AppleVis Unlimited: What's New and Noteworthy for November 2024

By AppleVis, 1 December, 2024

Welcome to the November 2024edition of AppleVis Unlimited, your monthly digest of the latest and most notable content on the AppleVis website. This edition features a curated selection of community-submitted content, including new app entries; updates; news; how-to guides; popular discussions; and podcasts.

An Opening Thought

November 2024 was another exciting month at AppleVis, with more on the way. During November, we released the results of our 2024 Community Survey, which provided us valuable and much-appreciated insight about where we are doing well and where we can do better. We also launched our Community Blog Program and soon thereafter published our first blog submission from a member of the community.

Later this month, we will hold voting for our annual AppleVis Golden Apple Awards. The Golden Apples is an opportunity for our community to recognize the apps and developers which have made a significant contribution for blind, DeafBlind, and low vision users in a given year. We are making some exciting changes to the Golden Apple Awards this year, and we will share more details when voting goes live towards the middle of the month.

Wishing you peace, joy, and every good thing this holiday season,

The AppleVis Editorial Team Www.AppleVis.com A proud member of the Be My Eyes family

New and Noteworthy App Entries

Airbnb (iOS, Free)

THE FASTEST, EASIEST WAY TO AIRBNB Find inspiration, plan a trip with your group, book it, and go. You’ll always have access to important trip information. And you’ll never miss a beat with instant notifications about your travel plans and messages from your host.

FIND AN AIRBNB FOR EVERY KIND OF TRIP
Explore more than 7 million vacation homes in 220+ countries and regions. Use 100+ filtering options to select the amenities you want most. Whether you’re looking for a pool, a kitchen, or accessibility features like step-free entry, you can review every home’s details at a glance—and see what other guests who’ve stayed there think about it, too.

Current Version: 24.47.1 (November 22, 2024)

Airbnb’s AppleVis iOS App Directory entry Airbnb’s App Store page

Bardcard (iOS, US$3.99)

Bardcard is a card-matching roguelite featuring a mysterious subterranean world to explore. Match cards to advance through the dungeon. Discover helpful equipment, battle dangerous minions, and meet magical familiars that join you on your adventure. Learn the secrets of this realm and discover the truth about the chaos that engulfs it.

Can you find your brother Lukas? Who is ZUG? How far down does this dungeon go?

Current Version: 2.28 (September 14, 2024)

Bardcard’s AppleVis iOS App Directory entry Bardcard’s App Store page

Google Gemini (iOS, Free with In-App Purchases)

The Google Gemini app is an AI assistant that can help supercharge your creativity and productivity.

With Gemini on your iPhone, you can:

Go Live with Gemini to brainstorm ideas, simplify complex topics, and rehearse for important moments. Just click on the Gemini Live button in your Gemini app

Connect with your favorite Google apps like Search, YouTube, Google Maps, Gmail, and more

Study smarter and explore any topic with interactive visuals and real-world examples

Unlock a world of expertise and get tailored information about any topic

Plan trips better and faster

Create AI-generated images in seconds

Get summaries, deep dives, and source links, all in one place

Brainstorm new ideas, or improve existing ones

Current Version: 1.2024.4672303 (November 26, 2024)

Google Gemini’s AppleVis iOS App Directory entry Google Gemini's App Store page

Labelo (iOS, Free)

Read and write NFC tags with ease!

Labelo is a free application which enables you to easily read & write NFC tags. It's built with accessibility in mind especially for visually impaired users.

Labelo's AppleVis iOS App Directory entry Labelo's App Store page

Letterlike (iOS, US$2.99)

Prepare for endless possibilities with Letterlike, a roguelike word game!

SOLO WORD GAME

Designed to be played alone, but specific runs can be replayed by friends using a shared seed!

MAKE WORDS, SCORE POINTS

Advance through rounds and stages by making longer words and scoring more points!

ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES

Letterlike offers procedurally generated runs with random items and random bosses to provide for endless possibilities!

PROGRESSIVE UPGRADES

Gain special gems throughout the game to gain powerful upgrades for each run!

ONE-TIME PURCHASE

We are dedicated to making Letterlike ad-free without any in-app purchases so your purchase goes a long way!

FREE UPDATES

Any updates to Letterlike (including expansions of items and bosses) will always be free!

