game is over when you've made 3 mistakes. You get one point for each correct gesture.</p><p>You can play the game at easy, medium, hard or very hard difficulty; the game goes from performing any of 3 gestures to performing any of 10 gestures.</p>

<p>In this podcast, Khalfan Bin Dhaher introduces us to Audio Game Hub 2.</p><p>Audio Game Hub is a set of experimental arcade audio games that use audio as their primary interface – making them accessible for both sighted and non-sighted users.</p><p>Audio Game Hub 2.0 introduces 3 new games: race against the clock and disarm bombs in Bomb Disarmer, follow Simon as he leads you through unlocking complicated patterns in Super Simon, or sit at the round table and enjoy a casual game of Blackjack.</p><p>Audio Game Hub is a free download from the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audio-game-hub/id1101972684?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">iOS App Store</a>, with some add-ons and games available as in-app purchases.</p>

<p>In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, Thomas Domville and Alex Hall meet with Ryan McLeod, a 2017 Apple Design Award Winner for his iOS App, Blackbox - think outside the box.</p><p>Every year at its Worldwide Developers’ Conference (WWDC), Apple celebrates and acknowledges through its Apple Design Awards the mobile and desktop apps which raise the bar in design, technology and innovation. The award to Ryan was cited by Apple as recognition of Blackbox being "fully accessible, and offering unique and ingenious gameplay, deep iOS integration, and clever innovations".</p><p>According to <a href="https://developer.apple.com/design/awards/">Apple’s own report on the 2017 Design Awards</a>, Blackbox is:</p><blockquote><p>... a refreshingly stimulating, engrossing, and clever puzzle game that breaks through the “fourth wall” of iPhone to take you beyond the screen and make your world a part of each solution. Designed and developed by one person, Blackbox was chosen as an Apple Design Award winner for being fully accessible, and offering unique and ingenious gameplay, deep iOS integration, and clever innovations. Blackbox offers puzzles that rely on minimalistic clues, deliberate movement, elegant animations, and visual cues to expand creative thinking and encourage players to solve puzzles by turning, shouting, clicking, snapping, and more. It is fully accessible, taking a highly visual interface designed to be navigated by touch and and other sensory inputs, and adding a brilliant sonic interface that enables a new world of gameplay for everyone. It uses haptics for sensory feedback to make puzzles more personal, nuanced, and tactile, and relies heavily on the iPhone’s camera, accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer to enable sensory inputs. Additionally, by using CoreAudio, CoreLocation, Core Telephony, AVCaptureSession, iCloud, and GameCenter in novel ways, this app takes advantage of an enormous range of iOS technologies. Blackbox challenges the player's ingenuity and creativity through innovative presentation and unique interactions. The result is a game that is impressively clever and unlike anything we’ve played before.</p></blockquote><p>As many of you will know, Ryan has <a href="https://www.applevis.com/forum/ios-gaming/blackbox-seeking-accessibility-feedback-outside-box-puzzle-game">actively engaged with members of the AppleVis community</a> in his efforts to enhance the gameplay and user experience of Blackbox for VoiceOver users.</p><p>Blackbox - think outside the box is <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blackbox-think-outside-box/id962969578?mt=8&at=11l4LS">a free download from the iTunes App Store</a>.</p>

<p>In this podcast Piotr Machacz gives us a demonstration of <a href="http://guilevi.tdrealms.com/">Dark Defender</a>, a free Mac game inspired by an old arcade game in which fleets of alien abductors are slowly invading planetoids inhabited by humans. Your task is to clear as many planetoids as you can of alien abductors and kill as many of their motherships as possible.</p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Thomas_Domville">Thomas Domville</a> demonstrates <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blackbox-think-outside-the-box/id962969578?mt=8&at=11l4LS">BlackBox,</a> a game filled with many unique puzzles.</p><p>App Store Description:</p><blockquote><p>Frustrating, fun, and full of surprises… There’s more to Blackbox than meets the eye. Can you find all the meta challenges?</p><p>HINTS: Every challenge has been tuned to be on the cusp of maddening but always solvable. Some challenges take time, perseverance, and perspective to understand, but if you’re really stumped rest assured there are hints. To enjoy the game to it’s fullest, only use them as a last resort!</p><p>LEVEL PACKS: Blackbox is jam-packed with 50 free challenges. Get far enough and you'll get the option to pay to unlock more advanced challenges and support the game's future development (and keep it ad free)!</p></blockquote>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Thomas_Domville">Thomas Domville</a> gives us a demonstration of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1183367390?mt=8&pt=11162&ign-mpt=uo%3D8">Prizmo Go - Instant Text Capture</a>, an iOS app (free with in-app purchases) which allows one to quickly and easily scan printed text and have it read aloud. From the App Store:</p><blockquote><p>Aim at text. Shoot. It's yours! Prizmo Go lets you quickly grab printed text with the camera. After text is recognized in a blink of an eye, you can interact with it in many useful ways. Or just send it to other apps. And if you've got a Mac, you can even copy/paste it there (*). No more retyping. Feels like magic, just at your finger tips.</p><p>Additionally, Prizmo Go provides rich interactions with the captured text. After shooting, text from the original picture is revealed, and swiping through it allows fast and accurate text selection directly from the image. Selected text can then be read aloud, or you can tap to browse to any printed website address, call phone numbers, trigger Mail app from an email address, or even reveal physical address in Apple Maps and initiate navigation to that place.</p><p>Prizmo Go comes with enhancements specifically built for VoiceOver, in addition to spoken guidance prior to shooting. That, combined with its text-to-speech capabilities, make it a great companion in case you need help reading printed documents.</p></blockquote>

