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| AppleVis Extra 99: Inside the AppleVis Acquisition; A Conversation with Be My Eyes | 02 Sep 2024 | ||
In this AppleVis Extra, Dave Nason and Thomas Domville engage in a discussion with Bryan Bashin and Hans Jørgen Wiberg from Be My Eyes about the acquisition of AppleVis. They tackle the tough questions, explore how Be My Eyes came to acquire AppleVis, and share insights into the experiences of the AppleVis Editorial Team before and after the acquisition. TranscriptDisclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello there and welcome to the AppleVis Extra podcast, the first AppleBiz Extra podcast of the new era. We wondered if we would have another one and we do. We are so excited. My name is Dave Nason and I'm joined as so often by Thomas Domville , also known as Anonymous Thomas. How are you my friends? Oh boy, that's a loaded question to come in. How am I doing? Well, you know, I'm ecstatic, I'm excited. Gosh, what a whirlwind of emotion and whiplash that we have all gone through, right? It's been a roller coaster, I think it's fair to say over the last, it hasn't only been a month because it feels like about three years. Right. It does feel like it's been going on for years, that's how much impact this has had on us, hasn't it? It really has. So I suppose for those who kind of maybe aren't sure, what happens? And you know, we don't need to go into the absolute weeds, but kind of what happened on a high level in terms of, you know, getting to a point where Appleviz appears to be shutting down. You know, yeah, let's start from the beginning. So everybody will be on the same level as we are because we have had a lot of questions, a lot of critiques and I understand because I completely understand, we were in the same boat with you guys. So what happened, guys? Let's back up all the way to July. This is when it all came down, was July 3rd. I remember that specifically, it's right the day before America's Independence Day. And we woke up with a bombshell of a news from David and, you know, David mentioned in there, he has talked about the first or thought about it for several months and a lot of people have asked us, we had several months, how come you haven't done anything during that time and to be quite fair to the editorial team is that no, we had zero idea, we had no idea. It was just like we woke up and this bombshell was set. And I think I can say it was so dramatic. I will say that first two days just was a blur because I was still trying to digest and process like what in God's name is that mean for all of us in the community and everything. But of course, the most important thing out of this whole thing was that David has reached a limit that he spent so much of his personal life into. And so it was so understandable. I completely understand where he was coming from. I completely understand why he made that decision and why we're trying to process all this. We were trying to figure out as a team what to do. We had a meeting that weekend that we talked about the team and the steps that we wanted to take. And during that meeting, David Goodwin was with us and he was very ill at that time. We had no idea… | |||
| Speak & Share: Siri’s Secrets – Explore hidden Siri features for sharing on iOS. | 10 May 2024 | ||
In this episode, Thomas Domville delves into the seamless sharing of content from your iPhone screen via iMessage, thanks to Siri’s enhanced capabilities. Apple has equipped Siri with on-device processing, offline support, and advanced contextual awareness, which facilitates a smooth “Share This” feature. Here’s the process: When you’re in any supported application, such as Safari, Apple Music, or Photos, you can initiate sharing by saying, “Hey Siri, share this with [contact name].” Siri will grasp the context and ask for confirmation to share the particular content. Afterward, you have the option to append a personalized message before sending it off. Should the content be unsharable directly, like a weather forecast, Siri cleverly captures a screenshot to share instead. transcription: Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville also known as AnonyMouseSo I am in a situation where I do a lot of messaging throughout the day So you probably are in a similar boat So you probably have text message to your friends or family and co-workers and whatnot And if you are like myself, I send a lot of links to various things that could be photos web Weather things like that, right and but the problem I have with that is that it's pretty tedious And I'll show you what I mean in a moment But the point is I have a feature or a advice for those that do this often Something that might streamline your texting with a link more efficiently and faster So let me show you what I'm talking about. So let's just say I let's go to my Safari app here, for example Safari double tap to open. So I'm gonna do that. So let's just say I have something in Safari that I want to share with someone Safari we'll go to the top here so I can show you what I'm sharing here Skip to content in page link critically endangered attacks born at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge So this is a great article. I wanted to send it to a friend of mine And there's a Disney News, of course, and this talks about a new baby that was born at the Animal Kingdom Lodge Anyway, the point is say I want to share this article with my friends So typically what I have to do is I have to go to the bottom right to find my tabs first toolbar tabs button double tap and hold for more tab options Now I have to swipe to the left until I find the share button show bookmarks button share button Now I have to double tap on that critically endangered attacks critically endangered attacks born at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge WDW news today. Now I have to swipe to the right until I get some messages WDWNT.com options button close button airdrop button messages button double tap that New message and now I'm gonna swipe to right until I find the to edit box cancel button to text field is editing word mode insertion point at start double tap that Insertion point at end and now I've got to put in the first couple initials that the person I want to send it to So I created this just for this podcast. I'm going to send it to Mickey Mouse I'm gonna find the letter M and no M M now gonna go back to the top here new message And now can I swipe to the right until I… | |||
| Bye-Bye, Spam! How to Block Annoying Senders in Apple Mail on iOS | 06 May 2024 | ||
In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates a handy feature in the Mail app on your iPhone: Block Sender. Block Sender is a feature in the Mail app that allows you to prevent emails from specific senders from reaching your inbox. Once you block a sender, their emails will either be automatically deleted or sent to your Trash folder, depending on your settings. There are many reasons why you might want to block senders such as: Spam: This is the most common reason. Block those unwanted marketing emails and get your inbox back under control. How to Block Senders in Mail (iOS): Find the Mail app and locate an email from the sender you want to block. Bonus Tip! You can also manage your blocked senders list in the Settings app: Go to Settings > Mail. transcription: Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. In this podcast, I'm going to introduce you to a feature called Block Sender that you can find within your mail app for iOS. Now, I will admit in recent years, some of the mail services that I use have done a great job. Definitely a huge improvement over many years ago when we used to get tons of spams and unwanted emails, right? Things have gotten a lot better. You don't get as nearly as much as you used to, but there's still a few that kind of slides in and you find those in within your spam folder and et cetera. Sometimes they don't even make it to the spam folder. Comes right into your inbox. I'm going to show you how to block a sender. Now, obviously there are many different scenarios why you would want a blocks of sender. Perhaps it is a spam or an unwanted mail or perhaps it is unwanted mail, but from somebody that you know that just persistently send you an email and there's you just want those particular emails go directly to the trash can. All right, let's just do that. I'm going to go to my mail app here. I have one particular mail that I would like to place on a block sender and I will show you how to do that and why I'm doing it for this particular mail. Mail. No one read emails. Double tap to open. So I'm going to do that. One finger double tap to open up my mail app here. Mail. Search. Search field. Double tap to edit. Now let's go to the particular mail that I was talking about in question that I like to block. I'm going to go to the right here. Dictate button. Double tap to start dictation. Double tap with two fingers when finished. Sam's club. See what'… | |||
| From Onesies to Runway: Inside Baby Adopter Dress Up for iOS | 03 May 2024 | ||
In this delightful episode, Ida Grace revisits Baby Adopter Dress Up for iOS. This charming game combines babysitting, fashion costume dress-up, and nursery care for those who adore looking after little ones. As a player, you have the opportunity to adopt and nurture a cute son or daughter. You can dress up, feed, care for, and acquire various costumes, shoes, and hats for your baby. Keep in mind that certain costumes become available as your baby grows. Some game features include:
Embrace the joy of tending to your virtual baby and creating charming outfits! 🍼👶 Baby Adopter Dress Up on the App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/baby-adopter-dress-up/id875064928 transcription: Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello AppleViz. This is Ida Grace and I am here today with a podcast on the baby adopter dress up app. I want to go through a couple of quick disclaimers before I start. First of all, I want to say that I did a podcast for this app years ago. However, it was called Milky Baby at the time and now it is baby adopter dress up and my podcast for that is no longer available on AppleViz at least as far as I've been able to tell. 417 PM. Ah, I wanted to tell you a disclaimer about the voice I'm using too, but the app has gone through a couple of changes anyway, so I was given the green light to go ahead and make a new podcast. And the second disclaimer is involving the voice I am using. I am using American Siri voice 5 because it is pride season and if you all were able to read the article that Apple put out, this voice was recorded by somebody in the LGBT community. So I thought with pride month approaching fast, I would keep this voice on through pride season. However, as you'll notice as I demonstrate this app, it does have some delays. There is a little bit of delay between voiceover speech and voiceover sound. So you will notice that comma 418 PM and it is 418 PM. I am on the clock widget right now. So the first thing I want to let you know is when you first open the baby adopter dress up app, it's going to ask you if you want the app to send you notifications. I always turn that on, but all they do is notify you every 24 hours if you forget to feed the baby. So if you don't want the notifications turned on, you don't have to do it. Just know that if you're using this on an iPad like I am, the baby will cry and you won't get a vibration. You'll just get because iPads don't have haptics. So you're just going to get the baby crying if you forget to feed the baby in 24 hours. I'm also using iPadOS 16 because the Siri voices do not auto delete for voiceover as they do in iOS 17. They seem to be… | |||
| AppleVis Unleashed April 2024: New and Improved | 01 May 2024 | ||
In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville, Mike Malarsie, and John Gassman discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this episode include:
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If you have feedback or questions for the Unleashed team, you can reach them by email at unleashed@applevis.com | |||
| Bridging Devices: iOS Files App Meets Windows | 09 Apr 2024 | ||
In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to connect to a Windows computer using the Files app on iOS and iPadOS, in order to transfer files over your local network. To do this, you'll first need to make sure file and printer sharing is enabled on your computer by going to Settings > Network & Internet > Advanced network settings > Advanced sharing settings, and making sure "File and printer sharing" is on for your current connection type, either public or private. To view your computer's internal or "Private" IPV4 address, which you'll need to enter on your iPhone or iPad, either use the ipconfig command line tool as demonstrated in the episode, or locate it via the GUI by going to Settings > Network & Internet > Advanced network settings > Hardware and connection properties. To connect to the computer from your iPhone or iPad, open the Files app, double-tap the "More" button near the top right of the screen, and choose "Connect to server" from the resulting menu. Enter your computer's IP address in the "Server address" field, and double-tap Connect. You'll then be prompted to authenticate with the username and password you use to log into the computer, after which it should appear in the brows view of the Files app, under the "Shared" heading. Once connected, you can brows and modify the file and folder structure of the C Drive from the Files app, as well as transfer files from other apps on your device to this location. To disconnect your iPhone or iPad from your computer, focus on it in the brows view of the Files app and choose "eject" from the Actions rotor. Note: This feature was demonstrated on a computer running Windows 11. While it is available on prior versions of Windows, the process for configuring it may be slightly different. transcription: Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville , also known as AnonyMouse. Now this podcast is going to be for my advanced users out there. Now I've been in this position for quite a while and I have been thinking about how could I streamline this process. So are you one of those people that tend to transfer files a lot back and forth from your iPhone or your iOS device to your computer? If you are, raise your hand. This might be something for you to think about. Yes, you do have the option to kind of transfer from your phone to your computer by using a third party service such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or maybe Microsoft OneDrive. But the problem with that, it can be slow, right? Or I just don't want to store it up in those surfaces for whatever reason that is. In my case, I tend to have some very large files and can take some time, especially if you have a slow internet access. So in other words, anytime I need to transfer something, so I'm essentially sending it up through the internet, through the cloud, store it up there. So it takes that time to do it and then go on my phone, go through Microsoft OneDrive and go to the drive and pull it back down. And it's kind of tedious. I wish it would be more… | |||
