Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team
We are pleased to announce that voting for the 2022 inductees into the
AppleVis iOS App Hall of Fame is now open.
Now in its eleventh year, our Hall of Fame is one of the ways in which the
AppleVis community seeks to recognize developers of accessible iOS
applications.
Apps in the Hall of Fame can be liberating; empowering; life-changing;
provide access to information that sighted users take for granted; or, in
some cases, they can just be good fun.
To be eligible for induction into the AppleVis iOS App Hall of Fame, an app
must:
. Be fully accessible to blind and low vision users;
. Be from a developer with a demonstrated and long-term commitment to full
accessibility of their app(s);
. Demonstrate excellence in design, functionality and operation;
. Have been available in the App Store for a significant period of time; and
. Be under active development.
In short, ourHall of Fame represents the best of the best in accessible iOS
applications, as decided by the AppleVis community. Existing inductees
include:
A Blind Legend,
BARD Mobile,
BlindSquare,
MBraille,
Overcast,
Seeing AI,
TapTapSee,
Timecrest,
Twitterrific: Tweet Your Way,
Voice Dream Reader,
Weather Gods.
The full list of inductees can be found on:
https://www.applevis.com/hall-of-fame ;
Nominees
Below are the nominees for the 2022 induction into the AppleVis iOS App Hall
of Fame. The two nominees with the highest number of votes will be inducted.
Backpack Studio
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Backpack is the successor to bossjock studio, from the original developer,
and based upon years of refinement and user feedback. A must-have app for
podcasters and radio DJs - both beginner and pro.
With backpack studio, Your show is automatically mixed and mastered while
it's being recorded. Focus your time and energy on being creative, instead
of doing post-production work and editing on a PC.
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Blackbox - brain puzzles
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So you think you understand this thing you're holding? Think again. Stop
tapping. Stop swiping. In fact, stop touching the screen at all. To crack
Blackbox's puzzles you'll need to find solitude and stillness, climb
mountains, call on friends, get in tune with the cosmos, and think outside
the box.
Minimalistic visual clues make for incredibly satisfying "Aha!" moments,
while sonic interfaces provide an extra level of guidance and nuance that
makes Blackbox accessible with or without vision. Thoughtful haptic
feedback, Easter eggs on Easter eggs, and solutions that can't be found
beneath the glass of your screen redefine what a puzzle can be. You'll never
see your device the same way again.
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Blind Drive
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Blind Drive is an audio-based, black comedy arcade action game.
You're blindfolded and going against traffic. Cars rushing past, angry
drivers yelling at you. Cops on your tail. And you can't see a thing. Can
you do it?
The entire game is experienced through your ears. Play as Donnie, trying to
make a quick buck in a scientific study but quickly finding himself in over
his head, cuffed to the wheel and driving blindfolded. Plus he's late for
dinner with Grandma.
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Castro Podcast Player
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Castro is a beautiful, full-featured podcast player that makes it easy to
track and manage lots of podcasts at the same time. Only listen to the
episodes you want and easily skip the rest, queue up hours of podcasts at a
time and enjoy a seamless listening experience with carplay compatibility,
chapter support, trim silence and much, much more!
How it works:
1. New episodes land in the New tab. Read their descriptions, add episodes
you like to your QUEUE, and clear the rest.
2. Press play to listen to episodes from your QUEUE in order. Queued
episodes are downloaded automatically.
3. Re-order your QUEUE to plan your next few hours of listening at any time.
Browse your LIBRARY to review the back catalogue, quickly access starred
shows, and see your listening history.
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Dolphin EasyReader
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EasyReader is a FREE accessible reading app for readers with dyslexia, low
vision or blindness. Browse & download from the World's largest collection
of talking book and newspaper libraries. Or copy text from anywhere on your
phone & hear EasyReader read it back to you. Experience perfectly
synchronized text & audio. Or for text only titles, EasyReader can add a
human sounding voice of your choice. Boost comfort or contrast - choose
colours, text size and highlights to suit your visual needs.
Make your books' text as big as your eyes require. Unlike other mainstream
reading apps, there's no restriction with EasyReader. Zoom in with a
standard 2 finger pinch or make fine adjustments with the simple sliders.
There's never any blurry text or fuzzy fonts - your books' words are always
crystal clear and always easy on the eye.
Navigate your books or newspapers by skipping directly to specific pages or
headings. Search your book for words or phrases. Add text bookmarks or
record your own audio bookmarks and return to them with ease.
EasyReader is fully optimized for use with iOS VoiceOver and iOS supported
Braille displays.
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GoodMaps Outdoors
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GoodMaps Outdoors is a fully accessible turn-by-turn GPS app for iPhone. It
has all the outdoor navigation features you expect plus unique offerings you
cannot get anywhere else, including extra verbosity for blind users.
. Four main tabs are easy to access at the bottom of the screen: Routes,
Location (Default), POIs and Settings.
