Weatherology: Weather Together

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Description of App

The first weather app that fully integrates into your home and car with real-time audio weather reports and emergency weather notifications; personalized for you. We take weather to another level. Our patented technology delivers real-time audio weather reports to your location. It's voice-activated: Ask Weatherology for the latest forecast. At home. In your car. On your phone. It's real-time. With up-to-the-minute weather updates including the latest watches, warnings, advisories, and bulletins. We alert you with relevant weather notifications to keep you informed. It's real people, not voice simulation: Select your favorite weather talent, and they provide real-time weather reports on demand. It's accurate and personalized for your location. The technology is new, but the Weatherology team has been around for 34 years. We have contributed to more award-winning local weather broadcasts than our largest competitors combined. Apple CarPlay audio apps must be voice-activated and offer audio capabilities only, which is exactly what our app does. With the exception of navigation apps, content such as weather maps and radar are currently prohibited from being displayed as content on the dashboard. We are fo­cused on cre­at­ing the best hands-free audio ex­pe­ri­ence in ve­hi­cles in ac­cor­dance with Apple Car­Play guide­lines. Although our expertise is audio, we are meteorologists, so we offer all the tools you need to stay informed. Up-to-the-minute radar that loads quickly and zooms in to your specific location. Storm vectors that illustrate current storm location and storm movement. We offer current weather advisory graphics with up-to-the-minute audio weather details for each bulletin. Hourly and 7-day forecast displays. Weather conditions from around the world. With Apple CarPlay, Weatherology provides a hands-free, safe way to get the latest weather in your car. At home, have a real meteorologist provide your forecast with details for your location unmatched by synthetic voices currently available through Smart Speakers. Automobile safety is priority number one and our app is the only weather app that discourages distractions in your vehicle.

Version

7.9.0

Free or Paid

Free With In-App Purchase

Apple Watch Support

Yes

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPad

iOS Version

ios 17

Accessibility Comments

At this point, the forecast tab is the only tab with full Accessibility. This will be improved in future versions of the application.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads most page elements.

Button Labeling

Most buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

There are some minor accessibility issues with this app, but they are easy to deal with.

Other Comments

Having the weather read aloud, in human-sounding speech is incredible.
I didn't test this part, but according to the app description & opening screens, this app is voice activated.
The developer is extremely committed to Accessibility.

Developer's Twitter Username

⁦‪@weatherology‬⁩

Recommendations

4 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by Troy 1 year 3 months ago

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Comments

By Troy on Monday, August 21, 2023 - 21:50

It's nice to have an app that plays audio forcast that is actually human and not samantha. I remember the old WDTT weather radio app that use to use samanthas voice for audio.

By Jim D on Monday, August 21, 2023 - 21:50

The latest episode of the Living Blindfully podcast, episode 241, has a really well done review of this app. If you are not a Living Blindfully Plus subscriber, the episode will be publicly available on August 2 US time. You can check it out at http://livingblindfully.com
Jim

By Dennis Long on Monday, August 21, 2023 - 21:50

try searching for a place by zip code. it says no results found. We all need to report this. Searching by zip code should work.

By Brooke on Monday, August 21, 2023 - 21:50

I thought it was mis-spelled at first too, but I just checked and it's actually spelled that way.

By Brooke on Monday, August 21, 2023 - 21:50

You're right. But the weird thing is, I installed the app. And the app title on my installed version is the same as it's spelled in this app entry.

By Amir on Monday, August 21, 2023 - 21:50

Well, that only shows the developer didn't know how to spell it in the first place but then managed to fix it half way.

By KE8UPE on Monday, August 21, 2023 - 21:50

Good evening, everyone,
This app is available on the Apple watch but I was unable to find its link.
If someone manages to find that link, would you be willing to post it?

By Dennis Long on Monday, August 21, 2023 - 21:50

Aside from missing features if you want to here a forecast for a favorite I can't find the play button. I hope improving accessibility is a priority sooner then later. Right now if they asked for a rating today as of right now I would give it 2 stars. There is a lot of work that needs to be done.

By Dennis Long on Monday, August 21, 2023 - 21:50

I would kindly ask the entire applevis community to reach out and ask the developers to improve accessibility. if you have the detailed views and go into your favorites I click on a location I can't find the play forecast button. I would also like the app to have an option to start in your list of favorites. This app needs a lot of work on accessibility.
Developer documentation on accessibility.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/accessibility/supporting_voiceover_in_your_app