{"id":3750,"date":"2018-07-15T20:49:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T01:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3750"},"modified":"2018-07-15T20:49:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T01:49:35","slug":"chirp-for-twitter-the-voiceover-accessible-watch-app-meet-16-year-old-developer-will-bishop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3750","title":{"rendered":"Chirp for Twitter &#8211; The VoiceOver Accessible Watch App: Meet 16 Year Old Developer Will Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8312\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3750-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TBTSChirp.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TBTSChirp.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TBTSChirp.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Chirp for Twitter &#8211; The VoiceOver Accessible Watch App: Meet 16 Year Old Developer Will Bishop<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That Blind Tech Show (TBTS) Special Edition brings you the developer of the Watch App Chirp for Twitter. Will Bishop may be just 16 years of age and his youth does not get in the way of his app development. His new app for Watch OS is called Chirp for Twitter. With the help of a couple of VoiceOver users, Brian Fischler being one of them, Will has turned Chirp into a very accessible app for the Apple Watch. And you can dind now get the just released Chirp for Twitter app by going into your Watch App and tap on the App Store tab and search for <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/chirp-for-twitter\/id1397430041?mt=8\">Chirp for Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You can also fine Will\u2019s other app he developed called <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/nano-for-reddit\/id1344097185?mt=8\">Nano for Readdit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chirp for Twitter is the best way to use Twitter on your Apple Watch.<br \/>\nYou can browse your, timeline, lists, like and retweet things, and even post your own tweets.<br \/>\nSent and view direct messages, catch up on the latest trends in &#8220;Trending&#8221;, or search for your favourite hashtag.<br \/>\nChirp lets you see quotes, pictures, hashtags, mentions, and so much more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What&#8217;s New<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Version History\u00a0Jul 15, 2018 \u00a0Version\u00a01.1.5<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Accessibility Update:<br \/>\nHey guys! Thank you for using Chirp for Twitter!<br \/>\nThis update is focused on VoiceOver accessibility, a highly requested feature. It also comes with some other features and improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Added:<br \/>\nExtensive VoiceOver Support.<br \/>\nLinks in profiles can now be clicked.<br \/>\n&#8220;Share Tweet&#8221; added to tweet viewer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You can find Will Bishop on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillRBishop\">@WillRBishop<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you for listening!<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a>\u00a0on the App Store.<br \/>\nGet the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Free blind Abilities App on the Google Play Store<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8314\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3750-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TBTSChirp.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TBTSChirp.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TBTSChirp.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TBTSChirp.mp3Chirp for Twitter &#8211; The VoiceOver Accessible Watch App: Meet 16 Year Old Developer Will Bishop That Blind Tech Show (TBTS) Special Edition brings you the developer of the Watch App Chirp for Twitter. Will Bishop may be just 16 years of age and his youth does not get in the way of his app [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,467,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-technology","category-thatblindtechshow"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-Yu","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3756,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3756","url_meta":{"origin":3750,"position":0},"title":"ThatBlindTechShow 19: From Chrome, Surface Pro, VoiceView, MacBookPro\u2019s New Line-Up, and Yes, More Mention of the Cluckin\u2019 Gobble\u2026 Chirp","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"July 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"ThatBlindTechShow19: From Chrome, Surface Pro, VoiceView, MacBookPro\u2019s New Line-up, and yes, more mention of the Cluckin\u2019 Gobble\u2026 Chirp That Blind Tech Show 19 is jammed packed with\u2026 well, it\u2019s nearly an hour of\u2026. 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