. A unique GoodMaps Outdoors feature: Record a route using breadcrumbs,
called Waypoints. No other accessible app has this. You can add these
waypoints with the add button or you can shake the phone to create a
Waypoint. It also automatically records a point after you have gone a
certain distance. These Waypoint routes can be saved for future use.
. The Lookaround Wand in the top right tells you what is around.
. The More Info button gives the altitude and speed.
. Create your own POIs and share your POIs with others or keep them private
with a shortcut on the Location page or from the POIs page.
. POI categories are announced with search results and make finding your
destination easier.
. Audio tones and vibrations give feedback throughout the app, letting you
know about upcoming turns, critical intersection information, and when
search is loading.
. A robust route menu includes multiple methods of choosing a destination,
from starting with a POI, an address from your contact list, your route
history, and many more!
. Settings include many customization options like: vibrations, vision
contrast, color settings, and distance units.
. There are announcement options like right, left, clockface or both.
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Sonar Islands
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Sonar Islands is a MULTIPLAYER ONLINE game, where all relevant events happen
in your ears.
On various islands you explore and discover, seek hidden TREASURES and
conquer OBSTACLES. Every new island has a special atmosphere and a different
gameplay.
Do your best to fortify your islands and be clever enough to take the gold
from your opponents.
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Space Wave Race
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Only the true heroes of space can become champions of Space Wave Race: the
intergalactic championship that will take you to challenge the best pilots
in the galaxy!
Fly through a myriad solar systems, space ruins, unknown engineering
structures, asteroids and incandescent stars to win the battle. Be the first
in this intrepid running race fighting your enemies. Prove what galactic
material you are made of!
Space Wave Race has been developed to be fully accessible, including modes
for players with reduced mobility, visual and/or hearing impairment and
dyslexia.
Expressly created to enjoy the experience without losing a single detail in
all conditions.
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Swordy Quest: An RPG Adventure
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Imagine waking up with no name, food or supplies. Where are you? Lake to the
East, Mountains to the South. It doesn't matter now. YOU NEED TO SURVIVE.
Set in a Fantasy and Living World, your goal is clear: Save humanity. Find
water and food while fending off the habitants of the world. Gather, craft,
hunt & cast magic for rewards and progression. Can you unlock the secrets of
Swordy Quest?
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Voice Dream Writer
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Voice Dream Writer helps everyone write better: Text-to-speech proofreading
reduces mistakes, phonetic and meaning search help you use the right words,
and an active outline helps you organize and improve the structure of your
writing.
Text-To-Speech Proofreading. Professional proofreaders recommend reading out
loud as the best way to catch mistakes. Like a personal proofreader, Voice
Dream Writer reads your writing using text-to-speech, so you can easily spot
awkward sentences, grammatical errors and typos. Also, it can read words and
sentences as you type or voice dictate. This way, you can type faster
because you no longer have to look up to check the text you just wrote.
Word Finder. Voice Dream Writer helps you find the right words using
phonetic search and meaning search. For example, search for "inuf"
phonetically, and you will find "enough", and search for "Fast Africa Cat"
by meaning and you will find "Cheetah." Word Finder also shows you the
dictionary definition of a word as you type without you having to select
anything or open another program.
Outline. As you write, Voice Dream Writer automatically creates an outline
of headings, paragraphs and sentences. The Outline helps you structure your
document better by giving you an always-on overview. You can also quickly
navigate to a section in a long document without endless scrolling. Finally,
you can drag and drop elements in the Outline to organize your writing. No
more selecting, cutting and pasting large blocks of text.
The app is not only fully accessible, it was designed with students and
adults with print disabilities in mind. There are special tools for
VoiceOver users to manage the cursor, select text, and find and correct
misspelled words by stepping through them. Voice-based Proofreading and
Phonetic Search are invaluable for people with dyslexia. Also included is
the research-proven Dyslexie font.
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Is your preferred app or game not shortlisted?
This year, we are offering the option to select "Other" when casting your
vote. When you do this, you will be presented with a text field in to which
you can enter the name of an app or game that is your personal choice for
induction. If doing so, we would ask that you please carefully consider
whether it satisfies the requirements set out above. Please also view the
list of existing inductees to ensure that your choice hasn't already been
inducted.
Contest Rules and How to Cast Your Vote
Voting for the 2022 AppleVis iOS App Hall of Fame induction is open to all
blind and low vision members of our community who are not employees of any
of the shortlisted developers. One vote per person.
To cast your vote, you will need to be logged in to the AppleVis website; if
you do not already have an account, you can create an account now then come
back to the page on the Website below to cast your vote. The voting form is
at the link below, but it will only be displayed to logged in users.
Voting will close at 23:59 PDT on May 27, 2022.
To cast your vote, please go to:
https://applevis.com/blog/vote-now-2022-inductees-applevis-ios-app-hall-fame
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