Accessibility Project Quick Start Guide
🚀 ADHD-FRIENDLY PROJECT PLANS: AUDIOBOOK & TTS TOOLS
> IMPORTANT> : Each project is designed for 1-week sprints with clear daily tasks and small, achievable goals that provide dopamine hits throughout the process.
🧠 YOUR ADHD-OPTIMIZED WEEKLY TEMPLATE
MONDAY: PLAN & DESIGN (dopamine from creativity)
- Morning: Choose this week's project & set up project folder
- Afternoon: Create wireframes/mockups (the fun visual part!)
TUESDAY: STRUCTURE & PREPARE (dopamine from organizing)
- Morning: Define core features (keep it minimal!)
- Afternoon: Set up project structure & basic navigation
WEDNESDAY: BUILD CORE (dopamine from seeing it work)
- Focus on implementing ONE core feature that works end-to-end
- Get the basic function working before anything else
THURSDAY: EXPAND & POLISH (dopamine from improvement)
- Morning: Add secondary features
- Afternoon: Fix bugs and improve UX
FRIDAY: TEST & PACKAGE (dopamine from completion)
- Morning: Testing & final adjustments
- Afternoon: Prepare App Store assets & marketing copy
WEEKEND: LAUNCH & REST (dopamine from shipping)
- Saturday: Launch to TestFlight or App Store
- Sunday: Rest & recharge (or tinker if hyperfocused!)
📚 Recommended Reading for Audio & Accessibility Enthusiasts
Support this site by purchasing through these affiliate links. Each book has been selected for its relevance to our accessibility projects, audio information processing, or productivity systems.
Audiobook & Listening
The Listening Path: The Creative Art of Attention
By Julia Cameron
From the author of "The Artist's Way" comes a transformative exploration of how listening can improve focus, creativity, and mental clarity.
Accessibility & Universal Design
Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design
By Kat Holmes
An essential look at how designing for accessibility and inclusion leads to better products for everyone, supporting our "everyone will be disabled one day" philosophy.
Accessibility by Design
By William Webb
A practical guide to making websites and apps accessible, with techniques that directly apply to our development process.
Productivity & ADHD Management
Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction
By Chris Bailey
Learn to harness your attention for deep work and creative thinking—perfect for understanding how to optimize our ADHD-friendly development approach.
ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction
By Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey
Updated research and strategies for harnessing the ADHD brain's unique strengths while minimizing its weaknesses.
Business & Development
The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less
By Sahil Lavingia
A blueprint for building profitable businesses without overengineering, perfectly aligned with our MRR strategy and weekly shipping schedule.
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
By James Clear
The science of small changes that compound into remarkable results—essential reading for our consistent shipping approach.
Technical Inspiration
Design for Cognitive Bias
By Emily Geisen
Learn how cognitive biases affect how users interact with products and how to design with these biases in mind—crucial for our accessibility focus.
> Note: As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases made through these links. All recommendations are based on books I've found valuable in my own work with accessibility, audio processing, and app development.
🎧 PROJECT 1: AUDIOBOOK ANALYZER
CONCEPT: iOS app that processes Prologue SQLite data to visualize listening habits
👀 Vision Board (look at this when motivation drops)
- Users being excited about discovering their own listening patterns
- Reviews saying "I never realized I listen most at 5AM!"
- Reaching 100 paying subscribers milestone
- Someone using it to optimize their audiobook consumption
📱 Features (Simplest Viable Version)
- File import for Prologue SQLite database
- Monthly/weekly/daily listening charts
- Top authors & books visualization
- Completion rate analysis
- Reading speed patterns
🛠️ ADHD-Friendly Build Plan
MONDAY: Plan & Design
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Create new Xcode project "AudiobookAnalyzer"
- ✅ Browse the iOS Charts library documentation (10 min only!)
- ✅ Sketch basic app flow on paper (Import → Process → View Charts)
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Design 3 main screens in Figma: Import, Dashboard, Detail View
- ✅ Choose a color scheme (pick from iOS default palettes to keep it simple)
- ✅ Reward: Share mockups with a friend for dopamine boost
TUESDAY: Structure
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Set up basic navigation structure in Xcode
- ✅ Create placeholder screens with labels
- ✅ Import required libraries (SQLite.swift, Charts)
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Define your data models (PlayHistoryEntry, etc.)
- ✅ Create basic database service class
- ✅ Reward: Get a sample database file working with simple query
WEDNESDAY: Core Build
- Today's Focus: Get file import and ONE chart working end-to-end
- ✅ Implement document picker for SQLite file
- ✅ Create basic database query to extract play history
- ✅ Generate ONE working chart (monthly activity)
- ✅ Reward: Send yourself a screenshot of your first working chart
THURSDAY: Expand
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Add remaining chart types
- ✅ Create dashboard view with chart previews
- ✅ Add navigation to detailed chart views
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Implement filter controls (date range, etc.)
