iSee - Using various technologies from a blind persons perspective.

Answering and making a call on the Apple watch

In this demo, I show you how to answer an incoming call by selecting the answer button on the screen of the Apple watch, make a call using Siri and the side/friends button, muting an incoming call, and like the iPhone with VoiceOver) using two finger double tap to answer or hang up a call.  As of this recording, two finger tap does not start/stop music (within the music app on the Apple watch) as it does on the iPhone.

Using the Apple watch without your iPhone turned on.

In this demo, I demonstrate how the Apple watch functions when the iPhone is turned off. As it turns out, you can still access clock face/time/date etc, last synced, Calendar/Mail list, last reported weather, alarm, stop watch, timer, world time, play music last synced to the Apple watch, activity and workout apps, check phone app for your most recent received calls before your iPhone was turned off, and quite surprisingly if your Apple watch is still in the same area where you had your iPhone connected to a wifi network such as home, you can still use Siri and access/read your messages plus sending/receiving.

How to remove 3rd party apps from the Apple watch using VoiceOver

In this demo, I take you through the process of removing a 3rd party app  from the Apple watch using the Apple watch iOS app.  Keep in mind that unless you actually remove an app from your iPhone, the app stay listed in the iOS Apple watch,. The process of removing or showing an app on your Apple watch screen is as simple as toggling Show on Apple watch within the actual app setting screen in the Apple watch app.  Note - the Apple watch iOS app is organised with a list of settings at the top, and then a alphabetical list of default apps followed by an alphabetical list of 3rd party apps.  In addition to removing or showing an app on the Apple watch screen, if the app is shown, you can also choose to have app on or off in glances as well.

Pairing a Bluetooth device to your Apple watch using VoiceOver

In this demo, I show you how to pair a Bluetooth device to your Apple watch.  For this demo, I use my Jambox portable bluetooth speaker However, I have paired my Beats head phones, Aftershokz, and BEM speaker band.  To find Settings on the Apple watch: from the clock face press digital crown to go to Home app screen, flick left or right to find settings, 1 finger double tap to activate settings, flick right to locate Bluetooth, and your ready to go ahead and pair.  Keep in mind that voiceOver will be speaking through the BT device as well, and if you play music, both speech and music will be using the BT device unlike Airplay.

How to charge your Apple watch and confirm its charging or charged

In this demo, I show you how to connect the Apple watch to the magnetic charger (receiving both a ding and a msg from VoiceOver), and how to confirm the watch is charging from the Apple watch itself.  To confirm charge, you can either bring up glances with a two finger flick up from the clock face screen, and if necessary do a two finger flick left or right (depending on what glance you used last) to move to the battery glance and check the battery status or add the battery complication to your existing clock face (which I go through in the demo).

How to unlock your Apple watch from the watch itself or via your iPhone

In this demo, I go through using VoiceOver standard typing mode (1 finger double tap on a number) at the unlock pin number screen of your Apple watch when you first put your watch back on, take it off or lock it via the side/friends button (not mentioned in this demo- but hold the side/friends button in for 2 seconds and choose Lock).  After this, I show yo how to use your iPhone to unlock your Apple watch as well.

Powering off and on the Apple watch using VoiceOver

In this demo, I show you how to power off the Apple watch (holding in side/friends button for 2 seconds and choose power off), wait for 30 seconds before turning it back on with the side/friends button again, 

wait a minute and a half, put pin number in at unlock screen (standard typing mode with VoiceOver - 1 finger double tapping on numbers), and your ready to go again.

Accessing notifications and Glances on the Apple watch

In this demo, I show you how to access the Apple watch notifications (two finger flick down at clock face), and Glances (two finger flick up at the clock face), and how to manage these in the iOS Apple watch app on the iPhone.  A good way to think of glances is like the today screen in iOS, and once you have brought them up via the two finger flick up, you can do a two finger flick left or right to move between them.  Pressing the digital crown once will both exit notifications and glances and take you back to the clock face.

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.

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.

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.

Demo of how to listen to audio content on the Apple tv using Netflix

In this demo, I show you how to activate audio description within Netflix on the Apple TV to view the first TV series with Audio Described content from Netflix: Marvel's Daredevil TV series.  To do this when watching the show, press Select on the Remote to pause, hold down Select for options screen to come up, press Up Arrow on the remote to access 3 menu items: Sub-titles, Audio and Speakers: Press Right Arrow on the remote to move to Audio, and then press Down Arrow on the remote to get down to English Audio Description, and press Select again on the remote to start listening with Audio Description.

Demo of how to listen to audio content on ABC iView and Netflix iOS apps in Australia

In this demo, I take you through how to listen to Audio Described content in the the ABC iView app (15 months trial from April 2015), and the Netflix app on my iPhone.  ABC iView: go to menu, Programs A-Z, select Show Audio Described for a list of all Audio Described content, select show to view/listen, and select Play with Audio Described button (2nd button will allow standard play) to listen  to Audio Described content. Netflix: (using Marvel Daredevil as an example), when in Play video screen, select Language option button, choose English  audio described track to start listening with Audio Described (by default content will play without Audio Described).

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 getting the Mac system clock to speak on the hour, quarter or half hour using VoiceOver

In this demo I show you how you can get the Mac's system clock to speak every hour, every quarter hour or just on the hour.

Quick tip demo of print to a pdf file from Safari

In this demo, I show you how to print to a PDF file rather than having to print to a printer.  Useful for saving receipts or other inforamtion as I do in Safari.

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.

Demo of how to restore the Apple tv from the Mac using Voiceover and a number of setup suggestions.

