AppleVis Podcast

<p>In this podcast, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MikeMalarsie">Mike Malarsie</a> gives us a demonstration of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/amazon-alexa/id944011620?mt=8&uo=8&at=11l4LS">Amazon Alexa</a>, the free companion app to the company’s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X4WHP5E/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00X4WHP5E&linkCode=as2&tag=thevipconsume-20&linkId=FYKJ6F6XYJLXNPEV">Echo hands-free speaker</a> that you control with your voice. Echo connects to the Alexa Voice Service, to play music, provide information, news, sports scores, weather, and more. The more you use the Alexa voice assistant, the more she adapts to your speech patterns, vocabulary, and personal preferences.</p><p>The Amazon Alexa App lets you easily manage your alarms, music, shopping lists, and more -- wherever you are.</p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="http://www.twitter.com">Thomas Domville</a> gives us an overview and demonstration of <a href="http://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/games/blindfold-roadtrip">Blindfold Road Trip for iOS</a>.</p><p>In Blindfold Road Trip, the objective of the game is to be the first person to travel 1,000 miles. As described in the App Store:</p><blockquote><p>You and a computer opponent are given a handful of cards. Your turn begins by drawing a card from the deck, and then either playing the card, or discarding the card. The objective of the game is to play distance cards, such as 100 miles, so that you travel a total of 1000 miles. You also want to prevent your opponent from playing distance cards, by stopping him by damaging his car, or slowing him down. Your opponent will try to do the same to you. Both of you can play cards to fix damage caused by your opponent.</p></blockquote><p>Blindfold Road Trip is free to download from the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-road-trip/id1080225770?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8">App Store</a> but requires in-app purchases.</p>

<p>In this podcast, Sheri Wells-Jensen gives us a demonstration of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/repeat-checklist-custom-can/id477121789?mt=8">Repeat CheckList - A custom can be learned!</a> for iOS.</p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/JonathanMosen">Jonathan Mosen</a> gives us a demonstration of <a href="http://chaptersapp.com/">Podcast Chapters</a> for Mac OS X.</p><p>Podcast Chapters allows a podcast creator to easily insert chapter markers into a podcast, thereby allowing listeners (using podcast clients supporting the chapters feature) to quickly navigate to specific parts of the presentation.</p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/podcast-chapters/id1070963477?mt=12">Podcast Chapters is a US$19.99 download from the Mac App Store</a>.</p><p>Note: This podcast has been separated into chapters for easier navigation.</p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="https://twitter.com/lulu_bear">Lulu Hartgen</a> introduces us to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-horserace/id1073129602?mt=8&uo=8&at=11l4LS">Blindfold Horserace</a>, an audio game for iOS where you race your horse against other horses.</p><p>In Blindfold Horserace, you walk or run your fingers on the screen as if the horse is running. You are in post 2 and the other horses are in post 1 and 3. Once you hear the starting bells, race as fast as you can, and you may win.</p><p>Races are from 1 furlong to 1 mile and there are several types of racetrack. There's even a steeplechase race where you must jump over fences and steer your horse left and right.</p><p>The game comes with coins; you need one coin to play. To get more coins you can listen to advertising videos or purchase coins as an in-app upgrade.</p>

<p>In this episode of his introductory series, <a href="https://twitter.com/thomas_domville">Thomas Domville</a> discusses and explores what’s available from within the ‘Touch ID & Passcode’ area of iOS Settings.</p><p><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201371">This Apple Support page</a> provides more information on how to set up and use Touch ID, a fingerprint identity sensor that makes it easy for you to get into your device.</p>

<p>In this episode, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mehgcap">Alex Hall</a> shows us how to look up the definition of a word using Spotlight in macOS.</p><p>To do this, press Command-Space from anywhere in macOS to open Spotlight, and type the word you want defined. Then press Command-L, followed by Return, and a window with the definition of the word you searched for will be displayed.</p>