| Review of the RAY-BAN META SMART GLASSES | 01 Apr 2024 | ||
In this episode, MarkSarch provides a comprehensive review, shares his insights, and demonstrates the features of the RAY-BAN META SMART GLASSES. He takes us from the initial unboxing through the exploration of their unique functions, detailing how they’re integrated into the glasses, and concludes with a live demonstration using the smart assistant To learn more about the RAY-BAN META SMART GLASSES transcription: Hello everybody. My name is Marco and this audio I'm going to do unboxing, hardware description, demo and extra features of RayVan Meta Smart Glasses. Unboxing. Well, it looks like a classic recycle package, flat box, and I'm going to give you the package dimensions. It's about seven inches length, about three and a half inches width, and about two inches height. Okay. I don't feel that has any tape on it, so which means so I don't have to cut anything. So in order to open it and also I feel some something printed on it in highlights is on the top and on the sides, on the length sides and both sides. Okay. So I'm going to place the box with the length side closer to me in horizontal way. It's sitting down on my desk and the way how open the box is from the left and from the right sides, which means the width sides. So I'm going to start opening from the left side. Once again, I don't have to cut anything. Basically the only thing I need is use my fingernail in order to make some pressure. You know, like pushing out, yeah, pushing down first and then pushing out and I'm going to open. Here you go. I did. I'm going to open also the right side. Once again, I'm going to use my finger and nail, push down and push out and this one is easier. Okay. So what's on it? Well, the box has like a compartment in one of the sites and which is the, you know, the paper manuals, the user guide and everything in this case is on my right side. And on the left side is the microfiber cloth and I feel the case on it. Okay. So in order to take out the case from the package, that I do is with my right hand, I'm going to feel it and make some, and I'm going to push it so to my left side. So and with my left hand, I'm going to touch it and locate it and I'm going to twist it a little bit and the way, you know, how get out a little bit and here we go. I'm going to start pushing once again with my right fingers and here we go. I have it here. Well, this is the box and on my hands. Now I have the, the case and the glasses are inside. Now I am going to open the case and it has on the front, some kind of magnet, which allows to attach to the case with the lid, that's I can tell and the glasses are inside. On the middle, there is some plastic tape, which is in order to keep in place the glasses in the case. So I have to cut it or just, yeah, cut it or push up and down in order to take out the glasses… | |||
| AppleVis Unleashed March 2024: The Fisher Price Edition | 28 Mar 2024 | ||
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 episode include:
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| How to Disable Predictive Text Suggestions on macOS | 16 Mar 2024 | ||
In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to disable predictive text suggestions on macOS. As you type on your Mac, macOS by default attempts to finish words and phrases it thinks you're trying to type. If you find that hearing these suggestions spoken by VoiceOver is more distracting than helpful, you can turn them off by going to System Settings > Keyboard, clicking the Edit button under the "Text input" heading, and toggling the "show inline predictive text" switch off. transcription:Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hey, Apple vissers, Tyler here, with a quick tip for how to disable predictive text suggestions on macOS. By default, as you type on your Mac, macOS attempts to finish words and phrases that it thinks you're trying to type. While this may increase the speed of text entry for some, if you're a voiceover user, you may find that hearing these suggestions spoken while you're trying to type is more distracting than helpful, in which case you can turn them off. To do that, go into system settings, keyboard, hit the edit button under the text input heading, and turn the show inline predictive text switch off. And I'm going to demonstrate that now, I'm going to system settings on my Mac, k for keyboard, vio command h to get to the text input heading, vio right, edit, and at the leftmost of this dialog, k, that's what we want, vio right, scroll area, interact with vio shift down arrow, and vio right until I find the setting I want, show inline predictive text, if I vio right once more, show inline predictive text off switch, it's off for me because I turned it off. If it's on for you and you want to turn it off, just press vio space, then stop interacting with the scroll area, with vio shift up arrow, and vio right to done, hit it, and here we are back in keyboard settings. So now as you type, you will not hear text suggestions predicted by macOS, which could almost ironically increase your speed of text entry because this feature is off and is no longer giving you distracting or potentially distracting feedback. So that's a tip for how to disable predictive text suggestions on macOS, I hope you found it helpful. Peace. Thank you. | |||
| eSpeak-NG: A Compact TTS Solution for Apple Devices | 15 Mar 2024 | ||
In this episode, Ida Grace introduces eSpeak-NG, a compact open-source software text-to-speech synthesizer available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Developed by Yury Popov, eSpeak-NG supports over 100 languages and accents. It is built upon the original eSpeak engine created by Jonathan Duddington. The app acts as a compatibility layer between the eSpeak NG library and Apple VoiceOver, enhancing accessibility for users with visual impairments. eSpeak-NG on the App Store transcription: Hello AppleVis. This is Ida again and I'm back with another demonstration. This one is somewhat by request, so thank you for the person who requested this podcast. They said that they really wanted a demonstration of this app, so I hope that this is satisfactory. I am doing a demonstration today of the eSpeak NG app. This app will add the eSpeak synthesizer to VoiceOver for anybody who wants it. There are settings that you have to change within the app, or that you can change within the app if you want to, and then you can go into the actual VoiceOver settings to start using eSpeak. Right now I'm using Daniel, which is not an eSpeak voice, but I will select an eSpeak voice throughout this demonstration. So I am in the app right now, and the first thing you get... It says eSpeak NG. It's eSpeak NG, Daniel. Learn how to pronounce words, please. Anyway, so this is the name of the app. So the first button you come to, if I swipe to the right here, that button allows you to set up what languages you want VoiceOver to have available to you in the eSpeak app. So if I go in here... First thing you see is back, of course. You can search in that field for a specific voice and language. Okay, I deselected that one because that is not my user-preferred language. As you can tell by Daniel, he is English UK, not English US, so I deselected that. But in order to do that, I had to keep going to the right. Let me show you. So under user-preferred, the only thing that seems to be there is English United States. Whether it's selected or not, you can double-tap to select and deselect it. Under this system heading, it gives you all the languages. And the only one in here for English right now is English UK because I deselected the English United States. So that means that when we go into the VoiceOver settings, the eSpeak United States English voices will not be available because I deselected that one. Because I personally think that United States English eSpeak sounds very bad, which I will demonstrate in a moment. But you have all of these languages that you can, of course, choose what language is your preferred language in this languages listed below may be poorly supported by VoiceOver and might be broken at all. They are available in spoken content. Okay, so that's a little disclaimer about the eSpeak app and the VoiceOver languages that it supports. Okay, so then it's just going… | |||
| Enhancing iOS Device Security with Stolen Device Protection | 13 Mar 2024 | ||
In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates the new Stolen Device Protection feature introduced in iOS 17.3. This feature is designed to protect against the rare instance when someone has stolen your iPhone and knows your passcode. Thomas begins by explaining the purpose of the Stolen Device Protection feature. It prevents unauthorized individuals from performing critical device and Apple ID account operations, like changing your device passcode or Apple ID password. This is achieved by requiring biometric authentication with Face ID or Touch ID, with no passcode fallback. He then moves on to the step-by-step guide on how to enable the Stolen Device Protection feature: Go to Settings. Note: If you don't see the Stolen Device Protection section, you may need to set up Face ID or Touch ID first. The episode also covers the Security Delay feature, which requires a successful Face ID or Touch ID authentication, an hour wait, then an additional successful biometric authentication. This feature helps prevent someone from making changes to settings that can lock you out of your iPhone or Apple ID account. For further details about the Stolen Device Protection feature, you can refer to the following resource: Use Stolen Device Protection on iPhone transcription: Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Donville, also known as AnonyMouse. I'm going to talk to you today about a feature called Stolen Device Protection. Now this will be ultimately up to you if you want to turn this feature on. This is a feature that will just kind of enhance your security protection for your iPhone and other settings. I'll explain a little more here. When this item is set to on, this will give you an additional protection when it comes to anytime that your phone is stolen or gets lost. In theory, the feature came about, unfortunately, because there have been some incidents where people will be watching other people gain access to their iPhone, whether that's using the passcode or using their biometric authentication to get into the phone and thus forth then gets stolen from that person. Or maybe perhaps you lost your phone and somebody somehow, someway gets onto your phone one form or another. Well this protection will defeat from that person being able to make changes to some critical areas on your device. So the first layer of protection when this is turned on, this will protect you from them being able to access to certain settings that will now require a biometric authentication. So it kind of bypass if there weren't any passcode to that area before, you will now have to be able to use authentication by a biometric… | |||
| Transforming Text to Speech: Inside ElevenLabs Reader for iOS | 29 Jun 2024 | ||
In this episode, Thomas Domville provides a detailed walkthrough of the ElevenLabs Reader for iOS. This versatile app transforms any text content into natural, expressive speech using advanced AI-generated voices. Perfect for articles, ePubs, PDFs, and more, it enables users to enjoy their favorite content on the go. With an extensive and ever-growing library of voices, the app offers a personalized listening experience tailored to any mood or occasion. ElevenLabs Reader: AI Audio on the App Store transcription: Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. I'm going to introduce you to an app called 11 Labs Reader, and it's spelled just as it sounds like. So 11 Labs is one word, E-L-E-V-E-N-L-A-B-S, 11 Labs, space, reader. This is an amazing app that you definitely want to check out if there's something that interests you, of course. So I'm going to do a nice little review and walk through and show you a demonstration how to use 11 Labs Reader. Now before I do that, 11 Labs should sound familiar for most of you out there. If you haven't heard of 11 Labs, no problem. 11 Labs has been around for some time now, and what they're known for is being able to take any text and convert it into audio for you to listen. It's incredible technology. It sounds marvelous, and it's trying to do its best to sound as natural as possible. And I personally think they're getting really close to that moment where we will be able to say, wow, this is definitely a hit on their hands. And I think this app is no doubt going to be something that's going to be popular by some of you out there. Now I have used other apps. I won't mention those names. They will take various files like text files or probably PDFs or EPUBs and try to read it out using whatever voice over voices that we have now. And as you know, well, for myself, I'm not a big fan of those things. And it's really kind of hard to read books or listen to articles with those voices, especially when I come back in a background where I'm not used to using older voices such as eloquence and such things like that. It just sounds very unnatural, very robotic. So I'm really more into more natural sounding speech. So this is no doubt one of the big app that I definitely going to keep on my main home screen from now on. Now it's saying that there are some quirks and issues with this app. Yeah, for the most part, it is accessible and usable. Now there are some things that if you need to do, it can be difficult. So I won't be pointing that out. But I'm hoping that there's definitely going to be some update to this app and to making things more efficient for voice over users. Overall, I think this app definitely has potential and it definitely is going to be something I'm going to be using a lot. So let's go ahead and… | |||
