[SC-CSTD] FW: [iDevices] iDevices with Voiceover - Digest #5

Thu Feb 8 14:28:19 UTC 2024

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 1. FW: Voice of the Ancients, a mobile game made for blind and visually impaired people  2. Re: looking for a good weather app for my iPhone  3. iPhone status bar question

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1a. FW: Voice of the Ancients, a mobile game made for blind and visually impaired people
   From: Denny Huff <denny at gatewayfortheblind.com>
   Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:53:18 PST

I am posting this for informational purposes only.  Please direct any questions or comments to the developer of the app.

Denny Huff
Gateway FT Blind LLC.

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From: Peter Sallai <peter.sallai at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 3:28 PM
To: denny at gatewayfortheblind.com
Subject: Voice of the Ancients, a mobile game made for blind and visually impaired people

Dear Denny,

My name is Peter Sallai, and I am a mobile game developer. I specialize in creating games for blind and visually impaired individuals.

I would like to introduce my unique voice-based iPhone game, Voice of the Ancients (VOTA). I believe this game could be a fun and engaging challenge for members of your blind community.

Voice of the Ancients is an adventure game. You are in your fourth year in the French Foreign Legion in the Sahara when a dying teammate gives you his father's diary. The diary contains clues to a long-lost temple full of treasures. After you set out on the temple's trail, you realize that a secret organization, the "Society of the Ancients," is also searching for the temple. So, in addition to solving the diary's mystery, you must escape from the Society.

VOTA is optimized for and tested with the help of the blind community. The game is controlled entirely by voice. So, playing the game is like a conversation with your phone. You don't even need to touch your phone after starting the game.

A short feedback from a blind Canadian player: "Terrific! I had so much fun going through this, and found that the puzzles did get harder with progression to the game, which is something I do like a lot. Thank you for making more accessible games for us! This one really rocks, I hope you do more in the future."

You can find the game in the App Store:  
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1142099795?pt=1173208&ct=bc&mt=8

If you don't like to open links from emails, you can also search for the game in the iPhone's App Store by its name: Voice of the Ancients

The first episode is free, and the second and third chapters are $7.99 together.

If you don't have the time to try it but want a short overview of the game, a review from the AppleVis community is available at this link:  
https://applevis.com/podcasts/voice-ancients-voice-based-adventure-game-ios

I hope your community will enjoy this game. Please get in touch with me if you have any questions or feedback or need support.

Best regards,
Peter
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2a. Re: looking for a good weather app for my iPhone
   From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
   Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 15:09:37 PST

Look for lightning detector first then you'll find it.
The first thing is the app gets your location and needs to track that location once installed.
When a lightning strike happens that is 40 miles or fewer miles away from you, you get a thunder sound and a notification telling you the distance and direction of the lightning strike from you.  If I remember correctly the charge for the pro version is $4.95 and you run lightning detector and upgrade from inside that app.  This is also available on android phones.

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 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
 Please use in that order."
 Ed Howdershelt 1940.
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3a. iPhone status bar question
   From: Laurie Mehta <lauriemehta at yahoo.com>
   Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 21:17:43 PST

On my old iPhone 7 (the last phone I had before this new 15 pro) it used to  show on the status bar when I had set an alarm.
Alarm does not show on the status bar on this new phone, though.
 Is there a setting where I can make that happen so that even when the screen is locked I can tell that an alarm is set?
Thanks very much!
Laurie Mehta
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