<p>In this podcast, David Woodbridge gives us an in-depth discussion and walk-through of one of his most used iOS apps, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audible/id379693831?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">Audiobooks from Audible</a>.</p><p>With an Audible membership, this app provides access to your purchases from Audible’s selection of 180,000+ titles—from best sellers to classics, and everything in-between.</p><p>David demonstrates previewing and purchasing a book from <a href="http://www.audible.com">audible.com</a> via Safari on the Mac, and then goes through a fairly extensive demonstration of the Audible app on an iPhone 6s.</p>

<p>In this month's edition of the AppleVis Extra, Michael Hansen, Thomas Domville, and Alex Hall speak with <a href="http://www.twitter.com/blindfoldgames">Marty Schultz of Kid Friendly Software</a>. Schultz is the developer behind the wildly popular <a href="http://www.blindfoldgames.org">Blindfold series of accessible audio games</a>, with over 25 games currently in the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/developer/kid-friendly-software-inc/id493861298">App Store</a> and many more exciting titles on the way.</p>

<p>In this episode of his introductory series, <a href="https://twitter.com/thomas_domville">Thomas Domville</a> discusses and explores what’s available from within the ‘FaceTime’ area of iOS Settings.</p><p><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204380">This Apple Support page</a> provides more information on FaceTime and how it can be used to make video and audio calls from your iOS devices.</p>

<p>In this episode of his introductory series, <a href="https://twitter.com/thomas_domville">Thomas Domville</a> continues his discussion and demonstration of how you can control your iOS device using a VoiceOver-specific gestures on the touch screen.</p><p>Whereas much of <a href="http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/beginners-guide-iphone-introduction-voiceover-gestures-part-1">his previous podcast</a> was spent in the VoiceOver Gesture Practice Area of the iOS Settings, he now moves to showing how these gestures are used for real.</p>

<p>In this episode of his introductory series, <a href="https://twitter.com/thomas_domville">Thomas Domville</a> discusses and demonstrates how you can control your iOS device using a VoiceOver-specific gestures on the touch screen.</p><p>You can use these gestures to navigate and interact with items on the screen, and enter VoiceOver commands.</p><p>In this podcast, Thomas introduces us to these gestures using the area available within the iOS Settings where you can learn and practice VoiceOver gestures.</p>

<p>In this episode of his introductory series, <a href="https://twitter.com/thomas_domville">Thomas Domville</a> discusses and explores the background app refresh settings in iOS. These settings are used to control what apps are allowed to run in the background and carry out routine tasks (such as updating your Twitter timeline or retrieving weather data).</p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="https://twitter.com/missanonymous94">Amber</a> shows us how to find and use the animated emoji available on the Apple Watch.</p>

<p>In this podcast, Tunmi introduces us to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocket-pond-2/id498375421?mt=8&at=11l4LS">Pocket Pond 2</a>, an iOS app that places a virtual pond filled with koi into the palm of your hand.</p><p>You can raise, feed, breed, play with, and sell thousands of different kinds of koi. Decorate your pond and make it beautiful. The interactive koi will bite your finger and swim around in response to your touch.</p><p>Note: Pocket Pond 2 is totally free to play, but certain items are in-app purchases.</p>

<p>In this podcast, Scott Davert walks us through the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">Dropbox app for iOS</a> and demonstrates many of its features. The app and service are free, and it is a powerful solution to help bridge the gap between iOS devices and those devices on other platforms.</p>

<p>In this episode of his introductory series, <a href="https://twitter.com/thomas_domville">Thomas Domville</a> discusses and explores the VoiceOver Rotor.</p><p>The VoiceOver Rotor provides a quick and convenient way to navigate the screen, input and manipulate text, change VoiceOver settings, and more.</p><p>More information on the VoiceOver Rotor can be found in <a href="http://www.applevis.com/guides/idevice-primer-103-what-rotor-and-how-do-i-use-it">this AppleVis Tutorial</a>.</p>

<p>In this episode of his introductory series, <a href="https://twitter.com/thomas_domville">Thomas Domville</a> discusses and explores the About section found in the iOS Settings.</p>