NEW GAME PLUS

Unlimited fun playing again with new game plus

PLAY OFFLINE

The entire game is available offline to be enjoyed on the go!

Current Version: 10.6 (November 20, 2024)

Letterlike's AppleVis iOS App Directory entry Letterlike's App Store page

Notable App Updates

Azmar Quest (Old School RPG)

Azmar Quest (Old School RPG) is a text based RPG adventure with turn based strategy battles. Playable offline (single player Story) or online (for PvP and Dungeons)

Azmar Quest is a text based RPG adventure with turn based strategy battles. It's an Old School RPG set in a fantasy world called Azmar, where the danger is around the corner.

You can play Azmar Quest offline (single player Story) or online (for PvP and Dungeons).

Current Version: 1.3.14 (November 20, 2024)

App Store Release Notes for Versions 1.3.13 and 1.3.14

Version 1.3.13 (November 3, 2024)

Fixed a rare bug with Apple Sign-in when logging out and logging-in again.

Updated internal code for authentication and server connection.

Updated some images and reviewed some texts of Chapter 6.

Voiceover: Fixed issues in the following sections for some devices: Shop, Training, Leaderboard, Friends, Global Chat, and Copyright.

Version 1.3.14 (November 20, 2024)

Final Chapter, The Followers of Lilith, and The Rebellion of Urien: updated all images, fixed some texts, and fixed some bugs.

Veiled Realm: now you can save up to 3 Teams, and you always have the possibility of creating a manual Team.

Fixed an exploit that allowed entering the Veiled Realm and the Arena below Mastery 2 and 5.

Fixed "Send message" buttons not clickable when pasting text or using braille input.

Internal code updates, which could also potentially fix the annoying Save bug.

Azmar Quest's AppleVis iOS App Directory entry Azmar Quest's App Store page

Please Don't Rain (iOS, Free with In-App Purchases)

Please Don’t Rain is a fun, convenient way to track whether rain (or snow) will affect a day that’s important to you.

When you have an important day coming up it can be cumbersome having to look up the weather for it over and over again. Not anymore! Choose a place and a day and you’ll get details about the weather for that day that will continue to update automatically if you have the Pro version.

Please Don't Rain is a nominee for the 2023 AppleVis Golden Apple awards for its accessibility support.

Current Version: 4.7 (November 3, 2024)

App Store Release Notes for Version 4.7 (November 3, 2024)

Accessibility

In the Nearby Days section VoiceOver wouldn’t specify if the precipitation percentage for a day was for rain or snow.

Updated the audio graph support for the temperature chart to clarify that the data is either referring to actual temperature or feels like temperature.

Added audio graph support to the wind chart.

Bug Fixes

Addressed an uncommon issue where some hours on the precipitation chart could have precipitation that wasn’t labeled.

The snowfall amounts in the Hourly Forecast could show incorrect values.

On days with snow and rain the rain color sometimes wouldn’t be used in the Nearby Days section.

Please Don't Rain's AppleVis iOS App Directory entry Please Don't Rain's App Store page

Recent News and Views

Staying Oriented: Using AI-Powered Apps as a tool for further Independence

By Deborah Armstrong | November 19, 2024

I remember the first time I used Seeing AI to help me in the airport. I had 45 minutes to get from my gate to my connecting flight. I knew I could have asked the airline for assistance, but previous experience has been quite frustrating. I often got stuck simply sitting and waiting for someone to guide me to my next gate. Often, they arrived with a wheelchair and I had to argue that it wasn't a good idea since I had concerns about the chair rolling on my guide dog's toes!

Instead, I had Seeing AI set to detect text, and I simply took off waving the phone around. Sure enough, it read me gate signs. When I heard gate 11 and then gate 10, I knew I was going the wrong way, since I needed gate 29. I turned around, told my dog "Forward," and we headed past gates 10, 11, 12, etc. Guess what! We did get to gate 29 only ten minutes later with 35 minutes to spare.

AppleVis Announces Community Blog Program

By AppleVis | November 11, 2024

Do you have a passion for writing opinion content? Are you blind, DeafBlind, or do you have low vision? Do you want to share your authentic lived experiences using the Apple ecosystem with others in the community? If so, AppleVis may have just the opportunity for you.