| Navigating iOS: Mastering VoiceOver Basics with VO Starter | 11 Mar 2024 | ||
In this episode, Ida Grace demonstrates VO Starter, an iOS app specifically designed to assist new blind and visually impaired users in learning how to navigate their devices using Apple’s built-in screen reader, VoiceOver. The app offers step-by-step guidance, teaching basic VoiceOver gestures and simplifying the learning process. VO Starter on the App Store transcription: And good afternoon AppleViz. This is Ida and it is currently 2 o' 5 p.m. Central Time and I am here with a podcast tutorial on VoStarter. This app is an app that teaches voiceover for iOS users. It does assume some basic knowledge of voiceover, I've noticed. The first couple lessons start out pretty simple, but then it quickly jumps into more advanced things. So I will be demonstrating a few of the lessons and making some comments as I go. So here we go, open VoStarter. Ok. Welcome to VoStarter for iOS. After completion of these tutorials, you will have been introduced to nearly all of the concepts associated with using voiceover on your iOS device. To get started, simply double tap the screen with one finger. This will begin the first lesson. Good luck on your journey. Ok that is the introduction. You can also, if you don't want voiceover to read it to you, you can swipe over to the continue, I mean the listen button, sorry. Welcome to Arctic to Gifts. Good luck toolbar. Listen. Button. Yeah this toolbar has a menu button which is where you go to select a lesson if you've completed this tutorial or if you want to skip ahead a little bit and later in the tutorial there is also a continue button that appears on this menu. But for now, if we double tap on listen. Welcome to VoStarter for iOS. After completion of these tutorials, you will have been introduced to nearly all of the concepts associated with using voiceover on your iOS device. To get started, simply double tap the screen with one finger. This will begin the first lesson. Good luck on your journey. Ok here's what I don't like about this though. Even when you're on the listen button and it says simply double tap the screen with one finger, well if I do that now from the listen button, it's not going to continue. After completion of these tutorials, you will be introduced to nearly all of the concepts associated with using voiceover on your iOS device. To get started, simply double tap the screen with one finger. But not there. This will begin the first lesson. Good luck on your journey. So what you have to do is swipe back to the left. Now there's a lesson later in this tutorial on flicking which is also swiping but I'm sure most of you AppleVis users already know about swiping and double tapping. So we're going to flick back to the left. Menu. Good luck on your journey. Ok. Now, one thing I want to let you know is that because the continue button… | |||
| Disabling In-App Review Requests on iOS | 01 Mar 2024 | ||
Tired of apps interrupting you with requests to rate and review? This episode with Thomas Domville will show you how to take control. This iOS feature lets app developers ask you to rate and review their apps directly within the app. While helpful for developers, these pop-ups can be a nuisance , especially if they appear frequently. How to Disable In-App Ratings & Reviews: Find the Native Settings app and Double Tap to Open Settings Remember: Disabling this feature only stops the in-app prompts. You can still search for apps in the App Store and leave ratings and reviews manually if you'd like to share your feedback. transcription: Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Donville also known as AnonyMouse. Hey have you been in this position where like myself I keep opening up different apps and it just seems like one form or another is always popping up hey would you like to review this app and give the app some rating and you know I do this every so often and when I'm in a good mood or whatever not or if I feel like the app really deserved to have a rating I want to go ahead and give that rating but the thing I don't like is that it just keeps coming up every so often so I feel like that there needs to be a balance and I need to and I will vote and give you a rating when I am ready to do that so if you are one of those people you see these little pop-ups and it seems like it's popping up everywhere have no fear there is a nice little settings that we can just simply turn on and off to disable this pop-up so let me to show you where that's at and we're gonna head right over to settings settings double tap to open and let's do that one finger don't tap to open up settings settings and now we are going to to go to the right and she get to App Store App Store button yep it's way down there but once we find it go ahead and do one finger double tap on this allow App Store to access heading now you're gonna keep swiping to the right until you find a button for in app rating and review in app ratings and reviews switch button on double tap to toggle setting all we got to do is one finger double tap just to turn this off off and voila now you have this set off now of course when this is set off you'll never get that pop-up again however now in saying that and I want to make this pretty clear is that I know the developers out there are probably screaming at me for suggesting anything like this to you because I get it because what they want they want you to rate it as often as you can because that gives them more visibility and that leads to more downloads and more sales to them so I get that but I believe in a fair balance that I am able to do a few votes but I don't want to be pester all the time so that is the option why I can turn that on and off and keep in mind there's a lot of apps out there if you just go into the apps that you like and then go into into settings or about area they typically have a little… | |||
| AppleVis Unleashed February 2024: The Brown Mushroom | 28 Feb 2024 | ||
In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville, Mike Malarsie, and John Gassman discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this episode include:
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| Predictive Text Detox: Unplugging the Suggestions in iOS | 20 Feb 2024 | ||
In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to enable or disable predictive text and inline predictive text on iOS. Predictive text allows you to write entire sentences with just a few taps. As you type, suggested words, emoji, and information appear above the onscreen keyboard. You can double tap a suggestion to apply it. Inline predictions complete the word or phrase you’re currently typing, appearing in gray text. To accept an inline prediction, double tap the Space bar; to reject it, keep typing. You can manage predictive text settings in Keyboard settings on your iPhone 12 or newer models running iOS 17 or later versions. Open Settings on your iPhone. transcription: Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Donville also known as AnonyMouse. Now every so often when I am composing an email or I'm trying to send off a text to a friend or family whatever that might be and I'm using the keyboard as I'm typing there is something called predictive text that will pop up so it tries to predict what you are going to spell out and this feature what this does it tries to help you shorten your typing that you have to do so you just find the various words on top of your keyboard tap on that and it selects that then they have this inline predictive text now which is a newer feature which takes it a next step that allows you to highlight within the text itself and allows you to choose those words but for me those are distracting I am trying to focus and I am NOT a multitasker as I would love to be but as I'm typing along I it just bothers me hearing these words pop up and they don't help me at all I want to kind of stay focused and type in what I want so I'm going to show you how you can turn those features off if you are interested in doing so and if you are distracted like I am when those things come up I'm also going to show you some pointers and advice some other things you can turn off as well what they call features and for some may be distracting to you as well or something that drives you bonkers so do in order to go and change this settings we are going to head over to the native settings itself settings double tap to open now that you located the settings let's do one finger double tap to open this up settings now you are going to need to swipe to the right until we get to something called general general button and we are going to do one finger double tap here about button and now we are looking for something called keyboard so swipe to the right until you get to keyboard keyboard button and at last we are here one finger double tap on keyboard keyboards to button now the easiest way to get to the area that we need to do is set your rotor to headings and go to the first heading all keyboards heading and now what we're looking for is predictive text so swipe to the right a couple times and… | |||
| Starry Serenity: Guided Breathing with Connected Breath for iOS | 12 Feb 2024 | ||
In this episode, Ida Grace introduces the Connected Breath iOS app. Designed to promote mindfulness and relaxation, Connected Breath offers guided breathing exercises to help you pause, reset, and find serenity. The app boasts a simple and tranquil interface adorned with a night sky background. As you inhale and exhale, stars gently appear and fade, symbolizing other users across the globe who are also engaging with the app simultaneously. This shared experience fosters a sense of connection and support during your practice. Download Connected Breath on the App Store transcription: Hello AppleVis, good evening from Ida and tonight I'm going to be doing a podcast app demonstration of an app called Connected Breath. This is a meditation app that connects people from all around the world to do a meditation together. So this app works just similar to apps that are social media apps where you can connect in real time with people but you can't communicate with them. It simply shows you how many people are using the app at a time. So if I open the app, open Connected Breath, this app is used in portrait mode and the first thing we get is to select breathing duration. You can do one, three, or five minutes. I'm going to select three minutes and then I will show you what happens. For anybody who's curious, I'm using an iPad. I'm using Daniel as my voice over voice, the compact version of Daniel because I like him better than the enhanced and I'm using an Apple keyboard that doubles as an iPad case. So you can choose to breathe for one, three, or five minutes in this app. I'm going to double tap on three minutes and you're going to hear a bell. And then go to the bottom of the screen, okay that message is going to change throughout the meditation. I will show you, okay so that's the starting sound and then breathe in, breathe out. This message is changing with the music. Breathe in, breathe out, and now it's going to change. You are breathing in and then it's going to tell you how many. Seven other people are currently connected right now. The stars in the distance are the people breathing, that's the visual representation. We are all breathing together, we are all connected, I guess I don't need to repeat. Now close your eyes and focus on your breath. Now the rest of the time it's going to say breathe in and breathe out over and over again. And for those of you with perfect pitch, you will notice that it's saying breathe in on the C chord and breathe out on this like A minor type chord. So if you don't want to constantly listen to the messages, just listen to the music and follow the music. You hear the peaceful nature sounds in the background? You kind of hear a breathing noise too, it's kind of creepy honestly. Breathe in and breathe out. See it's still changing from breathe in to breathe out. And it will… | |||
| How and When to Start Your Mac in Safe Mode | 10 Feb 2024 | ||
In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to start your Mac in safe mode and explains in what situations this may be useful. Safe mode is a feature of macOS that disables login items, third-party drivers, and legacy system extensions at startup, useful if an incompatible item in one of these groups is causing a problem with your Mac. In addition, system caches are cleared, and a light check of your startup disk is performed when starting up in safe mode, which can identify possible issues that could be causing slower than expected performance. To start up in safe mode, start up the Mac while holding down the Power button, and interact with your startup disk (usually called Macintosh HD) in the grid that appears. Focus on the Continue button and route the mouse pointer to it by pressing VO-Command-F5, (or VO-Command-Globe-5 if you’re using a Mac with a Touch Bar) hold down the Shift key, and click the mouse. Maintenance tasks are completed once the Mac has finished starting; restart your Mac to exit this mode. If you’re trying to isolate a particular issue, attempt to reproduce it when in safe mode, and again once you leave this mode. If the issue no longer occurs, it was likely resolved by the maintenance tasks that macOS performed. If it doesn’t occur when in safe mode but returns once you leave this mode, you may want to remove login items for third-party apps, update, remove, or reinstall any third-party drivers or legacy system extensions, or contact their developers for assistance. For more information, check out the Apple Support article “Use safe mode on your Mac” Note: VoiceOver only works in safe mode on Macs with Apple Silicon. transcription:Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hey AppleVisers, Tyler here, with a quick tip for how and when to start your Mac in safe mode. Safe mode is a feature of macOS that prevents certain software components like login items, third-party drivers, and legacy system extensions from loading at startup. If you're having trouble starting your Mac or have some other issue that's tough to pin down, an incompatible item in one of these groups may be the culprit, and thus starting up in safe mode can help you rule that either in or out. In addition, when starting in safe mode, a light check of your startup disk is performed, similar to what happens when running first aid in Disk Utility, and your system caches are cleared, which can potentially improve the performance and responsiveness of your Mac if such files have become corrupted over time. Safe mode is a feature that's existed in macOS for a long time. The problem for voiceover users prior to Apple Silicon was that, as part of this mode, the audio driver was disabled, and thus the Mac could not provide any audible feedback, making voiceover effectively useless. However, with Apple Silicon, audio is supported, and thus voiceover users can use macOS in safe mode as if they were using it in any other boot screen. If you have enough usable vision to see the screen and want to start an Intel Mac in safe mode, you can do so by restarting it or turning it on while holding down the shift key. For a Mac with Apple Silicon, you'… | |||
