Podcasts

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge takes a look at some of the VoiceOver settings available on the Watch itself and in the Watch app on the connected iPhone. These include the VoiceOver speech rate and volume, VoiceOver hints and the screen curtain.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge demonstrates the option which allows you to decide whether VoiceOver should speak when you raise your wrist. This option is independent of the setting which controls whether the Watch should activate when you lift your wrist.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge demonstrates how to use voice dictation to send a message.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge demonstrates how to turn the Watch on and off.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge shows us how to setup the accessibility shortcut on the Watch so that you can use the crown to quickly turn either VoiceOver or Zoom on and off.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge walks us through the features and options available on the Watch App on an iPhone once it has been paired with an Apple Watch.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge demonstrates how to unlock the Watch. This can be done either directly on the Watch itself by entering a PIN or via the connected iPhone.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge demonstrates how to charge the Watch and check its current charge level.

In this episode of his series of podcasts looking at the Apple Watch, David Woodbridge demonstrates how to make and receive calls on the Watch.

A number of apps offer the option to buy auto-renewing subscriptions from within the app, from the App Store, or from Apple TV (2nd or 3rd generation). After you buy, you can manage your auto-renewing subscriptions using your computer, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

In this podcast, Khalfan Bin Dhaher shows us how this is done on an iOS device.

In this episode, Alex Hall shows us how to change the default app for opening a certain type of file on macOS.

This may be useful if, for example, you'd rather RTF documents opened with Pages instead of TextEdit by default. To make this change:

1. In Finder, navigate to and select a file of the type you want opened with a different app, and choose File > Get info (or press Command-I.)
2. Press VO-Space to expand the "Open with" disclosure triangle if it isn't…

In this podcast, Sagar gives us a quick look at NoSleep, a free OS X application which makes it possible to close the lid of your MacBook without this putting it into Sleep mode.

In this podcast, AnonyMouse walks us through the process of setting up your iPhone for use with Apple Pay, the recently launched mobile payment and digital wallet service by Apple that lets you make payments using your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus.

Note: at the time of posting, this service is only available to US users.

In this podcast, David Woodbridge gives us a demonstration of Light Detector, an iOS app that uses the camera on an iDevice to 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.

The Light Detector app can help blind users to be more independent in many daily activities: at home, point your iDevice towards the ceiling to understand where the light fixtures are and whether…

In the first of a series of podcasts intended to help new users of VoiceOver on the Mac, David Woodbridge shows us how to get VoiceOver running on any Mac laptop or desktop.

These demonstrations were recorded on a Mac running OS X Snow Leopard, but the procedure is still the same at the time of posting.

In the second of a series of podcasts intended to help new users of VoiceOver on the Mac, David Woodbridge shows us how to use the Keyboard Helper feature in OS X to familiarize yourself with the keyboard layout and functions.

These demonstrations were recorded on a Mac running OS X Snow Leopard, but the procedure is still the same at the time of posting.