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AppleVis Podcast

AppleVis is the go-to resource for blind and low vision users of Apple technologies. Our Podcast discusses the latest in Apple vision accessibility. Topics cover OS and accessibility features, apps, interviews with developers, roundtable discussions, and more - centering around accessing the maximum potential of Apple hardware, software, and services. Tune in to learn how you can get the most out of your Apple devices, hear the latest accessibility news, and more.

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Quick Tip: How to Make Siri Wait Longer for You to...

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2022/09/15

In this podcast, Thomas Domville walks us through a new accessibility enhancement in iOS 16 that allows you to increase ‌Siri's pause time, which causes the voice assistant to wait a longer period for you to finish speaking.

A Whistle-Stop Tour of Notable New Features and...

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2022/09/14

In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us a whistle-stop tour of some of the notable new features and enhancements in iOS 16. These include new features such as Lock Screen customization; new settings; enhancements to existing features; and improvements for many of Apple's apps such as Mail, Messages, News, and Music.

A quick Tour of Notable New and Enhanced...

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2022/09/10

In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us short looks at some of what's new and notable with Accessibility features in iOS 16.Topics include:Door DetectionNew Voices and localesLive CaptionsHover TextApple Watch MirroringSound Recognition customisationEnd call with Side or Lock buttonSound and haptics feedback for VoiceOver users to identify the starting point for walking directions in Apple MapsThemes and customisation in Apple BooksMagnifier ActivitiesAutomatic CAPTCHA skippingScreen Recognition

AppleVis Extra #88: Post Discussion on the Apple 'Far...

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2022/09/08

In this podcast, Thomas Domville, Dave Nason, and Tyler Stephen get together to discuss Apple's 'Far Out' event (September 2022).

AppleVis Unleashed July/August 2022: Mashed Potatoes...

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2022/08/28

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:AppleVis Updated Policy for Beta Discussions (00h:10m:49s)The Potential Fall of the Wall Garden in the Latest Blow to Apple (00h:12m:47s)Apple Continues to Push in to the Sport World (00m:24m:16s)Apple Releases iOS 15.6 and 15.6 .1, Bringing a Fix for a Braille Focus Issue in Mail (00h:29m:24s)Get Ready as iOS

An Introduction and Overview of Pages for macOS (the...

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2022/08/26

To help start off a new school year, Tyler gives us a podcast demonstration covering some of the aspects of Pages for macOS using VoiceOver. Topics covered in this demonstration include:Pages versus Microsoft Word (high-level comparison)recommended settingsnavigating the appcreating a blank documentapplying paragraph stylesnavigating documentstext alignmentfonts and line spacingsaving, sharing, and converting documents to alternate formatsFor information on more advanced formatting functions in

Envision AI; Use Your iPhone's Camera and Artificial...

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2022/08/22

In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us a full walk-through of Envision AI, a free iOS app that allows you to use your iPhone's camera to scan and recognize short text, documents, your surroundings, objects, people, products, and colours.Key features of Envision AI include:Instantly read any piece of text in over 60 different languages.Easily scan your paper documents (single or multiple pages) with the help of audio-guided edge detection. All content is spoken back to you and is ready for export

Quick Tip: Customizing Your Email Signature on iOS

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2022/08/18

In this podcast, Thomas Domville shows us how to customize the email signature that appears automatically at the bottom of every email you send from your iPhone.

Quick Tip: How to Add a Website Bookmark to Your...

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2022/07/24

In this podcast, Thomas Domville shows us how to add a website bookmark to the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad. This enables you to access the website with a double tap on a Home Screen icon , instead of having to open a browser and then select a bookmark or type in a website's URL.

How to save email attachments on the iOS Mail app

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2022/07/22

It doesn't matter if you prefer using iCloud, Dropbox, or even OneDrive, or any other cloud storage service, there's a way for you to save email attachments on the iOS with Mail. Listen in as Thomas Domville shows us in how to save email attachments in the iOS Mail app.

AppleVis Extra 87: a Conversation with Sarah...

