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Fast and Accurate Scanning with Voice Dream Scanner for iOS

In this podcast, Thomas Domville introduces us to Voice Dream Scanner, a recently released OCR app for iOS from the developer of the popular Voice Dream Reader app.

From the App Store:

Scan paper documents with the camera and recognize text. Listen using built-in text-to-speech. Save and export. Unlimited use: no subscriptions or additional charges.

State-of-the-art A.I. for OCR and text recognition: Fast and accurate, even in poor lighting conditions. Works entirely on device: No need for internet and your data stays private.

Export scans as plain text or PDF with embedded text to another app, or save them on your local device, iCloud, Dropbox, or Google Drive.

Works with Voice Dream Reader, our full-featured text-to-speech reader. After downloading this app, you will be able access the scanner directly from Reader and add scanned documents to your Reader library.



  • iOS & iPadOS Apps
  • Review

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Whaaaat? Using Made for iPhone hearing aids from a VoiceOver users perspe.... whaaaaat?

In this podcast, Scott Davert shows us the features available with MFi supported hearing aids or Cochlear Implant processors from the perspective of a VoiceOver user. MFi compatible hearing aids come from many manufacturers and there are numerous models supported. You can see Apple's official support page which gives a fairly accurate account of which hearing aids have MFi support. However, this article has not been updated since October 2018, so anything newer than that will not be listed on this page.

For more general information about hearing aids from a blindness perspective, you can listen to this Accessibility Moving Forward podcast featuring some familiar voices to AppleVis.

Finally, there is a mailing list for blind hearing aid users that you can join by sending a blank email to blindhearingaidusers+subscribe@groups.io.




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Protect and Shield your device with the AdGuard Pro for iOS

In this podcast, Thomas Domville introduces us to AdGuard Pro for iOS. AdGuard Pro is More than just ad blocking in Safari! It’s the most effective adblock browser plugin with data tracking prevention. With AdGuard Pro you can select different DNS service providers, which opens new possibilities: faster and more reliable internet access both for Wi-Fi and cellular connections, parental control, protection from phishing and malware and shielding your DNS traffic against interception and snooping. Add to this the Privacy module that detects trackers in real time and lets you decide which to block and which to let through. And all this on top of the excellent ad blocking in Safari, which has already proven to be of an unrivaled quality by the free AdGuard for iOS version.

‎AdGuard Pro — adblock on the App Store
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adguard-pro-adblock/id1126386264?mt=8




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Take Command in Using Your Voice: OCR Document Reader for iOS

In this podcast, Thomas Domville revisit the Voice: OCR Document Reader for iOS. Take a picture of anything that has words on it, and Voice will read it to you! Updated with top notch technology, Voice will let you listen to all your books/words/documents/magazines in a matter of seconds.

‎Voice: OCR Document Reader on the App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voice-take-picture-have-it/id903772588?ign...




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What's New in iOS 13: Part 1, Changes for VoiceOver Users

In the first of two podcast exploring some of what's new in iOS 13, Thomas Domville showcases some of what's new and changed for VoiceOver users. This includes:

  • Customizing VoiceOver's haptic feedback
  • More responsive VoiceOver when exploring by touch
  • Using Voice Control with VoiceOver
  • Customizing VoiceOver gestures
  • Customizing VoiceOver keyboard shortcuts
  • VoiceOver Activities; set custom VoiceOver configurations for specific tasks
  • New VoiceOver rotor item: Context Menu
  • QuickPath; slide to type
  • Scrollbars for faster navigation
  • Spoken and haptic guidance when taking photos
  • Enhanced Siri US female voice




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How to Customize VoiceOver Gestures on iOS

In this podcast, Thomas Domville discusses and explores how in iOS 13 users have the capability to customize VoiceOver gestures.




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How to Customize VoiceOver Haptic Feedback on iOS

In this podcast, Thomas Domville discusses and explores how in iOS 13 users have the capability to customize the haptic feedback given when performing VoiceOver gestures.




