Mac Apps

In this podcast, Blind Freedom introduces us to Reflector, an application that allows AirPlay mirroring from your iOS device to your Mac or PC.

IN this podcast, Moopie Curran shows us how to edit, add, and manage playlists using the free VLC media player on the Mac. She also gives a few keyboard chortcuts for beginners.

In this podcast, Moopie Curran gives us a demonstration of Audiobook Maker, a Mac app that converts audio files into audiobooks.

The main features of the app include:

IN this podcast, Musicruz demonstrates Type2Phone, an app which allows you to control your iOS device using your Mac.

In this podcast, Moopie Curran gives us a demonstration of using the Mac app Fission to convert audio file formats.

Fission supports simple export or batch conversion to the MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless, FLAC, AIFF, and WAV formats.

Fission is primarily an audio editor, which can be used to crop and trim audio, paste in or join files, or just rapidly split one long file into many. Some use it to make ringtones.

In this podcast, Matthew Campbell gives us a demonstration of using the HoverCam T5-V document scanner and ABBYY FineReader as a scanning solution for Mac users.

In this podcast, Emilio Hernandez gives us a demonstration of TextExpander for Mac.

With TextExpander, you can define abbreviations for frequently-used text strings and images. When an abbreviation is typed, TextExpander replaces it with the full snippet.

Emilio gives us a basic overview of TextExpander:  showing VoiceOver users how to create and use text snippets from within the program, from a selection of text, and from an item posted to the clipboard. TextExpander examples are demonstrated within Apple Mail, Bean and Safari.

In this podcast, David Woodbridge gives us a demonstration of ChangeReaction, Draconis Entertainment's classic audio puzzle game which is now available on OS X with new audio, three entirely different modes of game play and a host of other new features.

In this podcast, David Woodbridge gives us a demonstration of SingleText, a small app that gives you a single text window for your note. Install it on your Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch; and your note is always kept up to date across all your devices. Easy.

SingleText works with iCloud. Just sign in to your iCloud account when you set up your Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. And that's it. No other settings to configure, in fact, SingleText doesn't have settings.

Use it to share text between your devices. Your grocery list; to do items; the URL to that funny site; the phone number of that restaurant for dinner; the name of the girl that you just met. You don't need to worry about saving or filenames; just tap and type.

In this 30 minute podcast, David Woodbridge invites us to join him on a tour of the applications on his Mac.

We get to see what are his favorite and must have applications, with an occasional stop along the way to take a closer look at what some of these do.

In this podcast, David Woodbridge shows us how to use the Google Chrome web browser on a Mac to access audio described programming on the System Access Mobile Network (SAMNet).

SAMNet is Serotek's Internet Community that delivers the widest and most complete content ever assembled for the blind. With access to email, news, described video service for thousands of movies, blogs, podcasts, streaming radio and much much more, you'll have everything you need right at your fingertips. With a SAMNet subscription, you can connect with like-minded individuals who share your interests.

In this podcast, David Woodbridge shows us how to download, install and use LookTel Money Reader for Mac.

LookTel Money Reader instantly recognizes currency and speaks the denomination, enabling people with visual impairments or blindness to quickly and easily identify and count bills. Simply hold a bill in front of your Mac’s camera and the application will tell you the denomination in real-time. Several currencies are supported including the US Dollar, Euro, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, and Australian Dollar.

In this edition of his series of podcasts intended to help new users of VoiceOver on the Mac, David Woodbridge shows us how to explore the Dashboard Widgets menu when using VoiceOver.

Dashboard includes widgets for some of your Mac applications, such as Contacts and Calendar, which allow you to access your contacts and view your events, respectively, without having to switch over to the full application. You can add more widgets to Dashboard and even create your own widgets.

More information on Dashboard Widgets can be found on Apple's website.

In this edition of his series of podcasts intended to help new users of VoiceOver on the Mac, David Woodbridge shows us how to navigate open documents in TextEdit when using VoiceOver. TextEdit is the native text editing application in OS X.

In this edition of his series of podcasts intended to help new users of VoiceOver on the Mac, David Woodbridge shows us how to access and browse the Mac App Store on OS X when using VoiceOver.

In this edition of his series of podcasts intended to help new users of VoiceOver on the Mac, David Woodbridge gives an overview of how to access and navigate the native OS X mail application with VoiceOver.

In this edition of his series of podcasts intended to help new users of VoiceOver on the Mac, David Woodbridge shows us how to use the native OS X dictionary application with VoiceOver.