Podcasts

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge asks us to join him for a walk as he uses Apple Maps on the Watch to receive walking directions.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge shows us how to read an email on the Watch and then use the Hand-Off feature to reply to that email on your connected iPhone.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge demonstrates how the digital crown works, with a particular focus on the functions which are specific to VoiceOver users.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge gives us an overview of the VoiceOver gestures which are available on the Watch.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge shows us some of what you can use Siri for on the Watch.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge shows us how to use the timer facility on the Watch.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge shows us how to create, edit and delete alarms.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge takes a look at some of the VoiceOver settings available on the Watch itself and in the Watch app on the connected iPhone. These include the VoiceOver speech rate and volume, VoiceOver hints and the screen curtain.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge demonstrates the option which allows you to decide whether VoiceOver should speak when you raise your wrist. This option is independent of the setting which controls whether the Watch should activate when you lift your wrist.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge demonstrates how to use voice dictation to send a message.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge demonstrates how to turn the Watch on and off.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge shows us how to setup the accessibility shortcut on the Watch so that you can use the crown to quickly turn either VoiceOver or Zoom on and off.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge walks us through the features and options available on the Watch App on an iPhone once it has been paired with an Apple Watch.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge demonstrates how to unlock the Watch. This can be done either directly on the Watch itself by entering a PIN or via the connected iPhone.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge demonstrates how to charge the Watch and check its current charge level.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge demonstrates how to make and receive calls on the Watch.

In this first of a series of podcasts dedicated to Apple Watch, David Woodbridge takes an in-depth look at the device. The demonstration includes:

• Unboxing both an Apple Watch Sport and an Apple Watch
• Setting up the Apple Watch using the iPhone app and the Watch itself.
• Using the Apple Watch iPhone app, including the various accessibility settings for VoiceOver users.
• Navigating and using the Apple Watch interface
• Customizing the Apple Watch…

In this podcast, Alex Hall gives us a walk-through and demonstration of Voice Dream Writer, an iOS app that is fully accessible and was designed with print disabilities in mind.

There are special tools for VoiceOver users to manage the cursor, select text, and find and correct misspelled words by stepping through them. Voice-based…

A number of apps offer the option to buy auto-renewing subscriptions from within the app, from the App Store, or from Apple TV (2nd or 3rd generation). After you buy, you can manage your auto-renewing subscriptions using your computer, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

In this podcast, Khalfan Bin Dhaher shows us how this is done on an iOS device.

In this podcast, Lulu Hartgen gives us a look at the Baby Adopter game from X2line.

Podcast notes from Lulu: Choose a baby to adopt, feed and care for it each day to earn points, save them to buy cool things for your baby's nursery, then go on to furnish and decorate it's surroundings. Follow your baby every day as it grows up. This kind of game is usually inaccessible but not this…

In this podcast, Nano Junky gives us a walk-through and demonstration of Voice Recorder HD.

Nano Junky explains why he chose this app over similar voice recorders, describes its interface and walks us through the settings and options it offers. He concludes with a test recording in which he demonstrates the Audio Boost feature of the app.

Voice Recorder HD…

In this episode, Alex Hall shows us how to change the default app for opening a certain type of file on macOS.

This may be useful if, for example, you'd rather RTF documents opened with Pages instead of TextEdit by default. To make this change:

1. In Finder, navigate to and select a file of the type you want opened with a different app, and choose File > Get info (or press Command-I.)
2. Press VO-Space to expand the "Open with" disclosure triangle if it isn't…

In this podcast, Carla gives us a demonstration of Flood Alert--an application which allows those in England and Wales to easily keep up-to-date with flood forecasts and alerts for their area and nationwide.

In this podcast, AnonyMouse gives us a demonstration of Newsify: Your News, Blog & RSS Feed Reader, an app that lets you organize all your favorite news, blogs, and RSS feeds in one place.

You can download Newsify from the app store here. The app…

In this podcast, Jeff Young gives us a demonstration of NFB Connect, a free iOS app that provides access to the latest news from the National Federation of the Blind.

Download the NFB Connect app here.