<p>In this episode of his introductory series, <a href="https://twitter.com/thomas_domville">Thomas Domville</a> discusses and explores the <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204023">Personal Hotspot</a> feature available on the iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular models) which lets you share your cellular data connection with other devices.</p>

<p>In this podcast, Cruz1996 introduces us to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/accounts-2-checkbook/id494333145?mt=8&uo=8&at=11l4LS">Accounts 2 Checkbook</a>, an iOS app that offers to replace your paper checkbook with a quicker and more convenient way to track your daily finances.</p><p>You can schedule transactions, transfer funds, capture photo receipts, reconcile, view reports, export data, print, and much more. All features of the Accounts 2 app are designed to be quick, clean, intuitive, and easy to use.</p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/accounts-2-checkbook/id494333145?mt=8&uo=8&at=11l4LS">Accounts 2 is a US$1.99 download from the iTunes App Store</a></p>

<p>In this podcast, Scott Davert walks us through [NatureSpace](<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/naturespace-relax-meditate/id312618509?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/naturespace-relax-meditate/id312618509?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS</a>), an app providing soundtracks to many different types of sounds. This app is a free download in the App Store with in-app purchases. Headphones or a very good set of speakers are recommended to appreciate the full sound quality of the files demonstrated in the ap.</p>

<p>In this podcast. David Woodbridge gives us an overview and quick demonstration of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-vee-ball/id1059937014?mt=8&uo=8&at=11l4LS">Blindfold Vee Ball</a>, a free audio game for iOS.</p><p>In Blindfold Vee Ball, using your finger, you roll a ball up a ramp, where it can land in one of several holes on the playing field. The harder-to-reach holes are worth more points, ranging from 10 points to 100 points. If you roll too fast, you will miss all the holes and the ball ends up in the top gutter. If you roll too slowly, the ball drops into the bottom gutter.</p>

<p>In this podcast. David Woodbridge gives us an overview and quick demonstration of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-pong/id997786222?ls=1&amp%3Bmt=8&uo=8&at=11l4LS">Blindfold Pong</a>, a free audio game for iOS.</p><p>In Blindfold Pong, you hear one or two balls, and you must move the phone left and right to hit the ball with your paddle. Using head phones or ear buds, you hear the ball heading towards you, and the ball will bounce off of your paddle when it's sound is in the center of your head.</p><p>The ball gets faster each time you hit it with your paddle, and you can change the bounce angle by hitting it at the left or right side of your paddle. As you move from level to level, your paddle gets smaller and the balls get faster. You can change the ball sounds and many other settings in the game.</p>

<p>In this podcast. David Woodbridge gives us an overview and quick demonstration of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-breakout/id1051805064?mt=8&uo=8&at=11l4LS">Blindfold Breakout</a>, a free audio game for iOS.</p><p>In Blindfold Breakout, you have a paddle, a ball, and a series of bricks. First, tap the screen to launch the ball from your paddle. When it hits a brick, the brick is shattered, and the ball bounces back to your paddle.</p><p>To move your paddle, move the phone left and right. Using head phones or ear buds, you hear the ball heading towards you, and the ball will bounce off of your paddle when it's sound is in the center of your head.</p><p>The ball gets faster each time you hit it with your paddle, and you can change the bounce angle by hitting it at the left or right side of your paddle.</p>

<p>In this podcast, David Woodbridge gives us an overview and quick demonstration of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-air-hockey/id1054990351?mt=8&uo=8&at=11l4LS">Blindfold Air Hockey</a>, a free audio game for iOS.</p><p>In Blindfold Air Hockey, you have a mallet or paddle, and there's a puck on the playing table. To start the game, hit the puck swiping your finger. The puck heads towards your opponent's goal, where they knock it back to you, bouncing off of the walls as it gets closer to your goal. You block their shot, and fire the puck back at their goal. The first player to score 7 goals wins the game.</p>

