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From: The AppleVis Editorial Team
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2018 10:11 AM
To: Subscriber
Subject: [AppleVis Newsletter] Cast Your Vote Now for the AppleVis Golden 
Apple Awards of 2018

Hello from the Team at AppleVis.

We are pleased to announce that voting for the AppleVis Golden Apple Awards 
of 2018 is now open; read on to find out which apps and developers have been 
shortlisted and how to cast your vote.

First launched in 2012, the AppleVis Golden Apples is an opportunity for 
blind and low vision users of Apple products to recognize and acknowledge 
the hard work and dedication which developers have put into making and 
maintaining great and accessible applications over the last twelve months.

Past winners of a Golden Apple include Blackbox, Voice Dream Reader, Dice 
World, Timecrest, A Blind Legend, Audio Hijack The Iconfactory, and Kid 
Friendly Software.

The 2018 AppleVis Golden Apples consist of awards in the following 
categories:

  a.. Best App
  b.. Best Game
  c.. Best Assistive App
  d.. Developer of the Year
To be eligible for consideration for the Golden Apple Awards of 2018, an app 
must:

  a.. Be fully accessible to blind and low vision users;
  b.. Have been launched or significantly updated during 2018;
  c.. Be from a developer with a demonstrated commitment to full 
accessibility for all blind and low vision users; and
  d.. Be best-in-class in terms of design, functionality, and operation.
Candidates for Developer of the Year must:

  a.. Have an exemplary commitment to making their apps fully accessible to 
all blind and low vision users;
  b.. Be receptive and responsive to the needs of all blind and low vision 
users in a timely manner; and
  c.. Have delivered significant new features or updates to their app(s) 
during 2018, particularly updates which directly benefit blind and low 
vision users.
Below are the nominees for each award:

Best App
  a.. Chirp for Twitter
  b.. Fiery Feeds: RSS Reader
  c.. Google News
  d.. Shortcuts
  e.. Travelear: Listen to the World
  f.. Weather Gods
Best Game
  a.. FEER
  b.. Frequency Missing
  c.. Game World: Play With Friends
  d.. Idle Crafting Kingdom
  e.. Knight Commander
  f.. Land of Livia
  g.. Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind
Best Assistive App
  a.. Aira
  b.. BARD Mobile
  c.. Dolphin EasyReader
  d.. Envision AI
  e.. FlickType Keyboard
  f.. KNFB Reader
  g.. Microsoft Soundscape
  h.. Seeing AI
Developer of the Year
  a.. Aira Tech Corp (Aira)
  b.. AppA11y, Inc. (GameWorld)
  c.. Dolphin Computer Access Ltd (Dolphin EasyReader)
  d.. Hansjoerg Mikesch (FEER)
  e.. John Sturt (Knight Commander)
  f.. Kpaw, LLC (FlickType Keyboard)
  g.. Meyume Ltd (Weather Gods)
  h.. Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Soundscape and Seeing AI)
  i.. Will Bishop (Chirp for Twitter)
How to Cast Your Vote
You can cast your votes on the AppleVis website at 
https://www.applevis.com/blog/applevis-assistive-technology-gaming-ios-apps-news/cast-your-vote-now-applevis-golden-apple.

Just as AppleVis relies on blind and low vision users to provide 
accessibility reviews of apps in our app directories, we rely on the genuine 
votes of blind and low vision users to choose the Golden Apples. With this 
in mind, we ask that if you are employed by one of the shortlisted 
companies, or if you are not a blind or low vision user, that you please not 
vote in the AppleVis Golden Apple Awards. Winning an AppleVis Golden Apple 
is a tremendous honor, and we appreciate everyone's cooperation to ensure 
that the voting is both fare and representative of the wishes of blind and 
low vision users.

Voting will close at 23:59 PDT on December 14, 2018.

We would like to take the opportunity to wish you all the best for the 
coming Holiday Season and a Happy New Year! Thank you for your continued 
support this year and we look forward to what 2019 will bring for us all!

The AppleVis Editorial Team
www.applevis.com

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