| Find Your Lost Apple Watch in Seconds with Ping My Watch on iOS! | 08 Feb 2024 | ||
Ever misplaced your Apple Watch and spent minutes frantically searching under couch cushions? Worry no more! In this episode Thomas Domville dives into the handy "Ping My Watch" feature on iOS, turning your iPhone into a personal Apple Watch locator. Here are the steps to activate Ping My Watch on your iPhone: Open the Settings app on your iPhone. Bonus Tip: If your Apple Watch is on silent mode, the ping will still play through your Apple Watch speaker. transcription: You're listening to an AppleViz Podcast. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. Now, I've done a podcast before on Apple Watch and being able to identify and find your iPhone with the ping my iPhone from your Apple Watch. So like myself, I tend to put my phone in places I don't remember where I left it. Are you one of those people? Raise your hand. Yep. There's a few out there. And what that feature does is that it takes, I can go to my Apple Watch, go to the control center and use the ping my iPhone, double tap that, and then it'll start chiming and you can find your phone in no time by following the chime within the house or place that you left your iPhone. What if I told you, you can do the other way around? Yes. So this was very useful for me as I was on vacation shortly ago. And one of the things I came in, I was just hot. I was just hot and the Apple Watch was just making me hotter, right? You got to get that watch off. And so I put it down and Lord, behold, I forget where I left the Apple Watch. Then I remembered, Hey, there's a feature that I can do the other way around. And that's using my iPhone to ping my watch. So I'm going to show you how to set that up and how this works. And so you can find your Apple Watch as you could with your iPhone, with your Apple Watch. So it's great both ways. So we are going to go to your iPhone and we are going to go to the settings, because that is where we are going to have to turn this feature on. And that lives in the control center of settings. So let's go double tap settings, settings. Now swipe to the right until you get to control center button, control center button. Once you find that one finger, double tap, swipe down from the top right edge to open control center. Now the easiest way to get to where we need to go is to set your order to headings. And let's go to the first headings here, included controls heading. These are the included controls. So these are controls that shows up on your control center as of right now. So here's a few of the controls I have set. Remove timer, reorder timer button, direct remove code scanner, reorder code scanner, remove voice… | |||
| Sunshine with a Side of Snark: CARROT Weather: Alerts & Radar for iOS | 06 Feb 2024 | ||
Join Thomas Domville in learning how to use Carrot Weather for iOS with VoiceOver. Carrot Weather for iOS is a feature-rich weather application that offers a unique blend of humor and functionality. It provides accurate and detailed forecasts, including current, hourly, and daily predictions. The app is known for its distinctive personality, featuring hilarious dialogue and delightful animations. Key features include: Apple Watch App: An award-winning app that allows you to check the weather from your wrist. The app is available for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. It is a paid download with in-app purchases to unlock premium features. The app was created by Brian Mueller, who codes, designs, illustrates, and writes the real-time gags himself. The app’s unique blend of humor and functionality has made it a popular choice among users. CARROT Weather: Alerts and Radar on the app store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/carrot-weather-alerts-radar/id961390574 | |||
| AppleVis Unleashed January 2024: The Writing is on the Wall | 25 Jan 2024 | ||
In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville, Mike Malarsie, and John Gassman discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this episode include:
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| Emergency SOS: Your Lifeline on iOS | 16 Jun 2024 | ||
In this episode, Thomas Domville discusses the workings of the Emergency SOS feature on iOS. This feature is designed to be a swift and straightforward method for summoning assistance and notifying emergency contacts. Upon activation, it dials the nearest emergency service and transmits your whereabouts. For iPhone 14 models and newer, it’s capable of establishing a connection with satellite services in the absence of cellular or Wi-Fi signals. Following an emergency call, your device will automatically send a message to your designated emergency contacts providing them with your location, and will continue to update them should you move. transcript:Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. And this feature I'm going to be covering is something that I hope you will never have to use ever. However, it is also one of those features that you should know about, know how to use it, and get prepared for it if you ever have to do that. This feature is called the Emergency SOS. Now, for those that have been using for iOS for some time, you might be surprised how things have changed within that settings for Emergency SOS. So this is probably a good time for you to go back and look into it and make sure all the settings are set the way you want it when you need it. So let's dive into Emergency SOS, show you what the feature looks like, see what kind of setups you can, and settings that you can tweak, and then on top of that, knowing how to use it. There's quite a few things in here, so let's go ahead and dive into the Settings app here. Settings, double tap to open. So we're gonna do just that, one finger, double tap to open up Settings. Settings. And then from here, just swipe to the right until you get to Emergency SOS. Emergency SOS, button. And we have arrived here. So let's go ahead and open this up with one finger, double tap. Settings, back, Settings, back button. And now the focus is going to be at the top left-hand corner where you have your back button that takes you back to the settings. Let me go right here a few times, and we'll get to our first little item that you are able to initiate Emergency SOS manually. So there are two options to do this manually, and then I'll show you a couple of other options that can be done by automatic and when those would occur. So as I swipe to the right. Emergency SOS, heading. Animated image depicting the buttons on the iPhone required to call emergency services. Image, press and hold the side button and either volume button to make an emergency call. In certain regions, you may need to specify an emergency service to dial. Auto call requires a SIM card. Call with hold and release. Switch button on, double tap to toggle setting. If you continuously hold the side button and either volume button, a countdown begins and an alarm sounds. After the countdown, if you release the buttons, iPhone will call emergency services. So here's our first option, and this should be set on. If it's not, this is something you… | |||
| AppleVis Extra #98: Recapping Apple's WWDC 2024 Keynote | 12 Jun 2024 | ||
In the latest AppleVis Extra, hosts Dave Nason and Thomas Domville convene to share their insights on the highlights from Apple’s WWDC 2024 Keynote. transcription: Hello there and welcome to AppleVis Extra number 98. My name is Dave Nason. Because it is June we are talking, of course, about WWDC and because it is AppleViz I am talking, of course, to Thomas Domville. How are you today, Tom? Hey, I'm pretty good. Boy, was that a show or what? It was. Nearly two hours that went on and, yeah, it was probably the most anticipated WWDC I can remember in a long time. Like everybody was waiting for this one, waiting for the announcement. So before we get into the nitty-gritty, did it meet those expectations for you? Definitely. I had a check box of all the things I wanted to hear and it definitely checked all the tick box that I wanted to see and hear. So I was very happy with the results. And I know there were some disappointments out there as well, but that's what we'll be talking about. Yeah, for sure. And it's funny, we've had a few of these announcements in recent months from all the companies, you know, Google had IO, Microsoft had events, OpenAI had an event, and they've all, you know, Google especially and so on. They've shorn the words AI or the letters AI into every sentence of the entire thing it seemed, whereas Apple, it was kind of, it must have been nearly an hour before they set the term, though I thought that was interesting. So we might take the same approach to them and we will kick off with the regular updates, you might call them, to iOS and Vision OS and Mac OS and so on. And then we can have a chat through the so-called AI. That sounds great. I think that'd be perfect. So they did kick off with Vision OS and I don't think we need to. Why not, man? You know, it is kind of odd that, you know, it's only been four months since they released it and they actually have a Vision OS 2 that comes out. I'm thinking, wow, this is kind of, not only that, but it really didn't feel like it was a 2. I mean, it was like one big thing and that was it. I was kind of really disappointed. I mean, yeah, granted that 3D photos sounds cool now, but definitely not for anything for us. No, no. And laserhertz, you know, Marcus Brownlee, you know, he said, it's more, felt like more of a 1.2 than a 2. Exactly. It was like a 1.2. It was like a 1.5 update. That was it. But I guess what they're doing there is they're getting it onto their summer cycle. That's all that really is. So next year, it'll be 3 and, you know, go from there, I guess. So it makes sense. But what it included was, yeah, you can turn any photo into a 3D experience or whatever the correct terminology is and some new gestures. But from an accessibility point of view, we're not aware of anything really. You know, it's still a product that is very limited in terms of availability and, you know, what it can… | |||
| Bringing the Magic of Disney+ to your iOS device | 09 Jun 2024 | ||
In her latest podcast episode, Ida Grace takes listeners on a guided tour of the Disney+ app for iOS devices. Disney+ stands out as a premier streaming platform, boasting an extensive collection of films, television series, and unique content from iconic brands such as Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. It caters to a diverse audience by offering everything from the newest hits to beloved classics. The service is enhanced with high-definition features like 4K UHD and HDR, comprehensive parental controls, and the convenience of multi-screen viewing. Available across multiple devices, Disney+ provides subscribers with a subscription model that includes access to exclusive original content and the latest releases. Disney+ on the App Store transcription: Hello AppleVis and Happy Pride Month! Today I'm going to be demonstrating the Disney Plus app and how to use the Disney Plus app. So we are going to talk about how to navigate the Disney Plus app, how to find things that you want to watch, how to browse through the different categories on the website, or I mean the app, sorry, and I am also going to show you where you can go to turn audio description on or off, and I'm showing you this because it's not the easiest thing in the world to find, unfortunately, so I am going to show you where to go to find that. So the first step, the first thing we need to do if we're going to use an app is open it. So, there's the Disney Plus app. We're going to open it. Now I will not be able to show you how to add an account. I'll show you where to go to add one a little bit later, but I will not be able to show you how to actually add an account because our account is already on here. Now our account has several profiles, so anybody who's logged into a specific account can access any profile on this account. So one of the options, add profile button, is you can add a profile to this account, and to do that you can add avatars, you put your name, the typical profile info, except it doesn't ask you for personal info for this app, but I am going to swipe until I find my profile and double tap on that one. Like I said, you can actually access any profile on any given account because I've accessed my sister's profile before, but today we're gonna access mine. So, access Ida Grace's profile. Ida Grace, who is that? Anyway, we're gonna double tap here. Select Disney Plus heading. Okay, now the first thing that you get of course is the Disney Plus heading. Featured carousel, adjustable. Okay, this thing, swipe up or down with one finger to adjust the value. This is like the Acolyte, Disney, Big City Greens, the movie, Doctor Who, Disney, for the first time in forever, the Jim Henson idea man, Disney Junior, Ariel, Mermaid Tales, Inside Out, prepare for Inside Out 2, only in theaters June 14th. Select for details on this title. Yeah, so this little featured carousel, swipe up or down slider thingy… | |||
| Let your music shine with NaadSadhana for iOS | 03 Jun 2024 | ||
