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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T22:25:29.000Z",
  "site": "https://applevis.com",
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    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weather-fast/id6757891543",
    "https://theideaplace.net/projects/WeatherFastDemo.mp3",
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    "https://testflight.apple.com/join/QwMz3Hep"
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  "textContent": "Hello,\n\nI wanted to let Applevis users know about a weather app I've created that's been available for a few months now called WeatherFast. I'm a VoiceOver user myself and wanted a weather app that avoided a lot of clutter, helped answer questions about weather around me because in general radar isn't accessible and more. You can find the full appstore entry for the app at:\nhttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/weather-fast/id6757891543\n\nI have an audio demo of the app at https://theideaplace.net/projects/WeatherFastDemo.mp3 and a transcript of that audio at https://theideaplace.net/projects/WeatherFastDemoTranscript.txt. I do have to chuckle because if you listen to the audio or read the transcript, you'll discover I made the recording when Madison, Wisconsin, was experiencing a blizzard earlier this year. Right now it is 90 degrees as I'm writing this post.\n\nThe app has some features I've not found in other apps that I find particularly handy. For example, on the browse tab you can pick a U.S. state or country from around the world and then view weather from a list of cities for that location. You can then sort that list alphabetically, by geography or by temperature. Note that because of how the app is built, these city lists are currently built into the app so if you find coverage for a given state or country is lacking, let me know. I'm working on a way for users to populate these lists directly that also respects the usage limits of the services I use to get the data.\n\nWhen you are viewing a city, there's a feature I call Weather Around Me. It allows you to set a distance from 50 to 350 miles and will then give a summary of the weather at that distance. In addition, you can pick a single direction and step through a range of cities in that direction up to the distance you set and get a sense of the weather. This can be really heopful when storms are in your area to get more of an idea how the storm is moving. Note that when your explorations are around larger bodies of water, such as ocean coast lines, or the Great Lakes, you can sometimes not have a city attached to one of the weather stops as you explore.\n\nThere is a lot more in the app including the ability to browse historical weather in many cases back 80 years, details about expected precipitation and more.\n\nI try to give multiple ways to get information and features. For example, I make extensive use of VoiceOver actions because I find them handy but you don't have to use actions. In settings you can customize just about every aspect of what weather info is shown, the order it appears and how much info VoiceOver communicates. The app has a full user guide available inside the app near the end of the settings page.\n\nYou can also get newer releases as I make them available in Test flight from https://testflight.apple.com/join/QwMz3Hep.\n\nIf someone is so inclined and wants to put an entry for this app in the App directory, I'd appreciate it. By policy and rightly so in my opinion, I'm not allowed to submit entries on my own apps.\n\nIf you find something isn't working, have suggestions or other feedback, please let me know. I've had positive feedback on the app from users, some who use VoiceOver and some not and appreciate anyone who tries the app.\n\nKelly",
  "title": "Introduction to WeatherFast"
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