iSee - Using various technologies from a blind persons perspective.

Apple tv 4th generation demo: pairing a Bluetooth speaker and switching audio between BT speaker, AirPlay and Apple tv/tv connected audio

In this demo I show how to pair a Bluetooth speaker to the Apple tv 4th generation.  I then demonstrate switching between BT speaker, AirPlay, and Apple tv/tv connected audio.  I point out during the demo that using BT speakers with the Apple tv is not the greatest experience due to both music and VoiceOver coming out of the same speaker, but unlike the Apple tv/tv audio, VoiceOver is very choppy and the sound of the external BT speaker I demo isn't very loud even though the max volume was being used: I also found this poor maximum volume when using my Beats Wireless speakers.  Overall I much prefer to use AirPlay since VoiceOver speaks through the tv connect audio and other audio goes out to the AirPlay speaker.

Apple tv 4th generation demo: adding one or more items to the Accessibility short-cut menu using VoiceOver

In this demo I show you how to access the accessibility short-cut menu, demo what happens if you only have one option on the accessibility menu or more, and not the fact that even you may have VoiceOver turned off, the accessibility menu will speak.

Apple tv 4th generation demo: description of the Siri remote and functionality of the buttons using VoiceOver

In this demo, I take you through a physical description of the Siri remote, and a run through of the functionality of the buttons on the remote: left had column Menu, Siri, and Play/Pause, and right column Home, and the volume up/down button.  Just occurred to me that after I completed the demo, that if you press on the trackpad, it'll bring up the move function at the Home screen of the Apple tv, at which time you can press the Play/Pause button to delete an app.

Apple tv 4th generation demo: VoiceOver gestures on the Apple tv using the Siri touch remote

In this demo, I take you toggling on/off VoiceOver.  Show you were to find the accessibility short cut. demo the VoiceOver practise for VO gestures on the Siri touch remote. take you through the VoiceOver rotor options.  Use Direct Touch accessed from the rotor with main screen, keyboard, and within an app.  Finally, demo the press and hold of the Play/Pause button on the Siri touch remote to emulate the two finger flick up read from top of screen.

FYI: Siri touch remote:

top face is the trackpad touch screen, and then

left middle 3 vertical column of buttons - Menu, Siri, and Play/Pause buttons,

Middle right - Home button, and rectangular volume up/down button.

VoiceOver gestures of course (smile) being performed on the trackpad at the top of the Siri touch remote as someone did ask me during the week was I touching the tv screen smile.

Apple tv 4th generation demo: what you can do with Siri on the Apple tv

In this demo I take you through a number of things you can do with Siri on the Apple tv.  Siri doesn't speak as it does on the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, but displays text as it does on the Apple watch.  However, VoiceOver will read the text that Siri generates.  To use Siri: hold down Siri button (middle button of 3 on Siri remote), speak command and release button.  The items I take you through include getting the time, date, and weather, turning VoiceOver on or off, activating controls on the viewable screen, returning to the screen, dismissing the Siri interface, opening apps, searching and playing movies/music, navigating the App store, and getting Siri to tell you what types of commands you can use.  Also tried to get Siri to tell me a joke but she wouldn't, instead she at least answered why the chicken crossed the road.

Apple tv 4th generation navigating with the Steel Series Nimbus Game controller with VoiceOver

In this demo I demonstrate how you can navigate the Apple tv 4th generation using the Nimbus game controller with VoiceOver.  once paired, the cursor takes you up, down, left and right, left stick moves as cursor (although found this harder), right stick appears to do nothing as far as VO is concerned, DPad of buttons y button at 12 on clock face, x at 9, a at 6, and b at 3 - A acts as click and B acts as back menu button.  Front triggers and shoulder buttons move left and right across a row.  Front middle of Nimbus is the lightening connector for charge, slide on/off switch to the left of the lightening connector and pair to the right.  All up, easy to use with VoiceOver and to navigate.  Of course, no Siri button on the controller.  Figured, if my boys can have fun playing games with it, I can have fun navigating with it.  Final note: no need to turn it off via the slide switch as Nimbus will go to sleep after 15 minutes.  Remember that at time of recording, only two controllers can be paired along with the Siri remote or one BT head set and game controller plus the Siri remote.

Apple tv 4th Generation demo checking the battery level of the Siri touch remote

In this demo, I show you how you can check the battery level of the Siri touch remote by going in to Settings, General, Remotes and Devices, Bluetooth.  I also note that there seems to be no way of checking the battery status from the Apple tv of my Steel Series Nimbus game controllers from the Apple tv.