In this episode, Kushal Solanki revisits NaadSadhana for iOS. This Apple Design Award-winning app is a comprehensive musical companion that offers a suite of features for both practice and performance. Musicians can hone their skills with Note and Ear Workouts, and explore a multi-octave keyboard and various essential instruments for free. The app allows users to perform alongside a Live Orchestra, featuring an extensive collection of 27 instruments, 262 Ragas, and 54 Taals across 10 Styles/Genres. Additionally, users can create professional-quality audio and video recordings with automatic mixing and microphone enhancements. The app’s rich instrument library includes the Tanpura, Surpeti, Metronome, Swarmandal, and more, catering to a wide range of musical tastes and styles. With features like Note and Beat guidance, Karaoke with pitch shifting, In-Ear Monitoring, and iCloud sync, the app is designed to be an all-in-one solution for music creation and practice, making it easier for artists to share their work and manage their repertoire. Note: The free and paid subscription versions of the NaadSadhana iOS app are: Paid Subscription (NaadSadhana Pro) The subscription is available as monthly ($4.99), quarterly ($12.49), or annual ($39.99) plans. So in essence, the free version is focused on practice tools, while the paid subscription unlocks the full performance capabilities with the virtual orchestra, multi-track recording studio, and additional utilities for serious musicians and learners. NaadSadhana on the App Store transcription: Good day AppleVis, and today on this podcast I'll be demonstrating the NAD Sadhana app. Now I did do a podcast on this in 2021. So today is going to be about revisiting the app, because since my podcast in 2021, the app has undergone major changes when it comes to accessibility, like when it comes to features as well as accessibility improvements, simply user interface and all that great stuff. And the developers really committed when it comes to accessibility, which is really great to see. And what this app basically does, it basically listens to you and according to your singing, it will improvise. The app is primarily based for Indian classical musicians, but the cool thing is that it also has styles for Western music as well. And so you can say it's not… | |||
| Call Cleanup: Simplifying Your iPhone Call History | 21 May 2024 | ||
In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to delete your entire iPhone call history or a specific call. There are several reasons why individuals might choose to delete their iPhone call history or specific call log entries. One common reason is to ensure privacy by removing records of personal or sensitive calls that they wish to keep confidential, especially from others who may have access to their phone. Additionally, deleting old or irrelevant call logs helps maintain an organized call history, making it easier to find important calls and reducing clutter. Sometimes, to prevent misunderstandings or confusion, one might delete a call log entry related to an accidental dial or a call received from a specific number. Furthermore, while call logs take up minimal storage space, clearing them can help free up a small amount of storage on the iPhone, which is particularly useful if there is an extensive call history accumulated over time. To delete your entire call history on iOS, follow these steps: Open the Phone app. To delete a specific call log entry: Navigate to the Recents tab. Please note that deleting call history is irreversible, and the deleted call log entries cannot be restored unless you have a backup made prior to the deletion. Therefore, it’s important to be cautious and only delete call log entries that you are sure you no longer need or that you prefer to keep confidential. transcription: Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville. Also known as AnonyMouse. I'm going to show you how you can delete your iPhone call history or just specific calls in general. So why does this pertain to you or to me, whatever that might be, there might be a number of reasons why you want to do that. But first, let me go ahead and open up my phone app here so I can show you what I'm talking about in terms of what is call history. Phone double tap to open within your phone. Let's go ahead and double tap this so I can show you what is in the phone app as well. Phone and let's go to the bottom right hand corner of the screen here. Tab bar favorites. Tap one of five is your favorite, which is the first one of the tab on the far left bottom left. Now the next one next to this and to the right of this as you swipe to the right selected recents tab to a five is your recent tab. Now if you double tap that as you hear there is already selected. So if yours is not selected, go ahead and do one finger double tap on that. Now let's go to the top of the screen here and I'm going to show you what's involved in this particular recent area. Edit button. As we swipe to the right and analyze and what's on the screen itself, the edit buttons always at the top left hand corner there as you swipe to the right. Selected all button.… | |||
| Beyond the Woods: Red Riding Hood’s for iOS Innovative Journey in Literacy and Fun | 20 May 2024 | ||
In this episode of his podcast, Kushal Solanki showcases the “Red Riding Hood” app from the Twisted Tales series, designed for iOS. This app reinvents the traditional storytelling method by providing a pick-a-path adventure, making reading a dynamic and captivating activity for kids. Here’s what sets this app apart:
Red Riding Hood on the App Store transcription:Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Good day AppleVis, and today on this podcast, I'll be demonstrating a game. Now, I'm sure we've read Little Red Riding Hood, the book, right? You know, where the big bad wolf eats grandma and, you know, all that. Now, this game comes. It's an audio game, so it comes with a twist. So basically, you can pick your own path. Basically, like, you know, let's say, you know, what happened? What would happen if the wolf didn't eat grandma, for example, or whatnot? So you've got that choice. It's that's what's called twisted tails. So. Yeah, without further ado, it's developed by the way, it's developed by a company called Sona in New Zealand and in collaboration with the Blind Foundation of Australia, Blind Foundation, Blind Foundation of New Zealand. So without further ado, we will get straight into the demo. Now, I will say this. You have to use in order to use the app, you have to use direct touch. Also, some parts, like when you're scrolling through the screen, voiceover does seem to cut off like it, you know, does seem to cut words. So if you do notice that, you know, yes, it's it's probably a app bug. But, yeah, without further ado, we will get straight into the demo. Speech setting, wallet, prime video, red writing hood. So I've got red writing hood here. So I will double tap on double tap to open the app. Red writing hood, direct touch area foundation, use the rotor to enable direct touch for this app. So now interactive, twisted tails, red writing hood. So that's kind of the opening thing. Button double tap to select. So we will go through the screen just to kind of give you a bit of an idea. So this is the what all the what elements are… | |||
| Exploring the Latest Feature Additions to the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses | 12 May 2024 | ||
In this episode, Mark Sarch provides a follow-up to his previous introduction of the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. He demonstrates several new features including music integration with Apple Music and Spotify, multilingual support for messaging services like WhatsApp, the new Meta AI visual assistance capabilities, and hands-free video calling with WhatsApp and Messenger. Mark walks through enabling music services in the MetaView app and using voice commands to control playback. He shows how to send multilingual WhatsApp messages by voice. For the Meta AI visual assistance, Mark showcases its ability to describe objects, read text, identify colors, and more - highlighting its limitations as a mainstream device not optimized for comprehensive document reading. He compares the Meta AI's output to a live video call demonstration with a human assistant reading details from a business card. Mark also explains the process for hands-free video calling on WhatsApp and Messenger by using the capture button and touchpad. While not a dedicated assistive device, Mark highlights some potentially useful features for visual assistance and hands-free operation. transcription:Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello everybody, my name is Mark and I'm back once again to talk about Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses latest feature available only for US and Canada. If you haven't heard before about this pair of smart glasses, I highly recommend listening to the episode I made, review of Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, where I talk about unboxing, hardware description and basic tasks that you can do with the voice assistant. In this episode, I will show 4 of the latest features available for hardware, V4.0, music integration, multilingual support for messenger services, Meta AI available for US and Canada only, and WhatsApp and Facebook messenger video call. Let's talk first about music integration. Now, Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses support Apple Music and Spotify completely hands-free. To do this, you have to activate Apple Music or Spotify directly from the MetaView app. I will show you how to do it. MetaView Open MetaView MetaView From the bottom you have a few tabs, click on settings, and then from here you have to see Apple Music Button Spotify Button If you listen to my voice not too loud, it's because I have placed the microphone really close to my ear, where you will be able to listen to the music completely hands-free. Using only your voice, where you can request commands as resume the music, change to the next song, change to the previous song, and also pause. Just you have to say the magic phrase and it will sound like this. Hey Meta, resume music. Hey Meta, next. Hey Meta, previous. Hey Meta, pause. Great, I think you get some idea how this thing works. Now, I'm going to show you something, but in order to do this request, you have to place the finger on the touchpad. It's to change to the next radio station. Press and hold using one finger on the touchpad for two seconds, will change to the next radio station. Resuming, this is… | |||
| Apple Crunch September 2024: Where's the Apple Intelligence? | 27 Sep 2024 | ||
In this month's edition of Apple Crunch, Thomas Domville, John Gassman, and Marty Sobo discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this episode include:
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If you have feedback or questions for the Apple Crunch team, you can reach them at AppleCrunch@AppleVis.com TranscriptDisclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome to Apple Crunch for September 2024.… | |||
| Enhance Accessibility: Adding Voices to VoiceOver Rotor Voices on iOS | 25 Sep 2024 | ||
In this podcast, Thomas Domville reviews and demonstrates the Voices feature, which allows you to customize multiple VoiceOver voices to suit your needs. You can quickly access these voices using the Rotor Actions or the VoiceOver Quick Settings. How to Add VoiceOver Voices to the Voices Feature on iOS
Now, you can easily switch between your customized VoiceOver voices to enhance your accessibility experience on iOS 18. TranscriptDisclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as Anonymouse. I'm going to be talking about a feature called Voices. So as you know, we have our primary voice over voice that we use each and every day on our device. Wouldn't it be great that you are able to access various voices more than just one voice over on the fly? Yep, you can do that. It lives right in your rotor, if that's where you would like it to be. In my case, I have it in my rotor itself. You can also put that in the voice over quick settings if you wish to. And I'll be showing you how to add that to your rotor and quick setting if that's something you want to do. But in my case, whenever I do a podcast, you probably always hear that I use Siri number 4 voice, in short is Noel. And this is what I use when I do podcasting, but every so often I like to change things up and here's some other voice and that would be Tom and Hans. So those are my top two voices. And so in order to access it so quickly and easily, I place the voices in within my rotor. So let me give you an example of what it sounds like and what it looks like. So I'm going to access my rotor and I'm going to go to Voices. Voices, Siri voice 4, default, selected. So if I swipe up, Tom, primary voice. I have the Tom primary voice. Or if I could just swipe up again, Siri voice 4, default. I'm back to Siri voice number 4. So this is when I'm talking about how you are able to access voices so easily from your rotor or your quick settings, if that's what you choose to do. So let me show you how I got that set up. But before we can do anything, we need to add voices so you can… | |||
| How to Customize the Lock Screen on iOS | 21 Sep 2024 | ||
In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to customize the lock screen on iOS, specifically how to remove the flashlight and camera buttons and replace them with other controls. In addition to viewing the time, date, and notifications, the Lock Screen can be customized to remove or replace the camera and flashlight buttons with other controls, or show certain types of information at a glance, such as upcoming calendar events or current weather conditions. To customize the Lock Screen, perform a one-finger triple-tap on either the time or date, double-tap Customize, and then double-tap “Customize Lock Screen wallpaper.” From here, you can double-tap the Remove buttons for default controls, the “add quick action” button to select alternative controls, or the “Add widget” button to select a widget. transcriptDisclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hey, Apple Vissers, Tyler here with a quick tip for how to customize the lock screen on iOS. By default, the iOS lock screen includes the time, date, any notifications received since the device was last used, and at least on devices without a home button, shortcuts to the flashlight and camera functions. Over the years, the iOS lock screen has gradually become more customizable, with the ability to add widgets introduced with iOS 16 in 2022, and the ability to remove the camera and flashlight functions or replace them with other controls the user might find more useful introduced with iOS 18 in 2024. If, like me, you don't find the camera or flashlight functions particularly useful, or at least not useful enough to where you would want them to be among the first things you see when you wake your iPhone, you can replace them with other things you might find more useful. So for me, I replace them with a shortcut to the alarm and also a single action shortcut that I created to set a 20-minute timer. So when I'm about to work out, I just take out my phone, wake it, unlock it, and double tap the workout timer button on the lock screen. And when I want to set an alarm, I don't have to go into Control Center or open the clock app or use Siri anymore. I just double tap the alarm button on the lock screen and I'm taken right there. So to demonstrate this, I'm going to wake my iPhone now and I'm just going to explain so I don't have to explain while voiceover is talking and compete with that sound. Once I unlock it, I'm going to triple tap either the time or the date. Either one works. You can triple tap or you can double tap and hold either one. So I'm going to wake my iPhone now. Do not disturb Friday 1 a.m. Okay, triple tap. Astronomy wallpaper weather sunrise and sunset widget and clock next alarm widget button and illustration of red, blue and yellow rectangle. Okay, so if I swipe left astronomy, that's the first element on the screen. It's the current wallpaper I have. You can have multiple. So if you want to have different lock screens, like, for example, if you're working, you might want access to different types of information than if you're just on your own time. If you want to link focuses, you can do that. So if you have a work focus, you can have it… | |||