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2022/07/16

In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, Dave Nason and Thomas Domville are joined by Sarah Herrlinger, Director of Global Accessibility Policy and Initiatives at Apple; and Dean Hudson, Accessibility Evangelist at Apple. Topics covered in this podcast include a look at some of the new accessibility features coming later this year to Apple's platforms, as well as a broader look at Apple's approach to making their products accessible to as many people as possible.Full transcript of podcastPlease note,

AppleVis Unleashed June 2022: Bubbles and Nerdle

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2022/06/28

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:Grandma's voice from Amazon Alexa is freaking out the internet (00:06:40)Post Discussion of the WWDC 2022 (00:13:12)Ready or Not Here Comes the USB-C (00:22:14)Apple is Getting in to the Sports in a Big Way (00:31:25)What's Coming to the iOS 16 Part 1 (00:34:45)What's in this month AppleVis News

A Sneak Peek at the Additional Non-US English Voices...

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2022/06/10

In this follow-up podcast to his sneak peak at the US voices, Thomas Domville gives us a quick look at some of the other English voices coming to VoiceOver later this year with iOS 16.AustraliaKaren (Premium)MatildaIndiaIshaSangeetaVeenaScotlandFionaUKEloquence EddyFloGrandmaGrandpaReedRockoSandyShelleySerina (Premium)StephanieNoveltyAlbertBad NewsBahhBellsBoingBubblesCellosGood NewsJesterOrganSuperstarTrinoidsWhisperWobbleZarvoxWhile we do not traditionally share demos of pre-release software

A Sneak Peek at the Additional US Voices Coming to...

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2022/06/09

In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us a quick look at some of the US voices coming to VoiceOver later this year with iOS 16.AgnesAva (new “premium” version)BruceEloquence EddyFloGrandmaGrandpaReedRockoSandyShelleyEvanJoelleJuniorKathyNathanNoelRalphVickiZoeWhile we do not traditionally share demos of pre-release software because features and functionality can and do change during the beta cycle, we are making an exception in this situation because of the excitement surrounding the arrival of

AppleVis Extra #86: Recapping Apple's WWDC 2022 Keynote

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2022/06/07

In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, Thomas Domville, Alex Hall, and Tyler Stephen get together to discuss Apple's WWDC 2022 Keynote.

AppleVis Unleashed May 2022: Can You Say Dongles?

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2022/06/01

In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville and Mike Malarsie discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this podcast include:Apple Previews New Accessibility Features Coming Later This Year, Including Door Detection and More Languages, Locales, and Voices for VoiceOverEnd of an era: Apple's last iPod has been discontinuedEU edges towards laws that could blow Apple's walled garden wide openHeads Up: iPhone apps can now increase subscription prices

Mixonset, your Smart DJ for Music Streaming

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2022/05/23

In this podcast, Orinks gives us a walk-through and demonstration of Mixonset, an iOS app that offers to be your smart DJ with support for locally stored music and a number of music streaming services.Description from the App Store:Want to have a personal DJ? Try Mixonset. Mix the best part of your favourite songs with smooth transitions on Spotify, Apple Music, TIDAL, SoundCloud Free & local MP3s.Mixonset - mix the right part of the right song with seamless transitionsElevate your playlists

How to Enable Audio Descriptions for the TV app and...

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2022/05/08

In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to enable audio descriptions for the TV app, as well as for videos on supported websites in Safari on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. Note that not all apps and websites that offer audio described content detect this setting, meaning you'll have to manually enable audio descriptions through the playback interfaces of such services.To enable automatic playing of audio descriptions for the TV app and Safari on iOS and iPadOS, go to settings > Accessibility > Audio

AppleVis Unleashed April 2022: Word of the Month is...

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2022/04/29

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:Introduction (00:00:00)What you can Expect from the Upcoming Apple iOS 15.5 (00:08:41)How the Upcoming EU Ruling Could Mandate Significant Changes to Apple and Google (00:14:41)Apple Launches Service Program for 'Blank Screen Issue' Affecting Apple Watch Series 6 (00:29:10)Hold On! Could We See More Sports

AppleVis Extra #85: Hema Natarajan Discusses the...

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2022/04/05

In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, Thomas Domville and Scott Davert are joined by Hema Natarajan, product manager at Benetech, the parent company of Bookshare.Bookshare is an ebook library that currently has 1,097,526 titles and is the most extensive collection of accessible ebooks in the world. It includes books for school, career, and reading pleasure, as well as titles in over 34 languages.Hema, is excited to introduce us to Bookshare's upcoming suite of free reading tools: Bookshare Reader

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