AppleVis Blog

Apple today announced an iPhone event for next Wednesday, September 12, 2012.

9 to 5 Mac reported this morning that Apple sent out press invitations (which read “It’s almost here,”) to the event, confirming weeks of speculation that the next-generation iPhone would be launched sometime in September.

While Apple has obviously not released any details about the phone, an image with the number 5 on the press invitation seems to suggest that the new iPhone will be called the iPhone 5.

The app chosen this month for induction into our iOS App Hall of Fame is Light Detector.

Gaining double the number of votes of its nearest challenger, this would seem to be a very popular choice among the AppleVis community.

Light Detector is easy to use. Just run the application and point your iDevice camera in any direction. Light Detector will transform any natural or artificial light source that it encounters into sound. You will hear a higher or lower sound depending upon the intensity of the light.

Just recieved this news straight from the Looktel PR department and they wanted me to pass this along to you all.

We will have to wait a bit longer for the Looktel Breadcrumbs but there are great news about the updates on the MoneyReader and the Recognizer! Can't wait for those updates!

So here is what the Looktel PR folks had to say:

"Our legal team has advised us against releasing Breadcrumbs GPS until they have been able to fully vet and evaluate the application. Breadcrumbs GPS has been undergoing this process, and will be released once the recommended liability procedures are in place.

If you're into words, you're always on the lookout for the best and the most decent vocabulary titles, word games, puzzles, and, last but not least, dictionaries. And you might want to take your treasury of words with you -- regardless of the OS you use. A good dictionary is the bread and butter of every logophile and having access to what many scholars deem authoritative is of utmost importance.

Back in March when I took a stab at comparing iOS and Android from the perspective of a blind user, Android 4.1 (a.k.a. Jelly Bean) was nonexistent and no one knew what access features it would offer. Having tested Google Nexus 7 for more than two weeks and having seen blind users' opinions of Android 4.1, I'm now in a better position to compare iOS and Android yet again. So tighten your belt as I briefly go through my original comparison points first to check what has changed and then move on to an uncharted territory.

The moment I purchased my iPhone 4S more than six months ago, my first thought was oddly focused on getting a great radio application for it -- I'm a radio maniac. I spent a few days researching here and there, trying to sift through the App Store, AppleVis and a couple of more relevant websites. At the time I came to the conclusion that ooTunes Radio was the best app of its ilk despite its $4.99 price tag. The app was almost synonymous with the phrase "the most variegated selection of stations" which is enticing in and out of itself. Moreover, it has a developer who responds to all emails and is very much committed to VoiceOver support -- what else did I want?

Hi all,

It's with great pleasure that I'm with David and the rest of the editorial team yet again! Also, it's gratifying to be writing for such an exciting audience. So, without any fuss, let's get the ball rolling.

Interpreting peoples’ body language—particularly facial expressions—is one of those challenges that almost all blind people face. But soon, there will be an app for that.

Yes, you read correctly. Canada’s Metro News reported yesterday that a group of engineering students at the University of Windsor are developing an iPhone app that can recognize peoples faces—and, get this—what mood they are in. Don’t believe me? There’s even a video of the app in action on Youtube.