<p>In this quick tip, Chris Wright shows us how to permanently delete files and folders on macOS.</p><p>To do this, in Finder, navigate to and select the item you want to delete, and press Command-Option-Delete. Click Delete in the confirmation dialog, and the item will be deleted immediately, bypassing the Trash.</p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Joseph Weakland</a> gives us a demonstration of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-sound-search/id1134009363?mt=8">Blindfold Sound Search</a> for iOS, yet another title in the Blindfold Games series .</p>

<p>In this podcast, Scott Davert introduces us to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reverb-for-amazon-alexa/id1144695621?mt=8">Reverb for Amazon Alexa,</a> a free app available on the App Store. Since the discontinuation of the Roger app, some users may have been looking for a replacement to work with the Alexa platform through iOS. This is one possible option.</p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="mailto:[email protected]">William Lomas</a> demonstrates <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/crafting-kingdom/id1190611967?mt=8">Crafting Kingdom,</a> an iOS game that has recently become popular among many in the blind community.</p><p>The following description is quoted from the app store:</p><p>Every empire starts small!</p><p>Build production sites, and start crafting resources. Harvest logs, coal, iron and many other goods. Then craft them into more valuable items and sell them on the market! Complete quests, build your own estate, and become the richest merchant in all of Crafting Kingdom!</p><p>Crafting Kingdom is a lovingly crafted (pun intended!) idle crafting game with a huge amount of goods to produce, complex production chains and plenty of quests for you to complete.</p><ul><li>Buy production sites</li><li>Build complex production chains</li><li>Complete quests and get powerful rewards</li><li>Expand your storage facilities</li><li>Build you very own estate</li><li>Endless hours of fun. How much money can you make?</li></ul><p>Note to our visually impaired players: This game is fully accessible with VoiceOver. Should the accessibility mode not turn on automatically, you can enable it by tapping on the screen three times with three fingers. Have fun!</p><p>End Quote</p><p>This game works with iOS 8 or above.</p>

<p>In this podcast, Joseph Weakland provides a brief demonstration of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-feud/id1200250347?mt=8">Blindfold Feud,</a> one of many games in the <a href="http://www.blindfoldgames.org">Blindfold Games</a> series.</p>

<p>In this Walk-through, T Dog gives us a brief demonstration of Mine Racer for Mac available from <a href="http://2mb.solutions">2MB Solutions.</a> You can play a free demo of the game, and purchase a fully-functional copy for $5 U.S.</p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/thomas_domville">Thomas Domville</a> gives us a demonstration of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daynight-daytime-nighttime/id1196089484?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">DayNight: Daytime & Nighttime Awareness</a>, a free iOS app which notifies users of sunrise and sunset times each day.</p>

<p>In this podcast, Marvin Rush gives us a demonstration of the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/directv/id307386350?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8">DIRECTV</a> iOS app.</p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Thomas_Domville">Thomas Domville</a> introduces us to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/threema/id578665578?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">Threema</a>, a powerful and secure messaging app for iOS.</p><p>Key features of the app include:</p><ul><li>write text and send voice messages</li><li>share videos, pictures and locations</li><li>send any type of file (pdf, animated gif, mp3, doc, zip, etc.)</li><li>create groups</li><li>conduct polls with the unique poll feature</li><li>choose between a dark and a light theme</li><li>quickly and silently reply with the unique agree/disagree feature</li><li>verify the identity of a contact by scanning their personal QR code</li><li>use Threema as anonymous instant messaging tool</li><li>synchronize your contacts (optional)</li></ul>