Apple tv 4th Generation demo: moving, deleting, and quitting apps: with a note about changes to purchased app screen

In this demo, I make a note of changes to the purchased apps screen which now includes Recent purchased apps, Recent Updates and All app categories, When flicked down to, will let you then flick to the right to see what apps are in each of these categories.  Below this is a list of categories covering apps that you have purchased with the ability again to flick to the right to see what apps are in that category.  All Apps appeared to be the screen that I had in the previous demo of purchasing apps.

After this, I then move in to the main demo of moving apps, deleting apps, checking how much space apps take up, and finally look at opening or quitting apps from the App Switcher which you get to the same way the you do on the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad: press the Home button twice on the Siri remote (right hand button above the volume control).

Apple tv Fourth Generation: installing, searching, and opening apps.

In this demo, I show how easy it is to access Apple tv enabled apps from your previous iOs app purchases, how to search for an app using the on-screen keyboard, and opening a few apps to see what they sound like and how one of them works with VoiceOver.

Demo of the new Apple tv fourth generation setup and demo

In this demo I take you through a physical description of the new Apple tv 4th gen, Siri touch remote, setup via my iPhone, navigating the home screen with the Siri remote, accessibility settings, playing a movie and tv show, searching for a movie (Home) to demonstrate audio description which I had previously turned on in Accessibility settings, and a quick play with Siri.

Unboxing, physical description, and connecting the Magic Keyboard 2 to Mac and iPhone

In this demo, I take you through unboxing the Magic Keyboard 2, provide a physical description of the keyboard including the lightning port and slide switch to turn the keyboard on, and take you through connecting the keyboard to the Mac via USB/lightning cable and Bluetooth, and then Bluetooth connecting it to my iPhone.  Oddly when connecting via Bluetooth to my Mac, the Bluetooth assistant came up to identify the keyboard which I'm not sure was supposed to happen.  One benefit of this keyboard besides the slide switch to determine whether the keyboard is on or off, is the fact that you can BT use it to your iPhone, and then connect it as a USB keyboard to your Mac.

Demo of OS X 10.11 El Capitan new VoiceOver Window spots and Content Chooser rotor menu options.

In this demo I take you through accessing VoiceOver rotor (vO+U) Window Spots, and if available, the Content Chooser Menu.  A number of applications have default Window Spots or you can add your own by adding a spot on the screen (such as a control or scroll area) with vO+Shift+Command+] (right bracket) or VO+Shift+Command+[ (left bracket) to remove.  At the time of the recording, Content Chooser is available in Mail and Notes.

Demo of a day in using Hey Siri on the iPhone 6s

In this demo, i take you through a typical day with me using Hey Siri through different activities in the course of the day, all done mainly hands free.  Some of the emails, and address's have been edited slightly to maintain privacy, but everything is as I used it.

Demo of new grouping interaction changes with toolbars etc with VoiceOver in OS X 10.11 El Capitan

In this OS X 10.11 El Capitan demo, I demo the new grouping options that voiceOver now has for accessing grouped options such as Toolbars where previously you had to use the interact or stop interacting VoiceOver VO command.

Demo of O S X 10.11 El Capitan changing the VoiceOver modifier keys

In this demo of using VoiceOver in os x 10.11, I show you how to change the VO keys Control and Option to use the Caps Lock or to use Caps Lock and Control plus option at the same time for convenience. 

Demo of iOS 9 with VoiceOver modifying the BT keyboard VoiceOver keys

In this demo, I show you how to change the Control and Option keys that voiceOver uses on Bluetooth keyboards to use the Caps Lock key and or Caps Lock and Control Option being available at the same time depending on your presence and what is easiest to reach.

Demo of where to find the new Clock Faces in watch os 2 and the time lapse clock face with VoiceOver

In this demo, I show you where to find the new clock faces in watch os 2, and have a bit of a play around with the time lapse clock face with VoiceOver.

Demo of Apple watch os 2 replying to Mail from the watch

In this demo, I demo the nitty new feature in the Apple watch running watch os 2 where you can now reply to a Mail message rather than from the iPhone as with the previous os.

Demo of checking the Apple watch battery level from your iPhone

In this demo, I show how you can easily check the battery level of your Apple watch from the Notifications Centre Today Screen on your iPhone running iOS 9 with watch os 2.

Demo of the small but significant change in watch os 2 for navigating between Clock Face and Home Screen

In this demo, I demonstrate the small but significant change for navigating between the Clock Face and the Home screen: i.e. no more focus jump in the Home Screen back to Clock before returning to the Clock Face.

Demo of using Siri in watch os 2 to open default or 3rd party glances.

In this demo I demo activating glances on the Apple watch either from raising your wrist and using Hey Siri or from the digital crown.  I also point out a few issues with using Hey Siri from raise wrist to open glances.

Demo of muting Stand Reminders for the day with watch os 2 using VoiceOver

In this demo, I show you how to mute for a day, the Stand Reminder that pops up if you haven't moved for 50 minutes within an hour from the Stand Reminder dialog on the Apple watch and show you where to toggle it on or off for the day within the Watch app on the iPhone.