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How to Create and Use VoiceOver Activity Profiles on iOS

In this podcast, Thomas Domville discusses and explores how in iOS 13 users have the capability to create custom VoiceOver configurations for different tasks. For example, having a Different VoiceOver voice, speaking rate, and verbosity level for when using a specific app.




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How to use the iOS QuickPath Swipe Keyboard with VoiceOver

In this podcast, Thomas Domville shows us how to use QuickPath, a native swipe keyboard new in iOS 13 that allows you to type by sliding your finger across the onscreen keyboard.




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How to use Voice Control on iOS: The Basics

In this podcast, Thomas Domville introduces us to Voice Control, a brand-new accessibility feature in iOS 13 that lets you control every single aspect of your iOS device using only your voice.




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How to Send Robocalls, Spammers, and Unknown Callers Directly to Voicemail on iOS

In this podcast, Thomas Domville introduces us to “silence unknown callers”, a new feature in iOS 13 that helps you block unwanted calls without having to block callers one by one.

With this feature enabled, unknown callers will automatically be sent to voicemail, meaning that robocalls, spam calls, and other unwanted distractions will no longer be able to bother you.




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How to use Apple Podcast with your Alexa Devices

Did you know that you can use Apple Podcast on your Alexa devices ? In this podcast Thomas Domville show us how to use Apple Podcast with your Alexa devices .




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How to Make Your Device Listen for “Hey Siri” When It's Laid Face Down or the Face Is Covered

Would you like to have Siri respond to you when your device is covered or face down? Then you are in luck as Thomas Domville shows us how to make Hey Siri listen with the Facedown Detection or covered in iOS.




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AppleVis Extra #71: In-Depth Interview with Maurice Parker of NetNewsWire

In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, Thomas Domville interview Maurice Parker one of the developers of NetNewsWire.

‎NetNewsWire: RSS Reader on the App Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/netnewswire-rss-reader/id1480640210

Get Wired In the News with NetNewsWire: RSS Reader for iOS
https://www.applevis.com/podcast/get-wired-news-netnewswire-rss-reader-ios




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Friday Feature - N.C. Cooperative Extension Services Educate and Serve

From the North Carolina Extension Service, Rutherford County Chapter, Director Jeff Bradley and Horticulture Agent Hannah Bundy took part in the Friday Feature from March 13, 2020. For those unaware, this conversation enables listeners to find out what an extension service does on a weekly basis for agriculture to horticulture, etc. Hear about livestock workshops and future events as well. Posted by Host and Producer of The Friday Feature Interview of the Week- Paul Foster, WNCW Senior Producer, News Director, and Morning Edition Regional Host




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Connecticut Chief Manufacturing Officer On Restoring State Industry

Connecticut’s first-ever chief manufacturing officer wants to return state industry to national prominence.




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Chief Medical Officer's Handling Of Coronavirus Inspires Alaskans To #ThinkLikeZink

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to pick up in Alaska, Dr. Anne Zink, the state's chief medical officer, faced a difficult choice. Should she continue in-person meetings and nightly briefings with Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy? Or should she opt for a more socially distant form of engagement? Zink chose the latter, saying she wanted to model the behavior that she has been appealing to residents to follow. She now appears at Dunleavy's briefings by video. And over the past two months, she has become a trusted voice as she urges Alaskans to follow the strict social distancing and other public health guidelines adopted by the state administration — which doctors groups have credited with keeping the state's COVID-19 numbers among the lowest in the country. Zink, who has a Facebook fan club and a #ThinkLikeZink hashtag , isn't the only public health official to acquire a cultlike following during the pandemic: Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal infectious disease expert, has inspired a Saturday




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Jazz Night In America: Radical Imagination: Jazz And Social Justice

"Our best musicians in the jazz tradition were radical imaginers," Samora Pinderhughes says. A pianist and composer in his mid-20s, he has asserted his connection to that lineage with The Transformations Suite , an earnest and ambitious new work combining music, words and visuals. The piece, which took five years to chisel into shape, was inspired by African-American resistance and protest movements, as well as the oppression that many still endure. Pinderhughes now lives in Harlem, but he grew up in the Bay Area, in a family of academics and social activists. Shortly after releasing The Transformations Suite last fall, he brought the project to the Way Christian Center in Berkeley for a performance that was several things at once: a homecoming, an album-release concert, a rousing community gathering. Along with a group of smart young jazz musicians, the ensemble features spoken-word poetry by the accomplished actor Jeremie Harris and passages of soulful singing by Jehbreal Jackson.




