In this podcast, Ornella Jagdeo introduces us to Blindfold Fireworks , a free iOS app that's a fully accessible audio fireworks simulation app.
Blindfold Fireworks on the App Store
https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/blindfold-fireworks/id1176302572?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&at=11l4LS
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.
Audio Moto Championship on the App Store:…
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.
Audio Memos on the App Store
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id338550388?mt=8…
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.
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.
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In this episode, Dave Nason 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.
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…
In this podcast, Dave Nason demonstrates setting up Face ID on the iPhone X with VoiceOver enabled.
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…
In this podcast, Abby is back to show us her favourite new app, which is Loony Libsa very accessible mad-libs app for iOS, which is both great fun to play and a great way to work on your literacy skills.
In this podcast, Abby gives us a quick overview of Verse-A-Day: Daily Bible Verses, an iOS app that delivers a new bible verse each day.
Preferred translations for bible verses include:
In this podcast, Carla gives us an in-depth look at FileBrowser - Access files on remote computers, 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,…
In this podcast, Abby gives us a walk-through and demonstration of SingTrue: Learn to sing in tune, pitch perfect, an iOS app which claims that it can teach anybody to sing in perfect tune. Even if you think you're tone deaf.
SingTrue features over 30 interactive exercises* that help you learn to sing easily, confidently and in perfect tune. By using the iPhone…
In this podcast, Ornella Jagdeo introduces us to Classic Lemonade Stand, a modern take on the old text-based lemonade stand simulators.
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.
Other unexpected events may pop up randomly…
In this podcast, Abby introduces us to Scout Legend, 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.
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…
In this podcast, Tunmi Jubril introduces us to Orange Tree, a fruit tree care game for people who like to farm, take care of plants and grow harvest fruit.
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.
In this podcast, Joseph introduces us to Blindfold Bop, an iOS game similar to the "Bop-It" Toy.
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…
In this podcast, Khalfan Bin Dhaher introduces us to Audio Game Hub 2.
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.
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…
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.
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…
In this podcast Piotr Machacz gives us a demonstration of Dark Defender, 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.
In this podcast, Thomas Domville demonstrates BlackBox, a game filled with many unique puzzles.
App Store Description:
Frustrating, fun, and full of surprises… There’s more to Blackbox than meets the eye. Can you find all the meta challenges?
HINTS: Every challenge has been tuned to be on…
In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us a demonstration of Prizmo Go - Instant Text Capture, 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:
Aim at text. Shoot. It's yours! Prizmo Go lets you quickly grab printed text with the…
In this quick tip, Chris Wright shows us how to permanently delete files and folders on macOS.
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.
In this podcast, Joseph Weakland gives us a demonstration of Blindfold Sound Search for iOS, yet another title in the Blindfold Games series .
In this podcast, Scott Davert introduces us to Reverb for Amazon Alexa, 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.