In this demo, I show you how to restore the Apple tv from your Mac using a usb cable (warning only do this if you have to).  Once setup (using a Bluetooth keyboard), I go through a number of my own setup options: hiding home (main menu) screen icons, setting restrictions, changing the name of the Apple tv, setting time zone and language (of synthesiser), and turning on accessibility short-cut.

Demo of where to enable VoiceOver at the Login screen in OS X using VoiceOver

This demo outlines the steps to take in enabling VoiceOver at the Login screen in OS X (System Preferences, Users & Groups, Login options) to allow Voiceover to speak and not necessarily be on in Finder which can be toggled on or off via Command+F5.

Demo of how to password protect a folder in OS X using VoiceOver

In this demo, I show you how you can password protect a folder in OS X by Using the Disk Utility and turning your folder in to a password protected volume that you can mont and dismount when ever you need to.

Demo of where to access family shared content in iOS, Os X and Apple Tv using VoiceOver

In this demo I show you where you locate family purchased items in Os X (iTunes, iBooks and Mac App Store), iOS (iTunes, iBooks, and App Store), and the Apple TV (Movies and TV Shows).  Demo is not on setting up family sharing which is accessed in iOS with Settings/iCloud or OS X System Preferences/iCloud.

Demo of iOS Apple Remote app with Apple TV using VoiceOver.

This demo goes through how to navigate the Apple TV using the Apple Remote app using VoiceOver on both the iPhone and the Apple TV.

Demo of using QuickTime Player in Yosemite with VoiceOver to record screen/audio of iPhone

In this demo I show you how easy it is to use QuickTime Player in Yosemite to record the screen/audio of the iPhone running iOS 8.  Really it is just a matter of plugging in your iPhone to the Mac via the lightening cable, running QuickTime Player, choose iPhone camera and Microphone from the capture device popup, choose audio level, and press record.

Demo of using the VoiceOver Trackpad Commander (2 finger double tap at top) to access not only main menu, but Extras Menu as well.

In this demo I show you how to access the Extras menu once Voiceover brings the Main Menu in to focus with the two finger double tap at the top of the Trackpad, which then allows you to drag your finger across to the Extras menu items and then take your finger up to access a specific Extras menu item.

Demo of the Blaze EZ Portable daisy player with OCR from HIMMS.

This demo will give you a physical description of the Blaze EZ, a run through of the home menu, and a quick run through of playing media, radio, books, recording, and of course OCR with the Premium Accessories Pack.

Demo of the Vision Australia Library 3g desktop daisy player for people who are blind, low vision or print disadvantaged within Australia

Demo of the 3g daisy desktop player from Vision Australia.

Demo of using Finger Key app on iOS/OS X to enable touch id on iPhone to login to the Mac using VoiceOver

Demo of the Finger key app for iOS and Mac to use touch id to unlock your Mac from the iPhone.

Orientation and demo of the AfterShokz Blues 2 wireless bone conduction ear phones

Orientation and demo of the Aftershokz Blues 2 bone conduction ear phones.

Demo of adding multiple finger prints to Touch ID using iPhone 6 plus with VoiceOver

Demo of adding multiple finger prints to Touch ID using iPhone 6 plus with VoiceOver

Demo of turning off Recents and favourites from the App Switcher in iOS 8 using VoiceOver

Demo of turning off Recents and favourites from the App Switcher in iOS 8 using VoiceOver

For Mac and Windows screen reader users: how to play or search.play podcasts on http://davidwoodbr.podbean.com

For Mac and Windows screen reader users: how to play or search.play podcasts on http://davidwoodbr.podbean.com

a demo of the Beats Studio wireless head phones

a demo of the Beats Studio wireless head phones

Demo of the Apple TV V7: accessibility options/short-cut, video description, movie chapter navigation etc with VoiceOver

Demo of the Apple TV V7: accessibility options/short-cut, video description, movie chapter navigation etc with VoiceOver

Demoing the new iTunes 12 layout for displaying iOS content (Summary, Music, Movies etc) with voiceOver

Demoing the new iTunes 12 layout for displaying iOS content (Summary, Music, Movies etc) with voiceOver

Using iCloud drive in Yosemite with VoiceOver

Using iCloud drive in Yosemite with VoiceOver

Demo of changing login password to use iCloud Apple ID in Yosemite with VoiceOver

Demo of changing login password to use iCloud Apple ID in Yosemite with VoiceOver

Demo of setting up SMS text forwarding on iPhone to Mac in Yosemite with VoiceOver

Demo of setting up SMS text forwarding on iPhone to Mac in Yosemite with VoiceOver

Demo of the new VoiceOver browsing mode with Safari in Yosemite

Demo of the new VoiceOver browsing mode with Safari in Yosemite

Demo of sending a iMessage Voice Message in Yosemite with Voiceover

Demo of sending a iMessage Voice Message in Yosemite with Voiceover

Using iBooks with Voiceover in Yosemite: downloading and reading an iBook.

Using iBooks with Voiceover in Yosemite: downloading and reading an iBook.

Demo of using voice dictation and Voice commands in Yosemite using VoiceOver

Demo of using voice dictation and Voice commands in Yosemite using VoiceOver

An overview of using Notifications Centre in Yosemite with VoiceOver

An overview of using Notifications Centre in Yosemite with VoiceOver

Using Hand Off between iOS 8 and Yosemite with VoiceOver: demoing Pages, Mail, and Safari

Using Hand Off between iOS 8 and Yosemite with VoiceOver: demoing Pages, Mail, and Safari