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Statin Users Twice As Likely To Develop Diabetes, SCSU Study Finds

A Southern Connecticut State University study explores the link between cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins and Type 2 Diabetes.




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3-2-1...Liftoff! Lab Mice Head For Space On A Monthlong Science Mission

A group of genetically engineered super-strong mice from Connecticut are headed to space. Their mission? Study a new therapy to prevent muscle loss.




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Conn. GOP Proposes Privatizing DMV Services

The Republican minority in the Connecticut General Assembly has detailed its legislative agenda for the year. It includes proposals aimed at privatizing some government functions including at the Department of Motor Vehicles.




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Chief Medical Officer's Handling Of Coronavirus Inspires Alaskans To #ThinkLikeZink

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to pick up in Alaska, Dr. Anne Zink, the state's chief medical officer, faced a difficult choice. Should she continue in-person meetings and nightly briefings with Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy? Or should she opt for a more socially distant form of engagement? Zink chose the latter, saying she wanted to model the behavior that she has been appealing to residents to follow. She now appears at Dunleavy's briefings by video. And over the past two months, she has become a trusted voice as she urges Alaskans to follow the strict social distancing and other public health guidelines adopted by the state administration — which doctors groups have credited with keeping the state's COVID-19 numbers among the lowest in the country. Zink, who has a Facebook fan club and a #ThinkLikeZink hashtag , isn't the only public health official to acquire a cultlike following during the pandemic: Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal infectious disease expert, has inspired a Saturday




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Director Alice Wu On Her New Film 'The Half Of It'

Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.




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Ann Arbor Police Oversight Continues

The Ann Arbor Independent Community Police Oversight Commission continues to operate during the COVID-19 crisis. Their focus has changed a bit during the pandemic.




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W.Va. Plan Would Allow Some Service Members To Vote Via Smartphone

Copyright 2018 West Virginia Public Broadcasting. To see more, visit West Virginia Public Broadcasting . SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When it comes to making voting more secure, cybersecurity experts say the U.S. should move away from electronic voting machines back towards paper ballots. West Virginia's headed in the other direction. That state is experimenting with allowing service members deployed overseas to vote using an app on their smartphone. But as West Virginia Public Broadcasting's Dave Mistich reports, there are some big security concerns about that app. DAVE MISTICH, BYLINE: Here's the challenge for West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner - federal law says military and overseas voters have the right to cast an absentee ballot. But... MAC WARNER: The real issue here is the difficulty it takes to get that absentee ballot to a deployed soldier on a hillside in Afghanistan or to a sailor under a polar ice cap. The U.S. mail simply doesn't reach those places. And so they do have




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"The High Note" - cast: Tracee Ellis Ross, Dakota Johnson, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Zoe Chao, Ice Cube, June Diane Raphael, Bill Pullman, Eddie Izzard, Diplo

Release date : May 29, 2020
Synopsis : Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis (Tracee Ellis Ross), a ...




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Shawn Mendes, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande Among Winners at Virtual Kids' Choice Awards

The complete winners for the 2020 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards have been announced at an online event which is hosted by 'Victorious' actress Victoria Justice.




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New Atrial Fibrillation Device Shows Promise

Cardiologists in Columbus are the first in the nation to test new technology for patients suffering from atrial fibrillation. Doctors say it's a safer and more effective alternative.




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Kelly Rowland and Boy George to Be Temporarily Replaced as Judges on 'The Voice Australia'

Because of the travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the former Destiny's Child member and the 'Everything I Own' singer will be moved into the role of mentors.