| A Demonstration and Walkthrough of VoiceOver Command Customization on macOS | 16 Sep 2024 | ||
In this episode, Tyler demonstrates some of VoiceOver's command customization capabilities on macOS. If you find a particular VoiceOver command difficult to perform, or discover a function in the Commands menu that doesn’t have a default command, you can assign your own custom command to it. In addition, you can configure commands to open apps and run scripts, so you don’t have to locate them manually. Commands can be configured by going to VoiceOver Utility > Commands, selecting the “Command set: user” radio button, and clicking “Custom commands edit.” For ease of navigation, you can choose the type of commands you want to view or change, such as numpad, trackpad, keyboard, etc from the "Filter commands" popup menu, or use the search field to locate a particular command. In this dialog, commands can be presented in either column view, which organizes commands into categories like general, information, and navigation, or table view, which displays a list of all VoiceOver commands, including user-configured ones, which you can navigate with the up and down arrow keys. To add a command, in column view, locate the command, interact with the table of assignments, and specify your new one using the "Add input" popup menu. To add a command when in table view, click the Add button, interact with the table, and specify the input assignment from the popup menu labeled "None: edited." Then, press VO-Right-Arrow passed an empty cell to another popup menu, and choose the command you want your new input assignment to perform. transcript:Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content.: Hey, Apple Vissers. Tyler here. With a demonstration and walkthrough of VoiceOver command customization on macOS. Prior to macOS Sequoia, VoiceOver included several user configurable sets of commands, known as commanders, for the numpad, trackpad, keyboard, and quick nav. With macOS Sequoia, these commanders have been consolidated into VoiceOver's broader command set, meaning in addition to the existing modifiers that you could use, like the option key for keyboard commander, you can also create your own command assignments using the VoiceOver modifier, which may be useful if you find a particular VoiceOver command difficult to perform, if you find a command in the commands menu, for example, that lacks a default assignment, or if you want to create a custom command to open an application. So to demonstrate this, I'm going to open VoiceOver utility on my mac with VoF8. Opening VoiceOver utility. VoiceOver utility. VoiceOver utility. Window. Utility categories. C for commanders. Commands. Commands. VRA. VoiceOver modifier. Control option or caps lock. VoiceOver modifier. VoiceOver modifier. This is the setting that was located in the general category in prior versions of macOS, but options are the same. Control option, caps lock, or control option, or caps lock, which is the default. VRA. Also control VoiceOver with. Also control VoiceOver with. Numpad. Uncheck. Checkbox. Numpad, which was formerly known as Numpad Commander. If you want to use, if you have a… | |||
| What's New in iOS 18 for Accessibility | 16 Sep 2024 | ||
In this episode, Thomas Domville gives us an overview of new accessibility features for blind, DeafBlind, and visually impaired users in iOS 18. Topics covered include:
Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. An Apple Vis Original What's new in iOS 18 for accessibility? Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Donville, also known as Anonymous, as like every year, a new iOS comes in play and Apple brings out new features for us to enjoy. So with no exception, this year we got a slew of new features for voiceover users, braille users, and other accessibility features that you might find of interest. There's a lot in here to pack, so let's go ahead and jump right into it and you can hear for yourself what is new in iOS 18 for accessibility. Live recognition is now an option within your rotor if you include it. To include it, you just go to your accessibility and head over to rotors and include the live recognition. This allows you to access live recognition quickly and easily by simply going to your rotor. Once enabled, we'll just head over to live recognition within our rotor, where you are able to select one or more of the various detections you would like to be enabled. As you swipe down or up within the rotor, you get the various detection. To enable a particular detection, just simply do one finger double tap, double tap again and that'll disable it. If you dismiss the rotor and keep the detection on, it will now live in with your dynamic island towards the top of your device or you can dismiss it from there as well. Apple has now enhanced the voice over voice option within rotors, which used to be called language. This rotor allows you to access the various voices that you have defined within speech under accessibility, but that itself has completely been revamped, which you can find within the voice over in the accessibility. Double tap on this now. You now have two section in here, first is your primary voice, which can be in any language, doesn't have to be necessarily English and they can… | |||
| AppleVis Extra #100: Review of the Apple 'Glowtime' Event | 10 Sep 2024 | ||
Join David Nason, Thomas Domville, Michael Hansen, and Tyler Stephen in this AppleVis Extra as they dive into the highlights of Apple’s ‘Glowtime’ Event. transcriptDisclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Hello there and welcome to AppleViz Extra. This is episode number 100. My name is Dave Nason and this is a very exciting day guys. We're back. I'm joined by Thomas Domville, Tyler Stephen and Michael Hansen from the AppleViz team. How are you guys? I'm good. I'm doing wonderful. How are you Mr. Dave? I am great. It's an exciting day. It's our first day back online. Oh yeah, it's been a really, really exciting day and a big day for us and a big day for the community and love to share in just the outpour of support that we've seen on the website and people are back and it's a great day and it's also an Apple keynote day. Yes, what timing we have, eh? Well, it's ironic. It's like we planned it on purpose. Yes, so where again? Every time what happens, I say I can't believe another year has gone by, but here we go. iPhone event again and some other stuff too. It was an interesting event. It opened actually with a video which had quite a lot of accessibility slash disability references in it. I don't know if you guys noticed that, if you had the audio description on. I did and that was very nice that they incorporate that, isn't it? I mean, they always do like a million gazillion videos, but it just always seemed to be that first one. That's always the most important one. So putting accessibility in there was a nice touch. Yeah, that was cool. And then Tim came on stage or wherever he was outside somewhere. He seemed to be shouting a lot at the start. I don't know if anyone else noticed that, but yeah, he set the scene. He mentioned Apple intelligence in pretty much his first sentence, I think. So I think that kind of set the scene for the afternoon or for the morning. Right. It was almost like, you know how WWDC, we had this Christmas gift and we opened it. It's like, oh, Apple intelligence. We were so excited. They just went ba ba ba ba ba ba ba all the way down. I feel like today they just rewrapped the gift and we just reopened it because they just went through the whole same thing over again. And you know, Google were accused of exactly the same thing at their Pixel event that they just re-advanced. I thought I was hearing some familiar things. They were talking about iOS 18 and all of a sudden I was like, wait a minute, this is not anything new. I mean, okay, you want to re-advance. Okay, that's kind of how you know you're getting to the end of the announcement of whatever the product is. They start talking about the software. They're refreshing you on what to expect. Yeah, I think that's the thing about AI marketing is that when you're marketing that and it's so much of that is software based, you got to kind of beat the drums, the AI drums as much as you can. Apple doesn't use the term, specific term… | |||
| AppleVis Extra 109: Interview with Klemens Strasser, Developer of Art of Fauna | 17 Jul 2025 | ||
Episode Title: AppleVis Extra 109: Interview with Klemens Strasser, Developer of Art of Fauna Guest: Klemens Strasser, Indie iOS Developer and Winner of the 2025 Apple Design Award Hosts: David Nason (Dave) and Thomas Domville(AnonyMouse) Length: \~45 minutes Episode SummaryIn this inspiring and insightful episode, Dave and Thomas speak with Klemens Strasser, the creative mind behind Art of Fauna, a beautifully designed and highly accessible educational puzzle game for iOS. Klemens shares the journey of his app from concept to being honored with an Apple Design Award for Best Design at WWDC 2025. The discussion touches on accessibility in app development, the importance of inclusive design, how Art of Fauna was built with VoiceOver users in mind, and the motivations that drive Klemens to ensure his apps are usable and enjoyable for everyone. What Is Art of Fauna?A nature-inspired puzzle game that lets players:
Klemens announces his next indie app: Pocket Shelf – a new reading tracker app scheduled for release alongside iOS 26. Connect with Klemens
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| Silent Safety: Exploring SoSecure by ADT, an iOS App for Emergency Assistance | 03 Jul 2025 | ||
In this podcast episode, host Seamus introduces the SoSecure app by ADT, a free iOS emergency assistance application designed to connect users quickly with ADT agents who can contact emergency services on their behalf. Seamus offers a detailed walkthrough of the app’s features, accessibility, and functionality, highlighting its usefulness—especially for those who rely on VoiceOver or have specific communication needs. Listeners are guided through the app’s setup, key functions, and helpful tips to maximize its effectiveness and accessibility. Whether you are visually impaired, need a silent way to communicate during emergencies, or simply want a reliable safety app, this episode provides a thorough overview to get you started. SoSecure by ADT is a personal emergency response app that offers an emergency button with PIN cancellation, automated guardian text notifications, silent SOS chat, and location tracking groups. It is accessible to VoiceOver users and free to download on iOS devices, making it an essential tool for safety and peace of mind in situations where calling 911 directly isn’t possible. Key Topics Covered:
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| A Look into Alfred for Mac: Part 3 How to clear the trash, reboot the computer, and perform other tasks using Alfred keywords | 20 May 2025 | ||
Unlock greater productivity with Gaurav’s latest episode on the AppleVis podcast — the final chapter in a three-part series all about Alfred, the powerful macOS productivity app tailored for VoiceOver users. Alfred lets you breeze through tasks simply by typing, eliminating the need to dig through menus or complex interfaces. In this concluding episode, Gaurav walks you through setting up custom keyword commands in Alfred, focusing on how to create a quick shortcut to empty your Mac’s Trash. Follow along as he demonstrates the entire setup, making it easy to automate this common task. What You’ll Learn:
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If you’re looking to simplify repetitive Mac tasks with just a few keystrokes, this episode is packed with practical insights to help you work smarter and faster. Helpful Links:
Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav: Hello, everyone. Welcome to part two in our Alfred demonstrations and walkthrough series. In today's demo, I'm going to be showing you how you can go into the Alfred settings and set up keywords that you can type into the Alfred search bar, which can trigger certain actions on your Mac. Today, I'll be showing you how you can use a keyword to empty your trash. So just to demonstrate how this works, I'm going to show you how it works on my Mac right now. Gaurav: I'm going to press command space to open the Alfred search bar. VoiceOver: Application. Alfred system dialogue, Alfred search field, Alfred search. Gaurav: I'm going to type my keyword, which is empty. E F T Y force empty trash empty. I've typed the word empty and you can hear it already said force empty trash. I'm going to hit enter. And you heard the trash emptying sound in the background there. So I just have to whenever I want to empty my trash, I just have to trigger Alfred, type in my keyword, hit enter and my trash can gets empty. Now I'm going to show you how you can set this up… | |||
| A Look into Alfred for Mac: Part 2 Guide to the settings window and overall settings | 19 May 2025 | ||