- ✅ Fix any bugs or UI issues
- ✅ Reward: Record a quick demo video for yourself
FRIDAY: Polish & Package
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Add app icon and launch screen
- ✅ Implement basic onboarding/instructions
- ✅ Create export functionality (PDF/image)
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Write App Store description and marketing points
- ✅ Prepare screenshots for App Store
- ✅ Set up TestFlight
- ✅ Reward: Share with 2-3 friends for initial feedback
WEEKEND: Launch & Iterate
Saturday:
- ✅ Submit to App Store with Freemium model
- ✅ Announce on your social media
Sunday:
- ✅ Rest or note ideas for future updates
💰 Revenue Model
- Free Tier: Basic import and viewing of charts
- Pro Tier ($2.99/month):
- Data export
- Historical tracking
- Custom filters and views
- Cross-device sync
📈 Success Metrics
- 50 downloads first week
- 5 paying subscribers first month
- 3 positive reviews
- Learnings for next project
🔊 PROJECT 2: TTS LOGGER PRO
CONCEPT: Enhanced version of your Shortcuts-based TTS logging system
👀 Vision Board
- User testimonial: "I never realized I consume so much audio content while driving!"
- Reaching 20 paid subscribers milestone
- Someone using it to improve their information intake habits
- Creating a community of audio information consumers
📱 Features (Simplest Viable Version)
- Streamlined TTS logging (improving your current Shortcuts setup)
- Visual dashboard of usage patterns
- App-based history and analytics
- Basic recommendations for optimal listening times
- Export and sharing options
🛠️ ADHD-Friendly Build Plan
MONDAY: Plan & Design
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Study your current CSV data structure
- ✅ Map out what analytics would be most valuable
- ✅ Sketch dashboard layout on paper
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Design main screens: Dashboard, History, Settings
- ✅ Design chart components for different analytics
- ✅ Reward: Mock up a "dream dashboard" for your own use
TUESDAY: Structure
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Set up new Xcode project "TTSLoggerPro"
- ✅ Create navigation structure
- ✅ Define data models (TTSEntry, etc.)
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Create CSV parser for your existing data
- ✅ Set up local storage for logs
- ✅ Reward: Successfully import your existing CSV data
WEDNESDAY: Core Build
- Today's Focus: Get logging and basic visualization working
- ✅ Create Shortcuts integration to send logs to app
- ✅ Implement basic dashboard with usage chart
- ✅ Create history view for log entries
- ✅ Reward: Log a real TTS session that appears in your app
THURSDAY: Expand
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Add additional chart types (app breakdown, time of day)
- ✅ Implement filtering and date range selection
- ✅ Add settings screen with preferences
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Create basic insights generation ("You listen most at 7pm")
- ✅ Implement export functionality
- ✅ Reward: Generate your first automated insight
FRIDAY: Polish & Package
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Design app icon and launch screen
- ✅ Create onboarding flow explaining privacy focus
- ✅ Write help documentation
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Write App Store listing emphasizing privacy
- ✅ Prepare screenshots and marketing assets
- ✅ Set up TestFlight
- ✅ Reward: Share with 2-3 friends who use TTS
WEEKEND: Launch & Iterate
Saturday:
- ✅ Submit to App Store
- ✅ Create tutorial on setting up the Shortcuts integration
Sunday:
- ✅ Rest or note ideas for future updates
💰 Revenue Model
- Free Tier: Basic logging and daily summary
- Pro Tier ($1.99/month):
- Advanced analytics and insights
- Historical data beyond 30 days
- Custom recommendations
- Export functionality
📈 Success Metrics
- 30 downloads first week
- 3 paying subscribers first month
- Usage data showing people actually using it daily
- Feedback for improvements
📚 PROJECT 3: AUDIOTEXT SYNC
CONCEPT: Tool to sync position between ebooks and audiobooks
👀 Vision Board
- User testimonial: "I can finally switch between reading and listening seamlessly!"
- Someone using it during their commute and then continuing at home
- Reaching 25 paid subscribers milestone
- Positive accessibility feedback
📱 Features (Simplest Viable Version)
- Position synchronization between formats
- Support for common ebook formats (EPUB, PDF)
- Plex audiobook integration
- Basic library management
- Progress tracking
🛠️ ADHD-Friendly Build Plan
MONDAY: Plan & Design
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Research ebook parsing libraries for iOS
- ✅ Sketch basic app flow on paper
- ✅ Define minimum viable synchronization approach
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Design main screens: Library, Reader, Sync Settings
- ✅ Mock up position sync UI
- ✅ Reward: Share concept with an audiobook enthusiast
TUESDAY: Structure
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Set up new Xcode project "AudioTextSync"
- ✅ Create basic navigation structure
- ✅ Import required libraries (ebook parsing, etc.)
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Define data models (Book, SyncPosition, etc.)
- ✅ Set up local storage for library
- ✅ Reward: Successfully parse sample EPUB content
WEDNESDAY: Core Build
- Today's Focus: Get basic ebook reading and position tracking working
- ✅ Implement document picker for ebooks
- ✅ Create basic ebook reader view
- ✅ Implement position tracking within an ebook
- ✅ Reward: Read a chapter in your app, tracking position
THURSDAY: Expand
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Create audiobook position entry interface
- ✅ Implement sync algorithm between formats
- ✅ Add library management features
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Create position visualization (showing where you are in both formats)
- ✅ Add progress statistics
- ✅ Reward: Successfully sync between formats manually
FRIDAY: Polish & Package
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Design app icon and launch screen
- ✅ Create onboarding tutorial
- ✅ Implement settings and preferences
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Write App Store description emphasizing accessibility
- ✅ Prepare screenshots for App Store
- ✅ Set up TestFlight
- ✅ Reward: Demo the app to a friend
WEEKEND: Launch & Iterate
Saturday:
- ✅ Submit to App Store
- ✅ Announce on relevant forums/communities
Sunday:
- ✅ Plan Plex API integration for when it becomes available
💰 Revenue Model
- Free Tier: Basic position tracking for up to 3 books
- Pro Tier ($2.99/month):
- Unlimited books
- Cloud sync across devices
- Advanced statistics
- Future Plex integration
📈 Success Metrics
- 40 downloads first week
- 5 paying subscribers first month
- Users actually syncing positions regularly
- Feedback about accessibility benefits
💸 PROJECT 4: FINANCE VOICE
CONCEPT: Financial news and market updates optimized for audio consumption
👀 Vision Board
- User checking market updates during morning commute
- Someone using it to stay informed while multitasking
- Reaching 30 paid subscribers milestone
- Testimonial about how it saves time for busy professionals
📱 Features (Simplest Viable Version)
- Daily market summary in TTS-friendly format
- Key stock tracking with audio optimized descriptions
- News headlines formatted for audio consumption
- Basic watchlist functionality
- TTS integration
🛠️ ADHD-Friendly Build Plan
MONDAY: Plan & Design
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Identify free financial data APIs to use
- ✅ Draft format for TTS-friendly market summaries
- ✅ Define key metrics to include
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Design main screens: Dashboard, Watchlist, News
- ✅ Mock up TTS integration
- ✅ Reward: Write a sample market summary and listen to it via TTS
TUESDAY: Structure
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Set up new Xcode project "FinanceVoice"
- ✅ Create basic navigation structure
- ✅ Set up API service classes
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Define data models (Stock, MarketSummary, NewsItem)
- ✅ Create sample data for development
- ✅ Reward: Successfully fetch sample stock data from API
WEDNESDAY: Core Build
- Today's Focus: Get market data retrieval and formatting working
- ✅ Implement market data fetching
- ✅ Create TTS-friendly formatter for market data
- ✅ Build basic dashboard view
- ✅ Reward: Listen to your first auto-generated market summary
THURSDAY: Expand
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Add watchlist functionality
- ✅ Implement news headlines fetching
- ✅ Create settings for TTS preferences
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Build news formatter for audio consumption
- ✅ Implement TTS playback controls
- ✅ Reward: Listen to a full market update including watchlist
FRIDAY: Polish & Package
Morning Tasks:
- ✅ Design app icon and launch screen
- ✅ Create onboarding tutorial
- ✅ Add token-based tracking for usage
Afternoon Tasks:
- ✅ Write App Store description focusing on accessibility and time-saving
- ✅ Prepare screenshots for App Store
- ✅ Set up TestFlight
- ✅ Reward: Share with 2-3 friends in finance
WEEKEND: Launch & Iterate
Saturday:
- ✅ Submit to App Store
- ✅ Announce on finance and accessibility forums
Sunday:
- ✅ Rest or plan next features based on initial feedback
💰 Revenue Model
- Free Tier: Basic market summary, limited watchlist
- Token-Based:
- $0.99 for 10 detailed reports
- $1.99 for 25 detailed reports
- Subscription option: $3.99/month unlimited
📈 Success Metrics
- 30 downloads first week
- 10 token purchases first month
- 3 subscribers first month
- User feedback on audio format quality
🧠 BUSINESS PROCESS CHECKLIST
Pre-Development
- Register developer account if needed
- Set up TestFlight
- Create basic privacy policy template (emphasize your PCI background)
- Set up repository structure for reuse
- Create basic App Store assets template
For Each App
- Create new GitHub repository
- Set up project structure template
- Register app ID in App Store Connect
- Set up basic analytics tracking
Marketing Micro-Tasks (5-15 minutes each)
- Write announcement tweet thread
- Create 3 screenshots for App Store
- Write 5 bullet points for features
- Draft brief launch email to your list
- Create 1-paragraph description for your GitHub
Launch Checklist
- TestFlight internal testing (you + 2-3 friends)
- Fix critical bugs only
- Submit to App Store
- Announce on your Twitter
- Post in 1-2 relevant communities
- Add to your portfolio site
Post-Launch (Week after)
- Gather initial feedback
- Fix top 1-2 issues only
- Note ideas for next version but don't implement yet
- Check basic metrics
- Move on to next project!