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Lili Reinhart and 'Riverdale' Co-Stars to Voice Mean Girls on 'The Simpsons'

Reinhart is joined by 'Riverdale' castmates Camila Mendes and Madelaine Petsch to lend their voice to 'snooty rich girls' in an upcoming episode of the animated comedy series.




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Matt Bomer Voices Optimism Over 'White Collar' Revival During Digital Reunion

The actor playing Neal Caffrey in the crime drama series has reconnected with castmates, including Tim DeKay, Hilarie Burton, Willie Garson and Tiffani Thiessen, and creator Jeff Eastin, in a livestream.




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Are icebergs still deadly?

As the world marks the centenary of the Titanic tragedy this weekend, SALLY CHURCHWARD asks whether icebergs like that which fatally cut short the liner’s maiden voyage are a threat to modern shipping




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Simon Pegg Makes Use of Fake Cigarettes to Acquire Voice Transformation in 'Inheritance'

While director Vaughn Stein praises his dedication in creating a creepy character for the thriller, the 'Star Trek' actor reveals that the coronavirus lockdown has helped him gained the weight he lost.




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P. Diddy, Justin Timberlake, Michael B. Jordan Rallying for Justice for Ahmaud Arbery's Murder

The public outcry for the killing of black jogger in Georgia includes a number celebrities like Viola Davis, Taraji P. Henson, Gabrielle Union, and Olivia Wilde.




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Video: Police Laugh at Indianapolis Rapper Shot and Killed During Car Chase

The local artist known as Sean Da Don was shot to death by cops after he jumped out of his car and ran away, while the entire incident was live-streamed to his fans via Facebook Live.




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Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian and Ellen DeGeneres Add Voice to Call for Justice for Ahmaud Arbery

Gregory and Travis McMichael, who were involved in the fatal shooting of the 25-year-old outside Brunswick, Georgia in February, have finally been arrested and charged with murder.




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Simon Pegg Makes Use of Fake Cigarettes to Acquire Voice Transformation in 'Inheritance'

While director Vaughn Stein praises his dedication in creating a creepy character for the thriller, the 'Star Trek' actor reveals that the coronavirus lockdown has helped him gained the weight he lost.




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Matt Bomer Voices Optimism Over 'White Collar' Revival During Digital Reunion

The actor playing Neal Caffrey in the crime drama series has reconnected with castmates, including Tim DeKay, Hilarie Burton, Willie Garson and Tiffani Thiessen, and creator Jeff Eastin, in a livestream.




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Creepy clown sightings not a funny prank for police

There is one report of a creepy clown sighting in Mid-Michigan. Since the report, police have closed the case.




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Thousands attend visitation service for Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe

Hockey legend Gordie Howe's visitation service was held at JLA in Detroit. Thousands paid their respects.




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NYPD Officer And Fiancée Charged In 8-Year-Old Son's Death

The father of an 8-year-old Suffolk County boy who died last week has been charged with second-degree murder. His fiancée has also been charged. County Child Protective Services knew the boy suffered neglect in 2018.




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Police Must Release 911 Tape From Gilgo Beach Victim, Judges Rule

A panel of appeals court judges has ordered Suffolk County Police to release the 911 call that led authorities to discover 11 bodies near Gilgo Beach a decade ago.





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West Midlands Police football unit signs up for Great Birmingham Run

West Midlands Police football unit signs up for Great Birmingham Run.




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Police patrols increased as security state rises

Greater visible presence of officers on the streets to reassure the public.




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Police clampdown on gang crime continues

Six guns seized and five arrested in space of 24 hours.





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Police complaints ruling on Birmingham death

Police response followed policy before missing man found murdered.




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Safety advice at Birmingham rail station

Security roadshow heads to Snow Hill.




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Boost for Good Hope patients with recovery at home service launch

Good Hope Hospital - in partnership with Healthcare at Home Ltd - is launching its first recovery at home (R@H) service this week