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Welcome to AppleVis

A community-powered website for blind and low-vision users of Apple's range of Mac computers, the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

AppleVis is a rich resource that strives to empower the community by offering multiple pathways to access and share relevant and useful information. As a community, we seek to encourage and support people in exploring the many ways in which these mainstream products and related applications can offer opportunities to the vision-impaired for personal enrichment, independence and empowerment.

AppleVis also offers resources and mechanisms for raising awareness of the accessibility of Apple products and related applications, and for promoting further advancement in accessibility.

Campaign of the Month

Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming services available. Unfortunately, if you are blind, the only available option for using Spotify that comes close to being accessible is their iOS app. However, this is also the option that requires a Premium subscription to their service. So, in our current campaign, we are urging Spotify to give blind and low vision users fair and equal access to the service on all supported platforms.

Visit the Campaign of the Month section of this site to read more about this campaign and to see just how easy it is to add your support.

The most recent additions and updates to the AppleVis site:

Announcing Our New Campaign: Spotify, Please Stop Blind Users from Needing to Pay a Premium to use your Service

Posted in AppleVis Blog by AppleVis
5 Comments - Last update or comment 7 hours 19 min ago.

A recipe for iOS 7: revolution with an access flavor

Posted in AppleVis Blog by Amir
10 Comments - Last update or comment 3 min 58 sec ago.

KoalaSAN

Posted in iOS App Directory by Roosterloop Drew
Usability Rating: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
0 Comments - Last update or comment 1 hour 25 min ago.

Megabytes - Cellular (3G/4G/LTE/GPRS/EDGE) data usage on your Home Screen / Lock screen / Notification Center & widget

Posted in iOS App Directory by Matt
Usability Rating: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
0 Comments - Last update or comment 1 hour 33 min ago.

Searching for an RSS Reder that uses iCloud

Posted in AppleVis Forum by Matt
0 Comments - Last update or comment 2 hours 2 min ago.

Shazam

Posted in iOS App Directory by Unregistered User
Usability Rating: There are some minor accessibility issues with this app, but they are easy to deal with.
7 Comments - Last update or comment 5 hours 3 min ago.

Breaking News

Posted in iOS App Directory by AnonyMouse
Usability Rating: There are some accessibility issues with this app, but it can still be used if you are willing to tolerate these issues and learn how to work around them.
1 Comments - Last update or comment 5 hours 32 min ago.

Bluetooth keyboards???

Posted in AppleVis Forum by vallim
2 Comments - Last update or comment 6 hours 11 min ago.

TuneIn Radio Pro

Posted in iOS App Directory by AnonyMouse
Usability Rating: There are some minor accessibility issues with this app, but they are easy to deal with.
58 Comments - Last update or comment 6 hours 19 min ago.

gMusic: A native Google Music player

Posted in iOS App Directory by AnonyMouse
Usability Rating: There are some accessibility issues with this app, but it can still be used if you are willing to tolerate these issues and learn how to work around them.
2 Comments - Last update or comment 6 hours 34 min ago.

Voice Dream Reader: the best reading app ever developed for a mobile platform

Posted in AppleVis Blog by Amir
15 Comments - Last update or comment 7 hours 43 min ago.

Once and for all, what's the best navigation app?

Posted in AppleVis Forum by Cliff
9 Comments - Last update or comment 8 hours 13 min ago.

Cards

Posted in iOS App Directory by Mario Lang
Usability Rating: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
3 Comments - Last update or comment 8 hours 45 min ago.

What are some compelling reasons to jailbreak?

Posted in AppleVis Forum by Unregistered User
17 Comments - Last update or comment 9 hours 4 min ago.

Guitar! by Smule

Posted in iOS App Directory by Peter Mahach
Usability Rating: There are some accessibility issues with this app, but it can still be used if you are willing to tolerate these issues and learn how to work around them.
0 Comments - Last update or comment 9 hours 24 min ago.

The Hot List

These posts have got people interested and talking over the past few days:

  • What are some compelling reasons to jailbreak? (AppleVis Forum) was flagged as hot 13 hours 36 min ago.
  • Voice Dream Reader: the best reading app ever developed for a mobile platform (AppleVis Blog) was flagged as hot 13 hours 53 min ago.
  • Announcing Our New Campaign: Spotify, Please Stop Blind Users from Needing to Pay a Premium to use your Service (AppleVis Blog) was flagged as hot 13 hours 54 min ago.
  • A recipe for iOS 7: revolution with an access flavor (AppleVis Blog) was flagged as hot 13 hours 54 min ago.
  • The optimal RSS reader: life in the post-Google Reader era (AppleVis Blog) was flagged as hot 3 days 19 hours ago.
  • Android Accessibility Vs iPhone (transition discussion) (AppleVis Forum) was flagged as hot 4 days 49 min ago.
  • Once and for all, what's the best navigation app? (AppleVis Forum) was flagged as hot 4 days 17 hours ago.
  • VoiceBook VO Authorization Errors (AppleVis Forum) was flagged as hot 4 days 20 hours ago.
View more hot posts

Latest App Recommendations

AppleVis users have recently recommended the following apps:

  • KoalaSAN (iOS App Directory) was recommended 1 hour 25 min ago.
  • Megabytes - Cellular (3G/4G/LTE/GPRS/EDGE) data usage on your Home Screen / Lock screen / Notification Center & widget (iOS App Directory) was recommended 1 hour 33 min ago.
  • Peterson Birds Pocket Edition - A Field Guide to Birds of North America (iOS App Directory) was recommended 14 hours 4 min ago.
  • Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal (iOS App Directory) was recommended 15 hours 10 min ago.
  • Zombies, Run! (iOS App Directory) was recommended 15 hours 22 min ago.

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