Podcasts

In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, Dave Nason, Alex Hall, Tyler Stephen, and Scott Davert get together to discuss Apple's 'California Streaming' September 14, 2021 Keynote.

In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us short looks at some of what's new and notable in iOS 15.

Topics covered include:

• Live Text
• Exploring images with VoiceOver
• Voice image descriptions with markup
• New navigation method for VoiceOver - Grouped
• VoiceOver Quick Settings
• Sound Actions for Switch Control
• Background Sounds
• Per-app settings
• Audiograms
• Standalone Magnifier app
• …

In this podcast, Majid gives us a demonstration of Eclipse, an integrated development environment (IDE).

The Eclipse platform which provides the foundation for the Eclipse IDE is written in Java and is designed to be extensible using additional plugins. It can be used to develop rich client applications, integrated development environments and other tools. Eclipse can be used as an…

In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville, Randy Rusnak, and Mike Malarsie discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this podcast include:

• FlickType Pulling iPhone Keyboard App After Continued Rejection Issues
• …

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Fantasy Premier League is a massively popular game based on the English Premier League, enjoyed by millions around the world. In this video Dave Nason demonstrates how to pick your team, make transfers, join mini leagues and more using the VoiceOver screen-reader on the iPhone.

We look mainly at the Official Premier…

In this podcast, Kushal Solanki gives us a walk-through and demonstration of NaadSadhana, an artificial Intelligence music app for iOS that helps Indian Classical musicians tune, synthesise and create music.

Key features:

• NaadSadhana will create and play music automatically as you sing or play, on 10 Instruments, 8 Genres, using artificial intelligence.
• NaadSadhana records your music at studio…

In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville, Randy Rusnak, and Mike Malarsie discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this podcast include:

• Club AppleVis
• Apple is Allegedly Making Employees Wear Police-Grade Body Cameras to Prevent Leaks…

In this update to his previous podcast episodes on braille, Scott Davert gives us some general information about braille displays as they relate to their use with iOS devices. He then talks about connecting a braille display using USB and then Bluetooth. Further, the braille menu under VoiceOver Settings, navigational commands, text input, how to set up auto scroll, and how to get additional help are all covered.

Links mentioned in…

Did you know that you can take an electrocardiogram (ECG) with the ECG app on your Apple Watch? You came to the right place as Thomas Domville will show us how to take an ECG on the Apple Watch.

In this podcast Thomas Domville will show you how to stop your iPhone from going to sleep too quickly or if you simply want to change your Lock screen settings to turn off Auto-Lock or change how quickly your screen dims to increase your iPhone lock screen duration. This podcast is for you.

Clubhouse is a space for casual, drop-in audio conversations—with friends and other interesting people around the world. Go online anytime to chat with the people you follow or hop in as a listener and hear what others are talking about. Listen in as Thomas Domville guide us through in this in-depth podcast on Clubhouse: Drop-in audio chat for iOS.

Clubhouse: Drop-in audio chat on the App Store
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Would you like to help in reporting incidents for Apple Maps users while you are in transit? Now you can! In this podcast Thomas Domville will show us how to report accidents and more in Apple Maps on iOS.

In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to automatically deny App Tracking requests in iOS and iPadOS.

App Tracking Transparency (ATT) is a feature in iOS and iPadOS that aims to give users more control over which apps can track their activity across apps owned by other companies for targeted advertising purposes by requiring user permission to access the device's identifier for advertisers (IDFA). To automatically deny all tracking requests, go to Settings > Privacy &…

In this episode, Crayton shows us how to move files and folders in Finder using the keyboard.

To do this, navigate to and select the file or folder you want to move, and choose Edit > Copy (or press Command-C.) Then, open the destination folder and press Command-Option-V to place it in that location.

In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville, Randy Rusnak, and Mike Malarsie discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this podcast include:

• Be My Eyes and Voice Dream Reader Among Winners of 2021 Apple Design Awards
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In this podcast, Kushal Solanki gives us a demonstration of iLehra, a Lehra Nagma Player for iOS That provides accompaniment for tabla solos.

The Tabla is a percussion instrument widely used in Indian Classical music both as a solo instrument and as an accompaniment to vocal or instrumental music. When played as a solo instrument, the tabla is accompanied (usually on the harmonium or…

Do you have poor reception with cellular for phone or FaceTime calls, where you can't place calls, having droppage, or just can't receive calls but you have great Wi-Fi reception instead? You are in luck. In this podcast Thomas Domville will show you how to enable Wi-Fi Calling on your iPhone.

In this podcast, Kushal Solanki gives us a quick demonstration of the Read Aloud feature of Google's iOS app that will read a single or a number of articles aloud.

The app offers playback controls that allow you to pause or skip around in the “article.” Further, other articles can be added to the queue to create a playlist of articles.

Apple flipped on the switch to enable Lossless Audio and Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos on Apple Music. Are you confused about what Dolby Atmos and/or Spatial Audio on Apple Music? What is all the hype around the Dolby Atmos for music? You came to the right place. Join in as Thomas Domville tell us everything you need to know about Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio in Apple Music.

In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, Dave Nason, Thomas Domville, and Tyler Stephen discuss some of their highlights from Apple's WWDC 21 keynote presentation.

Resources:

• Apple preview page for iOS 15
• Apple preview page for macOS Monterey
• Apple preview page for iPadOS 15
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Introduced with iOS 14.5 and iPadOs 14.5 was the ability to share up to 150 characters of song lyrics with friends, straight from the Now Playing screen in Apple Music. In this podcast, Thomas Domville shows us how it works.

Apple in iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 added a new option to help Siri learn to select your preferred audio apps for listening to music, podcasts, and audiobooks.

The first time you ask Siri to play music, a podcast, or an audiobook after installing these updates, you will be asked to select your preferred app from a list of those you have installed and which support this feature. Siri will remember your selection and will use that service whenever you ask it to play something. So, for…

Did you know that you can change to other voices for Siri? In this podcast Thomas Domville shows us how to change Siri voice on iOS.

In the last of his series of podcasts devoted to Apple's new AirTag Bluetooth Tracker, Thomas Domville shows us how to reset an Apple AirTag to its factory settings. This removes the AirTag from your Apple ID, enabling you to set it up from new again or give it to somebody else to use.

Resources:
How to reset your AirTag

In the fifth of his series of podcasts devoted to Apple's new AirTag Bluetooth Tracker, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to rename an AirTag that's previously been added to your account.

Resources:
Set up your AirTag using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch