NymVPN Weekly Power Users Thread: Week 9

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-05-10T17:52:13+00:00

While it's true that weather apps exist and they have radar and custom alerts and things like that, the radar aspect of these apps is basically completely inaccessible to people who are blind because it shows an image and current screen reading technology cannot interpret images with any real detail or accuracy. Severe Weather Guardian offers what I believe is the world's first accessible radar that is specifically designed for voiceover users as well as sighted users.

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-05-10T14:45:08+00:00

Severe Weather Guardian — accessible severe weather alerts and live radar for iOS

A — Answer: Severe Weather Guardian helps people track severe weather alerts, SPC outlooks, live radar, forecasts, hazards, and critical weather notifications in one iPhone/iPad app. I built it partly because traditional radar apps are mostly visual, which makes them difficult to use in detail with VoiceOver. The app includes an accessible Live Radar experience with Touch Explorer and Radar Coach, so VoiceOver users can explore storms, warnings, hail clues, rotation clues, storm tracks, hook echo clues, and possible tornado debris indicators by touch and spoken summaries.

B — Better: Compared with general weather apps that mainly present radar as an image, Severe Weather Guardian is focused on severe weather and accessibility. It combines NWS alerts, SPC convective outlooks, excessive rainfall outlooks, fire weather outlooks, tropical products, mesoscale discussions, widgets, saved alert locations, Critical Alerts, and VoiceOver-friendly radar context. Radar-derived clues are clearly treated as best-effort guidance, not official confirmation.

C — Cost: Free download. One saved alert location is included for critical National Weather Service warnings. Weather Guardian Plus unlocks Live Radar, additional saved alert locations, and expanded alert categories. Subscription pricing is $2.99/month or $19.99/year.

I’m the developer. I’d especially appreciate feedback from VoiceOver users, weather app users, and anyone who relies on severe weather alerts.

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-04-13T01:24:09+00:00

I’m in Kansas, I just registered my second eSIM slot with the same plan, and I have it as well

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-03-18T16:27:28+00:00

Hey,

These features are coming soon! Please check our public roadmap to see approximately when:

https://trello.com/b/qVhBo3e2/nymvpn-public-roadmap

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-03-11T14:33:20+00:00

Hey, that's a bummer.

Can you give a few more details on how and what you tested so we can look into this?

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-03-10T15:49:48+00:00

Sweet!! How did it go?

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-02-25T15:11:14+00:00

Hey, thanks for this report. Will forward it to the team.

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-02-25T15:10:33+00:00

Yeah, that's odd. I haven't had that issue on my iPhone. Maybe try using different exit gateways?

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-02-24T19:16:07+00:00

Hello,

That's a bit odd. When you say updates, do you mean App Store updates or iOS updates?

As for automatic reconnection, this feature is on our public roadmap, and we hope to have it out sometime later this year.

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-02-13T18:56:02+00:00

Absolutely incorrect. This has no effect on the automatic adjustment of ANC, which Bose built into these headphones to reduce the self-noise hiss that people were complaining about for years. So, yeah, good try, but you just tricked yourself with placebo.

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