Episodes
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
136. Unseen Touch Screen Course Session 22
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
There’s a lot which has been updated in iOS 18. This month, we’ll begin our detour from the second edition of the book in order to fill people in on these changes. We’ll talk about the new tutorial for VoiceOver users which is now available right in the VoiceOver settings. We’ll also look at how audio ducking has been updated and is now far more useful. There’s plenty which has changed outside of VoiceOver. The settings for iOS have been rearranged so we’ll go over how that crucial area has changed.
Wednesday Sep 04, 2024
135. Unseen Touch Screen Course Session 21
Wednesday Sep 04, 2024
Wednesday Sep 04, 2024
Increasingly, Apple is turning to making revenue through services which it offers. The News app offers a lot of interesting articles which are freely available even without a subscription. People can also search for and follow their own topics of interest. Through the Apple News Plus service available for a monthly subscription, this app will provide access to far more content including full articles, newspapers and over two hundred magazines. Recently, crossword and other puzzles have been added for subscribers. All of this is fully accessible to blind users through VoiceOver. In this first Fall session, we’ll take a tour of what the app and service have to offer while waiting for the arrival of iOS 18.
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
134. Unseen Touch Screen Course Session 20
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
In the second part of our look at communications apps which come installed on your iPhone, we focus on the two most complicated but empowering ones. These are FaceTime and Mail. The FaceTime app allows for live video and audio conversations with individuals or groups of people. Meanwhile, the Mail app lets you tap into that very popular form of written communication. Both of these apps have their intricacies. In both cases, there are alternative choices for accomplishing the same thing using other apps. We’ll discuss the pros and cons of sticking with what’s there versus looking for alternatives.
Thursday May 02, 2024
133. Unseen Touch Screen Course Session 19
Thursday May 02, 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
Communication is what your iPhone is all about. Several apps come installed on your iPhone to help you connect and exchange information with people in your life. In part one of our tour of these apps, we’ll focus on the Contacts, Phone and Messages apps. We’ll also touch on some additional related topics like emoji characters, stickers, Voice mail, and more.
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
132. Russell Solowoniuk's demonstration of the LG washer and dryer with theLG ThinQ app
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
In this 12 minute podcast, Russell Solowoniuk demonstrates using his LG washer model WM3500CW and his LG Dryer model DLE3500W using the accompanying accessible iOS or Android LG ThinQ app. He describes how a blind person can use the washer and dryer standalone and how accessibility is enhanced using the app on his iPhone. Note that models described have been discontinued and replaced with washer model WM3600HWA and dryer model DLE3600W as of March 2024.
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
131. Unseen Touch Screen Course Session 18
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
In this session, we will explore the lifestyle apps discussed in the previous session in more detail. We’ll talk about managing recurring events in the calendar. The Notes app is full of features to keep your information organized. Suggestions are at the heart of apple’s new Journal app and we’ll go through how to access these. Apps in this category are simple on the surface, but often have surprisingly thorough capabilities.
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
130. Unseen Touch Screen Course Session 17
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Being so portable, your iPhone is an ideal device for helping with many aspects of everyday life. This session will discuss a number of apps designed to come in handy in everyday situations. These include Weather, Reminders, Calendar, Notes, Calculator and Journal. This group of apps is very suitable for use by beginners. Siri works well with all of them. Rather than an exhaustive exploration, this lecture will hopefully give you enough of an idea of the capabilities of these apps as well as how to control them in order to get started using them.
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
129. Reviewing the features of Finder on the Mac
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Wayne Antle reviews the features and how to use finder on the mac.
finder is like file explorer for windows. It has many powerful features and uses.
Friday Feb 09, 2024
128. Unseen Touch Screen Course Session 16
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Apple has long been associated with music and creativity. Your iPhone can give you access to millions of songs, curated playlists, radio stations, and even some live events. This month, we’ll dive into the enjoyment of music and go over the Music app and the Apple Music Plus service in detail. This is one of the easiest ways for beginners to start truly enjoying their iPhones.
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
127. Unseen Touch Screen Course Session 15
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Your iPhone is constantly checking for new information. Apps running in the background can interrupt you with notifications. So can calls and messages from people. Thankfully, Apple has provided tools to help deal with this effectively. We will discuss notifications settings in detail. These let you decide whether and how apps can inform you of things in normal circumstances. Meanwhile, focus settings let you determine what and who can interrupt you at a given time. Between these groups of settings, you can be in control of interruptions to your daily life from your iPhone.