Discover new levels of productivity with Gaurav’s latest AppleVis podcast episode — the second installment in a three-part series all about the powerful Alfred app for macOS. Designed specifically for VoiceOver users, Alfred helps you speed up your workflow by letting you accomplish a wide range of tasks simply by typing—no need to navigate complicated menus or interfaces. In this episode, Gaurav guides you through the essential Alfred settings, offering a clear, step-by-step tutorial to get you started. Learn how to boost your efficiency by customizing general preferences, setting up handy shortcuts, and managing permissions to unlock Alfred’s full potential. Here’s what you’ll learn:
Stay tuned for upcoming episodes, where Gaurav will dive deeper into advanced features, workflows, and premium customization options. Unlock the full power of Alfred on your Mac and elevate your user experience with AppleVis. Get Alfred on the Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/alfred/id405843582?mt=12 TranscriptDisclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav: Good morning, everyone. Or shall I say good day, depending on where you are in the world right now and what time you're listening to this recording. Today, I'm going to do a brief walkthrough of an application called Alfred. Alfred is a freemium application, which means you can download and use it for free. And there are many additional features you can add on if you were to purchase the premium pack for the application. Gaurav: Now, Alfred is a very powerful tool with which you can do many, many, many actions on your Mac. And I would specifically say it's very useful for voiceover users because you don't have to mess around with complicated UI or screen elements. And you can do a lot of things just by typing. So in today's demonstration, I'm just going to show you the various Gaurav: aspects and options in the Alfred settings and we shall get oriented with the settings and over time I will do more demonstrations and walkthroughs which dive deeper and deeper into the Alfred menus and settings and teach you how to use and understand them in various ways. So currently I'm on the Alfred settings and preferences page. I'm going to press V-O-F-N left arrow to get to the left most section of the page. VoiceOver: Search preferences, blank, search text field. Gaurav: So I'm on a search box. I'm going to press V or right arrow. VoiceOver: Alfred sidebar. General tab selected. Alfred sidebar. Alfred sidebar. 5.5. VoiceOver: Alfred sidebar. Search preference. Alfred in Alfred side. Gaurav: I'm going to do VO… | |||
| A Look into Alfred for Mac: Part 1 Overview of Alfred's features and functionalities | 19 May 2025 | ||
Explore the world of productivity with Gaurav’s latest AppleVis podcast episode—the first in a three-part series diving into the powerful Alfred app for macOS. Tailored especially for VoiceOver users, Alfred streamlines your workflow by letting you perform a wide range of tasks simply by typing, eliminating the need to navigate complex interfaces. In this opening episode, Gaurav walks you through the initial setup and configuration of Alfred, providing a thorough guide to its sidebar options. Discover the General tab’s key preferences and learn how Alfred can boost your efficiency by replacing Spotlight and seamlessly integrating web searches. Listeners will learn how to:
Join Gaurav as he unlocks Alfred’s potential, laying the groundwork for upcoming episodes focused on its advanced Features, Workflows, and more. Get Alfred on the Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/alfred/id405843582?mt=12 TranscriptDisclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav: Good morning, everyone. Or shall I say good day, depending on where you are in the world right now and what time you're listening to this recording. Today I'm going to do a brief walkthrough of an application called Alfred. Alfred is a freemium application which means you can download and use it for free and there are many additional features you can add on if you were to purchase the premium pack for the application. Gaurav: Now, Alfred is a very powerful tool with which you can do many, many, many actions on your Mac. I would specifically say it's very useful for voiceover users because you don't have to mess around with complicated UI or screen elements, and you can do a lot of things just by typing. In today's demonstration, I'm just going to show you the various Gaurav: aspects and options in the Alfred settings and we shall get oriented with the settings and over time I will do more demonstrations and walkthroughs which dive deeper and deeper into the Alfred menus and settings and teach you how to use and understand them in various ways. So currently I'm on the Alfred settings and preferences page. I'm going to press V-O-F-N left arrow to get to the left most section of the page. VoiceOver: Search preferences, blank, search text field. Gaurav: So I'm on a search box. I'm going to press V or right arrow. VoiceOver: Alfred sidebar. General tab selected. Press up or down. Alfred sidebar. 5.5 Alfred sidebar. Search preference. Alfred in Alfred side. Gaurav: I'm going to do VO shift down arrow to interact with the sidebar. And now I'm just going to use the arrow keys without the VO modifier to see what's in the Alfred sidebar. VoiceOver: General tab… | |||
| Tidy Up Instantly: The Mac Shortcut You Didn’t Know You Needed | 16 May 2025 | ||
In this episode of the AppleVis podcast, Siddarth shares a quick and efficient way to organize multiple files into a single folder on a Mac using a simple shortcut. He demonstrates how to use VoiceOver to select documents around a specific topic—like “Holistic Education Development”—and instantly group them together by pressing Control + Command + N. This episode is perfect for anyone wanting to simplify file management and save time when handling numerous documents. Listeners will gain practical tips to boost productivity with organizing documents, audio, and video files for easy access on their Mac. If you’re looking to optimize your digital workspace, this episode offers invaluable insights. Tune in to learn and master this handy feature! TranscriptDisclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Siddarth: Have you ever stuck in the situation where you have a lot of folders related to one particular topic or a concept and you wanted to group all those in one folder on your Mac? You might be coming across if you're not yet. In Mac, I have discovered an amazing feature that we can quickly create a single folder by selecting Siddarth: the required files and upload it with one shortcut or one key. For example, if I have a subject called accessibility or if I have documents and audios and videos related to accessibility and I want to, instead of creating a folder and copying it and pasting it, I just want a quick handy way to just put all in the folder or an all in one folder. So, Siddarth: I'll show you how can we do that on Mac with VoiceOver. Let's get started. Right, I'm on my desktop. I'll go to Documents, Command-Shift-O. So... All right. Siddarth: So now here I have a lot of documents which I wrote for my University, my class test and all. So now I have a couple of documents here which has the name called head. That's HED. It calls holistic. Education development. So I want instead of copying all those or creating a separate folder and copying them and pasting it instead of doing that. I want to create. I want to just select those all. Siddarth: files related to HED and put it in one single folder so that it will be easy for me to access it whenever I need. So how can we do that? Let me interact here. Okay, I'll go Vivo down arrow. Siddarth: I have a document here. Let me just select it with Vivo command enter. Siddarth: right let me leave the command key and vivo down arrow i have again head test let me press again with the i'm not leaving my vivo keys i'm just uh holding my vivo keys and i just lifted my finger after selecting the command key let me press command and again i perform the same thing vivo command enter VoiceOver: Two items selected. Siddarth: Again, I leave the key. VoiceOver: Add test pages document. Siddarth: This is a pages document. So let me select this. VoiceOver: Add test pages document. Added to selection three items selected. … | |||
| Speed up your typing and your emoji game with text replacements on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS | 09 May 2025 | ||
In this episode, Dave Nason demonstrates how to create and use text replacements, short snippets of text which are substituted with frequently used words, sentences, or emojis when typed, on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. This may be useful if you, for example, need to frequently give people directions to your home. Rather than manually type out the directions, you could configure a text replacement so that several sentences could be inserted simply by typing a few characters of your choosing. You may also wish to use it to speed up typing longer words, or even to type emojis that you use regularly. On iOS and iPadOS, text replacements can be created and managed in Settings > General > Keyboard > Text replacement. Here, you can double-tap an item to edit it, or delete it using the "Delete" rotor action. To create a text replacement, double-tap the Add button in the upper right corner, type or paste the word, sentence, or emoji you want inserted in the "Phrase" field, type the text snippet in the "Shortcut" field, and double-tap Save. On macOS, text replacements can be created and managed in System Settings > Keyboard > Text replacements. Navigate the table using the up and down arrow keys, Tab to individual cells to edit them, or delete them using the Remove button. To create a replacement, click the Add button, type the text snippet in the "Replace" field, type the text you want to be inserted in the "With" field, and click Add. Assuming your devices are signed into the same Apple Account, text replacements are synced between them, allowing you to, for example, create text replacements on your Mac, and use them on your iPhone or iPad. TranscriptDisclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Dave: Hello there, David Nason here. I hope you are doing well. Today I wanted to give you a quick demo of how to use text replacements or typing shortcuts on both iOS and macOS. Text replacements are a really handy feature for speeding up your typing, helping you type out regular words or phrases or even you know, full on sentences that you want to type more quickly. Dave: You can type as little as two characters as your shortcut and then you hit space or punctuation like a full stop or a comma and it will expand out into the word or phrase that you have set. So it's really handy. There's probably three key ways which I use it. One would be for kind of longer sentences that I need to type semi-regularly. So, for example, directions to my house. Dave: If a friend is coming over or a taxi driver or a delivery person, that kind of thing. Rather than having to type out those directions each time I'm in that situation, I have a shortcut set up. So I type D-I-R-1. and I hit space and it will turn into those directions. I have one that's Dior2 as well, which is a more detailed version of those directions. Dave: I also use it then, number two, for kind of regular words and phrases that I might use when I'm texting people or emailing. I borrow some of these from contracted Braille, others I have made up myself. So things like YD for yesterday, TM for tomorrow, TAFN… | |||
| Getting Started with Numbers on Mac: Lesson 7 - Understanding the concept of Tables and inserting multiple tables on a Sheet | 08 May 2025 | ||
In this episode of the AppleVis Podcast, Gaurav returns with Lesson 7 in the ongoing series on mastering Numbers, Apple’s free spreadsheet app for Mac. This lesson focuses on organizing data efficiently in Apple Numbers. Unlike Excel’s single-grid layout, Numbers offers a more flexible, canvas-like approach where multiple tables can coexist on a single sheet. Gaurav demonstrates how to manage tables for different quarters of budget data, making it easier to structure and access your information. Key Concepts CoveredUnderstanding Tables in Numbers
Using the Sheet Navigator
Working with Multiple Tables
Managing Tables Effectively
Advantages of Using Multiple Tables
Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav: Okay folks, so in this lesson we are going to discuss about tables. Now tables are different tables you can have on your sheet in Numbers. And what you want to understand is that unlike Microsoft Excel, Numbers doesn't treat each sheet as a massive grid. It instead treats it like a blank canvas where you can have multiple tables. In Excel, it is treated as one massive grid. Gaurav: Now I'll show you what I mean by that and why it's useful to work with various tables on your canvas on a sheet in Numbers. So I'm back on my Numbers table. I'm going to hit VO plus U for umbrella to open the window spots menu. GauravVoiceOver: Sheet navigator tab group. I'm going to go here, hit enter. VoiceOver: Sheet navigator tab group. Gaurav: I'm going to VO shift down arrow to interact. VoiceOver: In budget sheet selected tab. Gaurav: Budget sheet. That's the name I've given to this sheet where we have our January, February, March budget. Here I can hit VO shift M for menu or do the contextual click. GauravV/oiceOver: table one rename ellipsis duplicate show sheet options cut sheet copy sheet paste sheet delete table one rename ellipsis so here currently i have various options of what options i have with this sheet i'm just going to rename it duplicate rename ellipsis you are currently i'm going to rename it to Gaurav… | |||
| Getting Started with Numbers on Mac: Lesson 6 - Autofill feature to quickly copy formulas across cells | 07 May 2025 | ||
In this episode of the AppleVis Podcast, Gaurav returns with Lesson 6 in the ongoing series on mastering Numbers, Apple’s free spreadsheet app for Mac. In the previous lesson, he explored how to insert formulas effectively. This time, the focus is on using the autofill feature to save time and eliminate repetitive tasks. Autofill Essentials
