Hi all,
I heard there is a possibility to read books in VoiceDream using a braille display.
But how and where can I do that exactly in the app?
Thank you!

Hey everybody. I am curious about something. Is it possible to read the numbers on a normal household scale with your phone without having to buy a smart scale or one that talks? And just to clarify, I’m talking about one of those scales that you step on. I talked to my mom about possibly getting one of those talking scales but she said she doesn't want one that spills out her wait to everyone in the vicinity.

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Hello great Applevis team, hope you are well. I wonder if you guys ever reported that bug where the iOS system is constantly disabling text speech and auto correction. This was the reason why I didn't update one of my phones to iOS 15, as the main phone has been having this issue since the system was introduced, as well as other friends I have facing this issue as well. I've already made my report to Apple's accessibility team, but so far I haven't even gotten a response. Thank you in advance for your attention.

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Hi.
I tried this, but swipe gestures on my Touch Bar are not working as expected.
Do you can make it work?
or a dev needs to make macOS release?

The annoying messenger bug seems to have been fixed in the latest version of messenger. Just thought I would get this across and hopefully other peoples iPhones will work with this new update but very relieved to see that they fixed it.

Listening to a recent podcast highlighted just how unimaginative I am when it comes to naming my Apple devices... essentially leaving the name to whatever the OS has decided. Consequently, it's typically “Cobbler's iPhone 12” etc.

I now know that there's a whole Brave World out there of fun, crazy, and esoteric device naming.

Anyone here do anything different with device names?? 🤔

Hi - after being unreliable for a while the Clock > Alarm function on my iPhone has completely given up. It's IOS15.5 on an iPhone 8. I've got 3 alarms: weekdays, weekends & a one-off. None of them have sounded in the last 4 days, & experimenting today with setting an alarm for 5mins in the future just results in the alarm going from "on" to "off" without making any sound. I've checked settings > sounds where the settings look fine. Is there a good simple accessible 3rd party alarm clock app? OR does anyone know a fix for the problems in the Clock app?

With iziCast you can broadcast audio from the internal microphone, external audio devices or Audiobus compatible apps to Icecast and Shoutcast servers. You can even broadcast your favourite music files and mix them with your internal or external microphone. Of course you can also create a recording of your session.

If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to contact me at izicast@danielnoethen.de

iziCast comes with the following features:

• Supports internal microphones

• Supports external multi channel audio devices

• Supports audio files

• Sound Board with up to 16 sound pads

• Supports Icecast 2 and Shoutcast 1 & 2 (legacy mode)

• Supports Audiobus

• Supports Liquidsoap based internet radio platforms (e.g. Airtime/Azuracast)

• Supports recording

• Preview and share your audio recordings

• Provides multiple effects via In-App Purchase (10-Band EQ, Delay, Reverb, Limiter)

• Supports MP3 (bit rates from 8 kbps to 320 kbps)

• Supports AAC (bit rates from 96 kbps to 320 kbps)

• Supports AAC+/AAC-HE (bit rates from 24 bps to 80 kbps)

• Supports OGG/Vorbis (bit rates from 16 kbps to 320 kbps)

• Supports FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)

• Shows you the input audio volume on its level meter

• Shows you the used traffic and file size of a session (tap the dot matrix text)

• Shows you number of current and peak listeners

• Automatically reconnects if the connection got lost

• Allows you to update the song information

• Allows you to apply gain to the input volume

• Supports monitoring

Successfully tested external audio devices so far:

(If your device is not listed here, there is still a high chance that it will work with iziCast)

• Apple EarPods

• Apple AirPods (Pro)

• Tascam iXJ2

• Tascam iM2X

• Behringer Xenyx 302 USB

• Behringer U-Phoria UMC404HD

• Roland go:mixer

• Zoom H2 Recorder (Please set the sample rate on the device to 48 kHz)

• Zoom H4n Pro

• Zoom H6

• Zoom F1

• Zoom H3-VR

• Pyle PAD30MXUBT

• Tascam US-1800

• M-audio Fast Track Ultra Pro

• Evermix MixBox

• Traktor Z1

• Apogee jam+

• Yamaha SC2 Silent Piano

As a guide dog owner, you will know your legal right for your assistance dog to accompany you when accessing most services and vehicles. However, our research shows that 75% of assistance dog owners have been refused access to a restaurant, shop or taxi. We have listened to what a negative impact this can have on people’s wellbeing, and how it limits their ability to live the life they choose. With this app you can now report access refusals and inaccessible public spaces to Guide Dogs quickly and easily to help put a stop to them altogether.

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By reporting access refusals, Guide Dogs can build a true picture of the number and type of refusals taking place. This can help us spot patterns, or places where access refusals are more likely to happen, and take action accordingly. It can help our campaigning such as calling for the UK Government to introduce Disability Equality training for minicab and taxi drivers to help ensure full understanding of the Equality Act and how to support people with a visual impairment.

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Does anyone know if there is a way to create an electronic signature on either IPhone, or mac, and use it on a online contract? I've got one where I need to draw a signature however I don't know how to do this with Voiceover. I've got a mac, and an Iphone. Any help would be appreciated thanks

Hi everyone, this is a biggie. We've just started a petition to get an 'Audio' game genre on to the Apple App Store. We believe this will provide a great boost to audio game players and developers alike. If we're successful in this, we'll be doing the same for other platforms. If you wish to support this campaign, please visit this link, and share it wherever you can:

https://www.change.org/audio-games

Here's the full open letter to Apple (copied from the petition)-

As people, connected through a world of technology, each and every one of us should be looking for ways to innovate. We should be looking to develop exciting concepts with the aim of connecting the world through positive and inclusive actions.