<p>In this podcast, Shaun Williams gives us a walk-through and demonstration of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/otr-streamer/id353471785?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">OTR Streamer</a>, a free iOS app that offers access to over 5000 episodes of your favorite Old Time Radio shows including:</p><ul><li>Burns and Allen</li><li>The Great Gildersleeve</li><li>The Jack Benny Show</li><li>Dragnet</li><li>War of the Worlds</li><li>The Adventures of Harry Lime</li><li>The Lone Ranger</li></ul><p>OTR Streamer allows you to stream or download your favorite shows to your iOS device.</p>

<p>In this podcast, David Woodbridge discusses and demonstrates the Music app on the fourth-generation Apple TV.</p>

<p>In this podcast, David Woodbridge walks us through the process of buying and watching movies and TV shows on the fourth-generation Apple TV.</p>

<p>In this episode, <a href="https://twitter.com/jonathan_writer">Jonathan Simeone</a> shows us how to add and remove items from the Finder sidebar on macOS.</p><p>The Finder sidebar is a list of folders and devices that can be quickly accessed from any Finder window or open and save dialog in macOS. You can choose which categories of items appear in the sidebar by choosing Finder > Settings (or pressing Command-Comma), clicking the Sidebar button in the toolbar, and selecting the categories you want to include.</p><p>To add a specific folder, focus on it in Finder and choose File > Add to sidebar (or press Command-Control-T). To remove a folder, focus on it in the Sidebar and choose "Remove from sidebar" from the context menu (accessed by pressing VO-Shift-M).</p>

<p>In this podcast, David Woodbridge discusses and demonstrates Home Sharing on the fourth-generation Apple TV.</p><p>Home Sharing lets you share and stream content from your computer’s iTunes library to other computers, iOS devices, and Apple TVs.</p>

<p>In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us a walk-through and demonstration of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weather-office/id376928891?mt=8&uo=8&at=11l4LS">Weather Office</a>, an iOS app that claims to provide accurate local weather and forecasts for Canada and the USA.</p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weather-office/id376928891?mt=8&uo=8&at=11l4LS">Weather Office is a US$1.99 download from the iTunes App Store</a></p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="https://twitter.com/pitermach">Piotr Machacz</a> gives us a demonstration of LaunchBar, a Mac application that allows you to quickly start applications, open documents, invoke system services, compose emails, navigate the Web, and much more.</p><p>LaunchBar is a fast and efficient way to search and access any kind of information stored on your computer or on the Web. It provides instant access to your applications, documents, contacts, and bookmarks, to your music library, to search engines and more, just by entering short abbreviations of the searched item's name.</p><p>You just hit Command-Space to bring LaunchBar's input window to front, enter an arbitrary abbreviation, and as soon as you start typing LaunchBar displays the best matching choices, ready to be opened immediately.</p><p>Visit <a href="http://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/index.html">the developer’s website</a> for more information and to download a demo, The full version of LaunchBar costs US$35.</p>

<p>In this podcast, David Woodbridge discusses and demonstrates the onscreen keyboard used on the fourth-generation Apple TV to enter text.</p>

<p>In this podcast, David Woodbridge shows us how to update to a newer version of tvOS when an update has been released.</p>

<p>In this podcast, David Woodbridge shows us how to configure and operate the Accessibility Shortcut that can be accessed using the Siri remote with the fourth-generation Apple TV.</p>

<p>In this podcast, David Woodbridge discusses and demonstrates the VoiceOver gestures which can be used on the trackpad of the Siri remote that comes with the fourth-generation Apple TV.</p>

<p>In this podcast, David Woodbridge explores the capabilities of Siri on the fourth-generation Apple TV.</p>

<p>In this podcast, David Woodbridge walks us through how to check the battery level of the Siri remote that comes with the new fourth-generation Apple TV.</p>

<p>In this podcast, Charlie introduces us to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jw-library/id672417831?mt=8&uo=8&at=11l4LS">JW Library</a>, a free iOS app that’s developed by and for Jehovah’s Witnesses. It includes multiple Bible translations, as well as books and brochures for Bible study.</p>

