iSee - Using various technologies from a blind persons perspective.

How to setup and use the friends button on the Apple watch

In this demo, I show you how to use the iOS Apple watch app on the iPhone to add friends to your friends circle on the Apple watch which is then accessed via the friends button.  In addition, the friends button is also used to Power off the Apple watch (hold in for two seconds) to select cancel, power off, power saving mode (not recommended for VoiceOver users), and Lock Apple watch screen. Note, once Apple watch is powered off, just hold in the friends button for 2 seconds, wait about a minute and a half and it'll be back in business.

A quick run through of the side (friends) button on the Apple watch

In this demo, I take you through navigating within the side (friends) button functionality,look at contact with/without an Apple watch (one with has digital touch in their contact screen), discuss power saving mode (no for VoiceOver users as far as I am concerned), locking the watch, and powering the watch off/on.

The uses of the digital crown on the Apple watch and VoiceOver specific digital crown navigation mode

In this demo of the Apple watch, I take you through the digital crown options including single press Clock face to home screen, take focus back to central clock icon on the home screen, and home screen back to clock face.  Two press switch between last running apps and clock face.  3 press triple click accessibility short-cut if set to turn VoiceOver on or off.  Hold in to talk to Siri.  Scroll digital crown when on home screen to activate focused app.  Scroll digital crown to select complications when customising a clock face, and adjusting volume in the music player.  When VoiceOver digital crown navigation is on (toggled on or off via 2 finger triple tap), scrolling digital crown either way, moves VoiceOver focus to the previous or next item.  note - digital crown scroll to select focused item does not work when VoiceOver digital crown navigation is turned on.

Accessing clock faces on the Apple watch, and changing complications (features) that appear on the clock face.

In this demo, I show you how to access clock faces on the Apple watch (force touch on the screen), access different clock faces including the X-Large for easy reading), point out the clock faces that include the second (not continuously speaking the second but reading the hour/minute/second), and take you through changing complications in the Modular clock face that I use (via 1 finger flick up/down action menu/customise) and the digital crown to change complications (plus changing colours in the x-large clock face.

How to adjust VoiceOver settings from the Apple watch and the iOS Apple watch app on the iPhone

In this demo, I take you through adjusting VoiceOver volume and screen curtain on the Apple watch, and adjusting options on the iOS Apple watch app on my iPhone including volume, screen curtain, speech rate, speak hints, and speak on wrist raise toggle.  I also get a nice surprise when adjusting both VoiceOver rate and volume from the iOS app  with the Apple watch.

A review of the VoiceOver gestures on Apple watch

In this demo, I cover most of the VoiceOver gestures for navigating on the Apple watch including: 1 finger flick left/right (move previous/next item), 1 finger drag around screen (explore), 1 finger double tap (activate item), 1 finger flick up/down (action item or adjust slider), 2 finger double tap  (answering/hanging up call - not start/stop music in OS watch V1.0), 2  finger triple tap (digital crown navigation on/off), 2 finger flick up/down  (scroll down/up), 2 finger flick left/right (scroll right/left), 2 finger flick up/down at clock face (access Glances/Notifications), and 2 finger double tap hold/drag up/down (adjust VoiceOver volume up/down).

How to setup the accessibility short-cut on the Apple watch for triple pressing the digital crown for VoiceOver or Zoom

In this demo, I take you through setting up the accessibility short-cut in the Apple watch iOS app to allow the triple pressing of the digital crown for either Voiceover or Zoom in the current release of the watch OS software V1.0.

Demo of going through the Apple watch clock face, home screen, settings, notifications, and glances.

In this demo, I take you through the major features of the Apple watch os: clock face, home screen, settings, notifications, and glances.

A run through of the Apple watch app once the Apple watch is connected

In this demo of my Apple watch series, I take a walk through of the Apple watch app on my iPhone 6 plus with the Apple watch connected.

Apple watch feature demo: Ping your iPhone to play sound to locate where you've put it down.

In this demo, I show you how to use the Ping option within the Settings glance to locate where you have put down your iPhone.  Oddly, in preparing for this demo, I had to use this function to find where in the house I left my iPhone (smile).  David.

Demo of unboxing the Apple watch sports and Apple watch, setup, navigating the Apple watch with VoiceOver, and using Siri.

In this demo, I take you through unboxing my wife's Apple watch sports and  my Apple watch, quick run down of the layout of the Apple watch, setting  the Apple watch up using the iPhone Apple watch app/Apple watch itself, looking at the Apple watch app screens once watch connected, setting up access short-cut for voiceOver, exploring the Apple watch screens/settings folder, accessing notifications/Glances, accessing watch faces/complications, using Siri, using the digital crown, using the side/friends button, and taking the watch off/on and re-entering security pin: all using VoiceOver.

Text to speech copy of my blog post: my first hands on with the Apple watch before pre-order April 8th 2015: http://davidwoodbridge.blogspot.com.au

This post covered a physical description of the Apple watch, general notes, low vision, speech, hearing, Siri, 13 reasons why I want an Apple watch, and a summary from Apple of the accessibility options:: http://www.apple.com/accessibility/watch.

A speculation demo of how the Apple watch using VO brings together Click Wheel and touch screen access found in the previous nanos to the Digital crown and screen of the watch.

In this demo, I look at the click wheel access in the iPod nano 4/5 generation, touch screen access in the iPod nano 6/7th generation (which in the 7th gen also had the Home button), and look at how this would come together with voiceover in using the Apple watch digital crown, and the touch screen of the watch.

This demo was more for myself as a bit of a record before seeing the Apple watch itself and how access will have moved on with VoiceOver.

Demo of the initial release of the Apple watch companion app March 2015

In this demo I take you through the screens of the just released Apple watch companion app, not much in the app at the moment, so more of a show and tell so you will at least know what to expect to some extent.

Summary of the Apple Keynote September 9 2014: iPhone 6/6 plus, Apple Pay, Apple Watch, and U2 album launch.

Summary of the Apple Keynote September 9 2014: iPhone 6/6 plus, Apple Pay, Apple Watch, and U2 album launch.