Demo of Apple watch os 2 Night Stand mode and Snoozing and Cancelling alarm.

In this demo I show how to setup the Apple watch Night Stand mode to allow the Apple watch to sit on its side to allow you to see the the dimmed screen which becomes brighter when an alarm is about to activate.  Also show you how to use the Digital Crown to Snooze an alarm and the Friends button to Cancel an alarm.

Demo of Time Travel in Watch os 2

In this demo, I give you a quick run through of using Time Travel in Watch os 2 using the Digital Crown to scroll forward or backward in time and checking the complications that work with Time Travel by default such as the Calendar and Weather complications on the Clock Face of the Apple watch.

Apple watch demo: upgrading from watch os 1.01 to os 2.0 using VoiceOver.

Demo of upgrading watch os 2.

iOS 9 demo of VoiceOver Practise if Hand Writing, Braille Screen Input or both are also selected on the VO rotor.

In this demo I show you the two new options in VoiceOver Practise accessed from the VoiceOver panel on iOS if you have hand Writing or Braille Screen Input selected on the VoiceOver rotor.

NB if you don't have these selected, VoiceOver Practise behaves as normal.

iOS 9 demo of the new Text Selection feature in VoiceOver

In this demo I show you how to use the new selection text feature in iOS 9 using the VoiceOver rotor option.

iOS 9 Siri "Hay Siri" training tutorial demo using VoiceOver.

In this demo, I take you through setting up the new Hay Siri training tutorial for better recognition of the Hay Siri responsiveness.

Demo of the 3 main new features in the KNFB Reader OCr app version 2.

In this demo, I discuss and demo the 3 main new features in version 2 of the KNFB Reader OCR app: free to trial with in-app purchase (up to 25 pictures), link to Dropbox including backup and restore to Dropbox, and a new profile mode called Document Stand which allows the use of the KNFB Reader app with a document stand to allow the rapid processing of pages via batch processing.  In this demo, I use my ScanBox document stand.

Demo of the Belkin WeMo Smart Switch and Belkin Link LED Starter Kit for controlling appliances and lights.

In this demo, I give you a summary and demo of the plugin Belkin WeMo smart switch's that you plug in to any power point, connect them to your Wi-Fi network, and control appliances such as fans, lamps, radios etc by plugging a device in to the switch and controlling it via the WeMo app that you can run either on your iPhone, Android device etc.  In addition, I talk about the Belkin Link box which controls smart bulbs (either beignet or screw) which you install in to existing light sockets.  The Link box is also controlled Via the WeMo app on your home Wi-Fi network.  Both of these systems can be controlled remotely as well.

Note -  with the Quick Switch app for both the iPhone and Apple watch, these apps will only function if you are on the same network as your WeMo devices, they will not work remotely.

Vision Australia Webinar: Dreaming of Streaming: a panel discussion of accessing online video streaming content in Australia

This is an audio recording of a Webinar produced by Vision Australia on the 29th of July 2015 at 7:30PM EST, Titled, Dreaming of Streaming, a panel discussion of online video streaming with questions submitted via email and SMS via the webinar participants concerning the accessibility and support of audio described content in Australia.  Send feedback to:

webinar@visionaustralia.org

Description and demo of the new Macbook 2015

In this demo I give you a physical description of the new Macbook which was released earlier this year (2015) and offer some comments, particularly on the keyboard.

Demo of the 6 Apple watch bands

In this demo, I take you through a demo of each of the Apple bands including the Link bracelet, , Milanese Loop, Leather Loop (42mm only), Classic Buckle, Sports Band, and Modern Buckle (38mm only).  Prices for each of the bands are in Australian dollars and at the time of the recording, the Modern Buckle was only available in the small size in Australia.

Apple watch feature demo: Using the Now Playing glance to control BlindSquare GPS app automated menus on the iPhone.

In this demo, I show you how to use the Now Playing Glance to control the BlindSquare GPs app running on your iPhone.  Simply press the Play/Pause button in the Now Playing glance to start the automated menus, and press again to make your selection.  I also discovered if you press the Previous button in the Now Playing glance, this will give your current location without going through the automated menus.  If you have being using the Now Playing glance and your watch locks, pressing the digital crown will return you to this glance: if not two finger flick up from the clock face screen will return to the current glance, if its not the Now Playing glance, just two finger flick left or right to locate the Now Playing glance and off you go.  In the demo, I put BlindSquare GPs to sleep via the automated menus, to wake it up again, just press the Play/Pause button in the Now Playing glance to take BlindSquare GPs out of sleep mode, and your fine to use the automated menus again.  The Music app on the Apple watch will not control BlindSquare GPS, it is only Now Playing glance that actually works its magic.