Using these techniques will help streamline your workflow and minimize manual input. TranscriptDisclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav: So in this lesson, if you remember in the previous lesson, we had learned how to insert formulas. In this lesson today, we are going to learn how to quickly autofill formulas so that you don't need to fill them in again and again when you want to put in the same formula across different cells. So we're back into our numbers table. Gaurav/VoiceOver: Sap Food, Rope Water, Rope Transportation, Internet. So our January has now got a total, but our February and March remain blank. Gaurav: So I'm going to move into the February total cell. VoiceOver: February empty. Gaurav: I'm going to hold down the shift key. And I'm going to hit right arrow again. C6 through D6 are now added to my selection, which means these cells are selected. And I want to insert the same formula into these two rows as I had inserted into column B, where I inserted the total for the January month. I'm going to hit view, press M for menu. Gaurav: I'm going to keep hitting right arrow until I get to table. I'm going to hit down arrow. Gaurav/VoiceOver: I'm going to type in autofill, autofill cells, submenu. I'm going to hit right arrow here. Gaurav/VoiceOver: Here I'm going to explore the various menu options by hitting down arrow. auto fill left auto fill down auto fill up auto fill from row above command option auto fill from column before command control back auto fill from column before so now it if i hit enter it's going to auto fill the formula from column b into columns c and d and only into the cells which i've… | |||
| Getting Started with Numbers on Mac: Lesson 5 - Basic Formulas | 07 May 2025 | ||
Gaurav is back with the next installment in our Numbers tutorial series, diving into one of the most essential spreadsheet skills: the SUM function. Whether you're tracking expenses or organizing data, learning to total values quickly is a must. Quick Guide: Summing Your January Expenses
Want to Make a Change? Just press Option + Enter to jump into the formula editor, tweak your formula, and press Command + Enter to apply it. Introduction to Basic Formulas
Spreadsheet skills made simple—with Numbers on your Mac! TranscriptDisclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav: okay folks so in this lesson we are now going to get into very basic formulas and formulas are very easy yet powerful methods of analyzing and playing around with our data. So today I'm going to use probably one of the most used function, which is the sum function. So it is a way of totaling all the values in a set of cells. Gaurav: So what we're going to do is, again, jump back into our table. Gaurav/VoiceOver: Food. Rowhead or cell? Cell. water row header cell transportation row header cell internet row header cell row header cell cell okay so we have all of our headings in the category headings in column a internet row… | |||
| Getting Started with Numbers on Mac: Lesson 4 - Sort and Quick Filter | 06 May 2025 | ||
In this episode of the AppleVis Podcast, Gaurav returns with Lesson 4 in the series on mastering Numbers, Apple’s free spreadsheet app for Mac. In this installment, he dives into two powerful tools for organizing your data: Sort and Quick Filter. These features help you manage and analyze spreadsheets more efficiently—especially when working with larger datasets. We’re using a sample budget spreadsheet with categories like Food, Water, Transportation, and Internet, each with amounts listed for January. Here’s how we sorted that data to quickly find the highest expenses: Sorting the January Column
Next, we explored the Quick Filter tool—a great way to temporarily hide or display specific rows without permanently deleting data. For example, we hid the Food row with a checkbox and brought it back with a simple undo (Command + Z). Advanced FilteringWe also touched on advanced filtering available in the Formatter pane. There, you can set precise criteria for what appears in your spreadsheet—ideal for more complex sorting needs. Recap
These tools make navigating and analyzing your spreadsheet data faster and more intuitive. Try them out, experiment a bit, and as always—reach out if you have questions! 💡📊 Happy sorting! TranscriptDisclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav:Hello everyone. So today we will continue our sessions on the Numbers application. And today we will be talking about the sort function. There are two or three different types of sort that we can apply to our data. The sort function is one of the most used and most useful functions or features of a spreadsheet. And today we'll see how to use that for better navigation and analysis of our data. Gaurav:So we're back in our spreadsheet. VoiceOver: Food column header cell. Gaurav/VoiceOver: I'm back in cell A1. And if we're just going to go and view all the data we have in column A. Food row header cell cell A2. VoiceOver: Water row header cell cell A3. Transportation row header cell cell A3. Gaurav/VoiceOver: A4 internet row header cell cell A5 row header cell cell A6 all right so we have five from row two to row… | |||
| Getting Started with Numbers on Mac: Lesson 3 - Autofill and Quick Calculation Bar | 06 May 2025 | ||
In this episode of the AppleVis Podcast, Gaurav is back with Lesson 3 in his series on mastering spreadsheets with Numbers, Apple’s free spreadsheet app for Mac. Today, he’ll continue working with our monthly budget spreadsheet and dive into two powerful time-saving tools: Autofill and the Quick Calculation Bar. First, we’ve already completed the budget for January and February. Now, instead of re-entering all the data for March, we’ll use Autofill to do the work for us. Just head over to the March column, open the Autofill menu, and like magic, your February values are copied into March in a flash. Next up is the Quick Calculation Bar – a handy feature that gives you instant stats just by selecting your data. Whether you need a total, average, or want to find the highest or lowest value in a range, this tool has you covered with zero extra steps. Key Features Covered
Using Autofill:
Using the Quick Calculation Bar:
In this lesson, you learned how to:
Give these tools a try and see how much smoother your budgeting becomes. Happy spreadsheeting! TranscriptDisclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav: Hello everyone. So welcome to lesson three in this set of lessons on numbers. Now I'm back up in our numbers spreadsheet into the monthly budget that we were creating. And I'm going to show you two things today. I'm going to show you how to use the autofill menu and how to use the quick sum or the quick calculations bar. Gaurav: So first, if you remember, we had filled out the budget for January and for February. And now we need to fill it out for March as well. So let's go over to... Gaurav: We're in D1, which is the column header cell for March. And what I want to do is for March, I want to quickly fill out the same values what I've done for February. Now, of course, one way is to just go into February and see what were the values for February and fill out the same ones for March. But there's a quicker option built into numbers, which is helpful when we want to autofill a… | |||
| Apple Crunch June 2025: Who's the Mystery Person? | 26 Jun 2025 | ||
In this episode of Apple Crunch, Thomas Domville, John Gassman, Marty Sobo, and Desiree Renae discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Chapters:
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If you have feedback or questions for the Apple Crunch team, you can reach them at AppleCrunch@AppleVis.com TranscriptDisclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Thomas:hello and welcome to apple crunch for June 2025 my name is thomas domville also go by the name of AnonyMouse yes we are back once again guys and here we are with the gang and we got a special new voice for you so a mystery voice i'll introduce that new voice to you in a moment so let's say hello to mr john gassman how are you mr john i'm doing good how are you John: Great, great. Thomas: You've been enjoying yourself the past couple months? John:Oh, yeah. Yeah, always stuff going on. I did a nice cruise, and we have a convention coming up shortly before you hear this. And then another cruise in September. So lots of stuff going on this summer. Thomas:Two cruises in a year. You know, I am jealous because you get to go on a Hawaii cruise. That is amazing. Maybe I'll have to join you in a cruise one of these days. That would be fun. We have to go on a Disney cruise. We should do a Disney, yeah, we should do a Disney cruise someday. Exactly. I'm all on board. And then over here, we got Mr. Marty Sobo. How are you, Mr. Marty? Marty:Doing good, doing good. Thank you very much. Glad to be here again. Thomas:Are you busy? Marty:Oh, yeah, always busy. Thomas:Always busy, too? Marty:Yeah. Thomas:Keeping yourself busy with the unmute? Marty: Oh, yeah. Thomas: Excellent. Well, speaking of the unmute, you got a new voiceover on unmute and she is going to be joining us on Apple Crunch from here now. So I am so happy to introduce you to all of you to Desiree Renee. How are you, Desiree? Desiree:I'm good. How are you? Thomas: Wonderful. Desiree: Oh, it's been good. We're finally getting some warmer weather, so that's always nice in Oregon. And although in Texas, when I used to live there, I dreaded the warmer weather, but now I look forward to it. Thomas:Yeah, Texas gets really hot. Desiree:Oh,… | |||
| Getting Started with Numbers on Mac: Lesson 2 - Table Formatting and Headers for Columns and Rows | 05 May 2025 | ||
In this episode of the AppleVis Podcast, Gaurav returns with the second lesson in his series on mastering spreadsheets using Apple’s free app,Numbersfor Mac. This session dives into working with row and column headers and navigating the formatter pane to make your data more accessible and structured. Gaurav shares practical tips to boost your spreadsheet skills and improve your workflow. Can’t wait for the next lesson on autofill! Key Topics Covered:Row and Column Headers
Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav: Hello, everyone, and welcome to the second lesson in this numbers tutorial series. I realized last lesson I did not get into much detail about the row and column headers, and we also did not discuss the formatter pane on the right side. So that's what we're going to discuss today. I have my same spreadsheet open, which we were working on earlier. And I'm going to press VO plus U for umbrella to open the window spots menu. I'm going to press down arrow. VoiceOver: Scroll area. Gaurav: This is the formatter pane on the right side of the table. I'm going to hit enter. I'm going to press VO shift down to interact. VoiceOver: Formatter. Empty scroll area. Empty scroll area. Gaurav: I'm going to enter here. VoiceOver: Empty scroll area. Empty formatter. Sheet navigator. Sheet one. Formatter. Empty scroll area. Jump to selection. You are in table formatter. Scroll area. Gaurav: Okay. Seems to be some error. I'm just going to press V-O plus J for jump to until I get into the formatter. VoiceOver: In column header cell. In formatter. Gaurav: In formatter. I'm going to press V-O shift down arrow to interact. VoiceOver:… | |||
| Getting Started with Numbers on Mac: Lesson 1 – Accessible Table Layout & Editing | 05 May 2025 | ||
In this episode, Gaurav begins his journey into mastering spreadsheets with Apple’s free app,Numberson Mac. 📊 Using an insightful AppleVis podcast as his guide, he learns how to open a spreadsheet and navigate it efficiently with VoiceOver. If you're new to spreadsheets, Numbers is an ideal starting point—especially since it’s bundled with every Mac. It’s highly accessible for VoiceOver users and perfectly suited for basic tasks. While Microsoft Excel is the go-to for complex data analysis and advanced features, Numbers excels at simplicity and even lets you export files to Excel when needed. In this episode, Gaurav sets up a basic quarterly budget sheet, placing categories like Food, Water, Transportation, and Internet in the first column, and January through March across the top. It’s a simple project, but rewarding—watching the structure take shape is a great introduction to working with data. Choosing a Spreadsheet App
Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Gaurav: Good morning, everyone. Today, I'm going to start a basic course on how to use the numbers spreadsheet application for the Mac. Right now, to start with, I just want to cover a few basic differences between choosing between… | |||
| From WAV to MP3: Audio Made Easy with VLC for the Mac | 02 May 2025 | ||
In this episode, Siddarth shares a simple, stress-free way to convert audio files using VLC Media Player — no expensive software or confusing tools required! Whether you're working with WAV, MP3, or other formats, VLC makes the process quick, free, and accessible to everyone. What’s Covered
Simplify your audio workflow with VLC — a reliable, no-cost way to manage your media. Because learning and sharing helps us all grow. 🌱 Download VLC: videolan.org TranscriptDisclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Siddarth: Hello, welcome to another short demonstration. I'm Siddharth and today we are going to touch upon an interesting topic and which is... or which will be useful for us in one or another time. Siddarth: We often deal with multiple video formats or audio formats as well, like MP3, MP4, WAV or MKV, etc. What if we have an WAV audio file and we want to convert that to MP3? Siddarth: installing multiple softwares, dealing with inaccessibility, or trying to figure out, trying to work around with the application, navigating, interacting, un-interacting. That's so much hectic and very time consuming, isn't it? For that, I have brought a simple solution. And the application what I'm going to use is VLC Media Player. Sounds familiar, right? Yes. I've installed VLC Media Player on my Mac. Siddarth: VLC Media Player, if someone is very new to it, it's just like a QuickTime player or any video audio player in that sense. So through that, we can play any type of video or audio format files to watch films, movies, videos. in MP4, MP3, whatever. Siddarth: So using that, I'm trying to show you how can we convert from a particular source format to our desired target format. Right, without further ado, let's get started. I'm on my Finder, and I have this audio file which I demoed a few days back regarding how to check a battery count. Siddarth: and that is that is wav if someone is new to wav that's a one of the standard and lossless file so now i have this wav and the file the size of this file is something around 90 95 mb maybe because it's a lossless So I want to share this and I want to convert this to MP3. … | |||