As results began to come in for our 2024 Community Survey, it became apparent that there is much community interest in blog posts and written content in general. In the spirit of AppleVis, and our desire to continue growing and empowering the community, we are launching a program for members of our community to submit articles for possible publication to the AppleVis Blog.

The 2024 AppleVis Community Survey: A Summary of the Results and Looking Ahead

By AppleVis | November 7, 2024

In October 2024, we launched our first-ever AppleVis Community Survey. The purpose of the survey was to seek your feedback about your experience using AppleVis and how we can serve you better in the coming year.

Our partnership with Be My Eyes has opened up opportunities to grow the AppleVis website in new and exciting ways that were previously out of reach for us. In this post, we wanted to give you an overview of the survey results and a sneak peek at where AppleVis is going next.

The 2024 AppleVis Community Survey ran from October 7, 2024 to October 21, 2024. The survey was 10 questions in length and covered the following topics:

Respondents’ overall experience using AppleVis and the resources we offer;

The editorial content we produce regarding Apple software and hardware releases;

The climate/tone on our forums and other discussion areas of the website;

Respondents’ ideas for possible new website features in 2025;

Respondents’ likeliness to recommend AppleVis to people who are blind, DeafBlind, or who have low vision; and

Any other feedback respondents would like to provide to our leadership team

Below is a summary of the results from the 2024 AppleVis Community Survey:

96% of respondents are satisfied with their overall experience using AppleVis.

94% of respondents are satisfied with the editorial content (blogs and podcasts) AppleVis produces regarding software and hardware releases.

72% of respondents are satisfied with the climate/tone on our forums and other discussion areas of the website.

Our Net Promoter Score (NPS) is 90. NPS is expressed as a simple number (rather than a percentage) and the score can range from -100 to 100, with higher numbers being more favorable.

Apple Releases iOS 18.1.1, iPadOS 18.1.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1.1 with security fixes

By AppleVis | November 19, 2024

Apple has today released iOS 18.1.1, iPadOS 18.1.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1.1, addressing several security vulnerabilities, including some that Apple believes may have been actively exploited.

As iOS 18.1.1, iPadOS 18.1.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1.1 were not distributed to external testers prior to their release, we do not have any information on whether they contain any accessibility fixes for blind, def blind, or low vision users at the time of writing. However, as these updates appear to have been released to address a small number of specific issues, we do not expect them to contain any such fixes.

This Month in Podcasts

A Demonstration and Overview of iPhone Mirroring

In this episode, Tyler demonstrates the basics of using iPhone Mirroring, a feature that allows you to use your iPhone from your Mac, with VoiceOver. Topics covered in this demonstration include:

General description of the feature and its current issues and limitations

System requirements and setup

Navigating and dealing with various elements of the iOS user interface, such as the Home Screen, rotor actions, and context menus, using macOS

Controlling which iPhone apps can forward notifications to your Mac

Listen to "A Demonstration and Overview of iPhone Mirroring"

Helpful How-Tos

A Guide to Information Security and Privacy on macOS (for macOS Sequoia)

By Tyler | Updated November, 2024

If you own a computer or mobile device, you probably know that while it can do some amazing things, the fact that it is used to store and handle some of your most personal and sensitive data makes securing it essential. In this guide, I will give an overview of some of the security, privacy, and anti-malware features included in macOS, in order to give you a clearer understanding of what you should and shouldn’t use in your situation. Keep in mind that this guide is not intended as a technical deep dive, nor is it intended to advise on a specific security threat that you may encounter. Rather, it is intended as a simple explainer of numerous features built into macOS that aim to keep your Mac, data, and online accounts reasonably private and secure.

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Applevis podcasts no longer available on the Sero app on my iPho

I used to be able to play the Applevis podccasts on my iPhone using the Sero app on my iPhone, but this has been removed. What happened to cause this to happen?

Checking Into This

Hi Dennis,

Thank you for letting us know about this. We are checking into the cause and will let you know when we have an update.

Thanks,
Michael

Sero (Formally known as iBlinkRadio)

Thank you, Dennis, for bringing this to our attention! We reached out to Sero to address how we could get AppleVis back on the Sero Podcast segment in the app. It turns out that some of the security enhancements we implemented on AppleVis caused issues with Sero's ability to pull our podcast feed. The issue has now been resolved, and I just checked—AppleVis is once again available in the Sero Podcast segment.

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