VoiceOver speak on Wrist Raise toggle on the Apple watch

In this demo, I show you how to toggle VoiceOver Speak on Wrist Raise within the iOS Apple watch app on the iPhone.  This was probably one of the first things I did with VoiceOver on the watch after the first 24 hours.

Using the World Clock on the Apple watch

Having a play with the World Clock on the Apple watch, and adding a location using the Clock app on the iPhone within the World clock tab.

Using the Weather app on the Apple watch

In this demo, I have a bit of a play around with the Weather app on the Apple watch with VoiceOver switching between between locations which I'd previously setup on my iPhone and changing view from temperature, weather conditions to chance of rain.

An introduction to using Siri on the Apple watch

In this demo, I give you a bit of a taste of what it is like to use Siri on the Apple watch either using "Hay Siri" or holding in the Digital Crown, waiting for the vibration, speaking command, receiving a conformation vibration, and then listening to the response back from Siri via VoiceOver.  In this demo I demo asking for a country time, making a phone call, sending a voice message, using the Timer, open the Settings folder and an application, and asking Siri to tell me a joke.

The Apple watch Timer app with VoiceOver

In this demo, I show you how to use the Timer app which you can get to via the Home app screen by pressing the Digital crown once from the Clock Face screen or asking Siri to open Timer.  Great app which gets used everyday as I'm the main cook for our family: certainly beats getting my iPhone grubby in the kitchen.

Demo of sending a message on the Apple watch

In this demo I show how easy it is to send a message on your Apple watch using voice dictation.

Demo of using the Remote app on the Apple watch using VoiceOver with my Apple tv

In this demo I take you through using the Remote app on my Apple watch with the Apple tv.  Once you've paired the Remote app with the Apple tv, its a simple matter of either using the gesture area to flick up, down, left or right or using the Menu button to go back and the Play button to start/stop play.  Also tried out entering my parental pin with Netflix which worked out fine.

Using the Phone app on the Apple watch with VoiceOver

In this demo I go through the Phone app on the Apple watch which allows you to check/dial your favourites and recent calls, and access your contacts.  Voice mail is also available within the Phone app as a function, but it just says to use your iPhone to check for voice mails.  Don't know about sighted folks, but would be nice to have a keypad to use to dial numbers manually, but Siri does this anyway.

Playing music on the Apple watch and changing source from watch to iPhone

In this demo, I show you how to play sync'd music from your iPhone on the  Apple watch, and changing source play between the watch and the phone.  Remember when playing music on the Apple watch, you'll need to use Bluetooth speakers or head phones: although you can access your Airplay speakers in the house via your iPhone as I show in the demo.  As with the iPhone, when your playing music on the Apple watch, you'll get VoiceOver coming over the BT device as well.

How to come out of power reserve mode on the Apple watch without being able to use VoiceOver

In this demo, I show you how to enter power reserve mode on the Apple watch (from Side/Friends button held in for 2 seconds) or from the Settings glance.  As power reserve only displays the time, no other functions are running on the Apple watch: including VoiceOver.  So with the assistance of the light detector app running on my iPhone 6 plus, I show you what  happens when you press the side/friends button in. The light detecter emits a higher pitch as the time appears on the top right hand side of the screen and then goes away after a second or two. If you hold the side/friends button in for 4 seconds, again with the assistance of the light detector,the  Apple logo lights up in the middle of the screen, stays on, and the Apple watch is restarting back to the clock face, full functionality, and of course VoiceOver.

Changing bands on the Apple watch

In this demo, I change the band on my partners Apple sports.  I think You'll be surprised how easy it actually is in practice.  Simply push in the button that is flush on the back of the case wright next to where the band  slots in (depressing the button with my finger nail), slide the band out whilst button held in, slide in new  band, and off you go.  Of course if your replacing both  bands, do the same on the other side as well (smile) not just changing sizes as with the Flouroelastimer bands.

Using Maps on the Apple watch with VoiceOver with an outdoor walk.

In this demo, I take you on a walk with Maps on the Apple watch using audio/haptic feedback for turn navigation.

Reading and replying to Mail using the Apple watch

In this demo, I take you through the process of reading mail within the Mail app on the Apple watch, and replying to a mail message.

Navigating the Calendar app on the Apple watch

In this demo, I show you how to navigate the Calendar, switch between 7 and today views, and show you how to create a new appointment rather than the iPhone.

Creating, deleting and editing alarms on the Apple watch

In this demo, I take you through the process of creating an alarm, where to edit an existing alarm or delete an alarm using VoiceOver on the Apple watch.

Setting up and accessing the Activity app on the Apple watch

In this demo, I take you through setting up the Activity app via the iOS Apple watch app on the iPhone (in Health and Activity app settings screen), and then show you how to navigate the Activity app on the Apple watch itself.