Thank you Joseph!
On Thursday, May 15, 2014 1:57:42 PM UTC-4, Joseph FreeTech wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> some time ago I found a very accessible and very informative weather app
> called Fahrenheit. It shows the current temperature on the home screen, so
> if you swipe to this app or place it somewhere on your home screen where
> you
> can quickly tap on it, the current temperature will show. For example:
> Fahrenheit 70, or Fahrenheit 86, etc.
>
> Since this app is incredibly accessible, you can add as many cities as you
> want and use a 3 finger swipe from left to right and vice versa in order
> to
> access the current weather and forecast for any city you have configured
> such as temperature in your city, or temp in New York, or temp in whatever
> city you'd like. On the main screen associate with your city, the current
> temperature is shown at the very top of the screen so it is easy to
> acquire
> the desired information, but below is also the forecast for what I believe
> is the next 2 weeks. Amazingly, this app is only $1.
>
> I will sate up front there's a little quirk in that on your Home screen
> you
> will not hear Fahrenheit 99 degrees, you will hear Fahrenheit 99 new
> items.
> I don't know why it is saying "new items" but since all I care is about
> the
> temperature, this quirk doesn't bug me in the least. .
>
> Here is more iTunes store info:
>
> Description
>
> Fahrenheit displays the temperature on your Home Screen icon, Notification
> Center and Lock Screen.
>
> Fahrenheit is a stunning weather application that uses latest technology
> to
> show you the current temperature of any location right on your iPhone/iPad
> Home Screen! Beyond the real-time temperature on the Home Screen
> Fahrenheit
> also is the number one weather application giving you very detailed
> weather
> information of unlimited cities world wide, packed in a gorgeous design
> and
> easy-to-use user interface!
>
> LOCKSCREEN & NOTIFICATION CENTER
> Now, in addition to the temperature badge, you can set up the app to
> notify
> you of any changes in the weather as they happen, right in the Lockscreen
> and Notification Center.
>
> It works really easy. We have Notification Setting that allows you to
> receive a Popup/Banner alert from our Push Server. This alert will also
> appear in the Notification Center and Lockscreen to show the temperature
> of
> the last update. You can set the number of notifications as you prefer
> (max
> 1, max 5 etc) in the iPad/iPhone general settings.
>
> TEMPERATURE IN THE ICON BADGE
> Fahrenheit is backed by an online web server that uses Push Technology to
> push the current temperature of any location to your iDevice. This makes
> it
> possible to always automatically have the up-to-date temperature displayed
> in the red badge at the top-right of the Fahrenheit icon on your Home
> Screen. Fahrenheit supports all iOS Devices: iPhone 4s/4, iPhone 3Gs/3G,
> iPad 2, iPad and all iPod Touch devices!
>
> It is not possible to display the temperature in Celsius. You have to
> download the Celsius application instead.
>
> FULL FEATURED WEATHER APPLICATION
> Fahrenheit brings you all weather information available for every location
> in the world and a 10-day forecast. In addition to these powerful
> forecasting features, Fahrenheit provides more comprehensive weather
> information. This includes detailed information regarding cloud cover and
> rainfall totals. Fahrenheit also gives users information about sunrise and
> sunset times. Many users also enjoy the real time wind direction feature,
> which utilizes a display arrow on screen to indicate the wind direction at
> any time thanks to the built in magnetometer.
>
>
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fahrenheit-weather-temperature/id426939660?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8
>
>
> Plese let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Joseph
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Vicki Howell" >
> To: >
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 10:32 AM
> Subject: RE: Weather Channel App
>
>
> No, Scott, you didn't do anything wrong. The Weather channel app is no
> longer accessible for the blind, but there is an app called Degrees. I
> think that it may cost $.99, but I think that it is very good. I am
> trying
> to remember if it is $99, or $1.99. I got this app last week. My husband
> found it and told me how good it was. So, that may be an option for you
> and
> others looking for a Weather App.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: vip...@googlegroups.com [mailto:
> vip...@googlegroups.com ] On Behalf
> Of Mike Arrigo
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 1:57 PM
> To: vip...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Weather Channel App
>
> Yes, it's no longer accessible, currently the only work around is to use a
> different app.
> Original message:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > Sense the update to the Weather Channel app, two or three weeks ago, I
> > have found it to be inaccessible wi