Developers, Tech Users, Players, Writers, Narrative Explorers, Accessible Gamers, Late Night Gamers, Challenge Cravers, Sound Nerds, Innovative Designers…

These are just some of the vital links in the chain of technology and entertainment, and Purple Jam’s mission is to strengthen that chain further -

- by bringing the engrossing world of Audio Games firmly into earshot.

Audio Games, that is, games that use audio as the primary medium or prominent feature, are far from new to the market. In fact, the idea of audio driven games has been iterated on for nearly three decades. Now, we think it’s time that the hidden world of Audio Games is unveiled - revealing unexplored regions of the ever-growing gaming world.

The benefits of helping to grow the genre are undeniable.

The accessible benefits of Audio Games for the Blind and Partially sighted - bridging the gap between technology and those who can’t access that technology is undoubtedly a force for good. With 39 million blind people and 285 million visually impaired people, developing creative ideas that appeal directly to gamers from this demographic has to be a positive change.

Other gamers aren’t to be forgotten here. Alternative forms of gaming, like music, puzzle and simulation games make up a substantial portion of the gaming industry. With the App Store’s most popular category being Games, a question comes to mind - just how many alternative games make up the staggering 984,000 available as of 2021?

Whether that portion is perceived as substantial or not, the negative effects of inadvertently shadowing Audio Games are plentiful – fewer titles get developed - fewer forms of entertainment exist in the gaming world - potential players are unaware of the breadth of gaming fulfillment - levels of accessibility in the gaming industry are hindered - the gaming industry has an unexplored area of growth… the list goes on.

Ultimately, people don’t get to experience this inclusive and uniquely immersive form of gaming.

The cost of bringing all of this to life? Creating a category on your App Store.

We’re writing this letter in the hope that you add the sub-category of Audio, to the category of Games, on your store - showcasing the 400 plus Audio Games available on iOS at the moment.

We sincerely hope you find this letter and consider what can only be described as a positive, inclusive move into the future of Gaming.

Kindest regards,
Purple Jam

Hi.
it's time to write what I love and what I *hate* about macOS.
1. VoiceOver doesn't support queuing making the terminal experience or even games experience pain in the but., it's only thing that I hate.
2. VoiceOver is really good if comes to different ways of navigation.
3. macOS is unix like os, so we can use bash and similar.
4. my Mac is snappy and doesn't lag, and has my favourite voice for free.
tested on MacBook Pro 2021
5. you can't accidently move a system app to trash, or remove it, like on linux you can wreck whole os.

Hey, all! I hope every one's doing well! I have a question. Does anyone know if there's a demo out there somewhere on how to use the Gmail app with Voiceover on IOS? I've tried using it, and I just CANNOT seem to figure it out for some reason. So, I'm on the hunt for a demo/waalkthrough on using the Gmail app with Voiceover. Thank you all so much in advche! :-)

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Update: For those diehard Wordle players like myself, I did find another way to identify the colors of the guessed letters. This is not as Quick, straightforward, and automatic as the previous JavaScript bookmarklet solution, and I’m not certain if it will work on all iPhones, but I would say you will need to have at least iOS 15 to do this (iOS 14 might also work, but no guarantees). I have not tested with any prior versions of iOS, and have only tested on my iPhone SE. also, you will need to remember what each color stands for. Green equals correct letter in the correct position; yellow equals correct letter but not in correct position.
The method involves ensuring you have a gesture assigned for ‘Describe Image’ in the Voiceover commands. (Note: There is not one assigned by default.) This can be found under Settings> Accessibility>Voiceover>Commands>All Commands>Voiceover. Describe Image is the first item in the subsequent list. Activate this and select Add Gesture. Choose from one of the gestures in the list. For example, I have mine assigned to the Four finger swipe down gesture.
Once this is done, go to Wordle and put in your first guess. Don’t forget to press ENTER on the bottom left-hand corner to submit it. For example, let’s say you guessed the word ‘slide’. Now, find each letter on the on-screen QWERTY keyboard. So, using the ‘slide’ example, place your finger on the letter S. Perform the gesture you created for the Describe Image command. If you hear either the color green or yellow in the description, it is either in the correct position or it is a letter in the word but not in the correct position. If you hear anything else but do not hear either of these two colors in the description, the letter is not in the word. Do this with each of the four remaining letters in the word to determine which ones are correct and/or in the correct positions.
Once you have solved the word, find the statistics information, located near the top left-hand part of the screen. Double tap that. This will copy your results to the clipboard. To be sure, swipe right once. You should hear Voiceover say something like ‘results copied to clipboard’. You can now share your results with your friends or on social media.
I hope this helps someone.
Good Luck, and Happy Wordling!

I was wondering can anyone record a work-out with the new fitness plus running, to let us hear how voiceover supposedly describes in more detail what to do? I am considering an apple watch 7 but do not want Fitness Plus with it, if the extra verbiage is of no use. Thank you.

hi.
Who plays MUD's on MacBook and how? I have trouble to find anything useful, and working.