<p>In this podcast, David Woodbridge demonstrates how to move apps on the Apple TV’s Home screen; delete unwanted apps; and use the App Switcher to move between apps.</p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="https://twitter.com/jonathan_writer">Jonathan Simeone</a> shares a tip for Mac users on how to convert PDF to text using Automator.</p>

<p>In this podcast, David Woodbridge introduces us to the App Store that’s available on the new fourth-generation Apple TV. He shows us how to browse, search and install apps.</p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="https://twitter.com/jonathan_writer">Jonathan Simeone</a> discusses and demonstrates how to use the ‘Add to iTunes’ folder to quickly and easily import content into your Library.</p><p>To make things even easier, Jonathan shares a tip to use Automator and Services on Mac OS X to move files to this folder.</p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="https://twitter.com/kjsapergia">Kelly Sapergia</a> introduces us to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-bowling/id1038994263?mt=8&uo=8&at=11l4LS">Blindfold Bowling</a>, a recently-released audio game that brings ten pin bowling to your iOS device.</p><blockquote><p>In Blindfold Bowling, you can play by yourself, against a variety of computer opponents, or side-by-side with another person. You throw the bowling ball by either flicking with one finger, or aiming with one finger and flicking, or setting the exact angle with your thumb and forefinger, and then flick. The faster you flick, the faster you throw the ball.</p><p>You hear the ball rolling down the alley, and hitting pins. Like real bowling, you can get a strike, or a spare, or even miss completely with a gutter ball. And you can post your high scores to Facebook or Twitter.</p></blockquote><p>Blindfold Bowling is <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-bowling/id1038994263?mt=8&uo=8&at=11l4LS">a free download from the iTunes App Store</a> and includes several in-app upgrades, including a starter pack for unlimited play, an ability to customize your ball and the pins to make the game harder, to let you pick and customize your competitors, and side-by-side mode.</p>

<p>In this podcast, Khalfan Bin Dhaher gives us a demonstration of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-hopper/id977279164?mt=8&uo=8&at=11l4LS">Blindfold Hopper</a>, an audio game for iOS that claims to be a cross between Frogger and Flappy Bird.</p><blockquote><p>In Hopper, you are a frog sitting on a lily pad and you need to jump to the next lily pad. Using head phones or ear buds, you hear the lily pads move from one side of your head to the other. Each lily pad is represented by a different musical loop. When the lily pad is directly in front of you, tap the phone to jump to the next lily pad.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindfold-hopper/id977279164?mt=8&uo=8&at=11l4LS">Blindfold Hopper is a free download from the iTunes App Store</a></p>

<p>In this podcast, Khalfan Bin Dhaher introduces us to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a-blind-legend/id973483154?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">A Blind Legend</a>, a new audio game for iOS in which you live the adventures of Edward Blake, the famous blind knight. Guided by your daughter Louise, you must find your way and avoid the many traps that lie in store in the High Castle Kingdom, while confronting dangerous enemies.</p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a-blind-legend/id973483154?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS">A Blind Legend is a free download from the iTunes App Store</a></p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="https://twitter.com/jonathan_writer">Jonathan Simeone</a> shows us how to access and use the diverse emoji icon set on iOS and iPadOS</p>

<p>In this edition of his introductory series of podcast, Thomas Domville discusses and explores the settings available within iOS to control what sounds are played to accompany various actions and events.</p>

<p>In this edition of his introductory series of podcast, Thomas Domville discusses and explores the Airplane mode available on iOS devices.</p><p>Airplane mode turns off the wireless features on your iOS device so that you comply with airline regulations. However, there are other situations where you might want to use it, such as when trying to conserve battery usage.</p>

<p>In this podcast, <a href="https://twitter.com/jonathan_writer">Jonathan Simeone</a> shows us how to access and use the diverse emoji icon set on the Mac.</p>