🛠️ TECHNICAL REUSE OPPORTUNITIES
Shared Components to Build Once
- SQLite database handler
- CSV parser/exporter
- Charts configuration helper
- Privacy-centric analytics module
- TestFlight feedback mechanism
- Basic onboarding flow template
- Token-based purchase system
- Color scheme and UI components
When you find yourself copying code between projects:
- Extract it to a shared library
- Spend max 30 minutes making it reusable
- Add to your personal component library
💪 MOTIVATION HACKS
When Focus Drops
- Set a 5-minute timer to work on the most visual part
- Change your environment (coffee shop, different room)
- Look at your vision board for the project
- Promise yourself a specific reward for 25 minutes of work
- Use body doubling (work alongside someone)
When Overwhelmed
- Break current task into smaller steps (max 10 minutes each)
- Complete just ONE small thing and celebrate it
- Focus on the simplest possible implementation
- Ask: "What's the MVP of the MVP?"
- Timebox: "I'll work on this for exactly 20 minutes"
When Perfectionism Strikes
- Set a "good enough" threshold in advance
- Remember: shipping > perfection
- Ask: "Will users actually notice this improvement?"
- Save your idea for v2 but don't implement now
- Remind yourself of the portfolio approach
🏆 REWARD SYSTEM
Project Milestones
- First TestFlight build: Order favorite takeout
- App Store approval: Nice coffee/drink
- First paying user: Small tech gadget ($25-50)
- 10 paying users: Upgraded desk accessory
- First $100 MRR: Weekend getaway
- First $500 MRR: Significant tech upgrade
- First $1000 MRR: Experience you've been wanting
Daily Rewards
- Track completed tasks visibly
- Share progress with an accountability buddy
- Allow yourself guilt-free play after hitting daily goal
- Use time-blocking with built-in breaks as rewards
📝 FINAL REMINDER
The goal isn't perfection. The goal is shipping consistently.
B+ work shipped is infinitely more valuable than A+ work that never launches.
This is a portfolio approach. Some apps will fail. That's part of the plan.
Your unique interdisciplinary background is your superpower - trust it!
"Everyone will be disabled one day" - accessibility isn't niche, it's universal.
The "magic gap" - what's easy for you to build is magical to many users.
Your PCI background gives you a privacy advantage most developers lack.
Your 300 audiobooks make you the perfect creator for these tools.
JUST START. MONDAY. MORNING.
I've created an ADHD-friendly project plan that breaks down your four initial projects with a structure designed specifically for your brain!
The document includes:
Visual Timeline - Mermaid chart showing the 8-week sequence
Weekly Template - Designed around dopamine hits and natural focus patterns
Project-by-Project Breakdown - Each with:
- Vision board for motivation
- Minimal viable feature list
- Day-by-day task checklist with built-in rewards
- Revenue model
- Success metrics
Business Process Checklist - Micro-tasks for the boring business stuff
Technical Reuse Opportunities - Ways to build components once
Motivation Hacks - Specific strategies for when focus drops
Reward System - Concrete celebrations tied to milestones
The plan is structured specifically to:
- Break large projects into tiny, achievable tasks
- Front-load the visually rewarding parts (design/UI)
- Include built-in dopamine triggers throughout
- Keep scope extremely limited to ensure shipping
- Provide clear "done" criteria for each day
- Make everything actionable and concrete
Each project is designed to be completed in exactly one week, with the most overwhelming parts simplified into small, manageable steps.
You can literally start this Monday morning with the first checkbox and work your way through, knowing exactly what to do each day without getting overwhelmed by the bigger picture.
📚 Recommended Reading for Audio & Accessibility Enthusiasts
Support this site by purchasing through these affiliate links. Each book has been selected for its relevance to our accessibility projects, audio information processing, or productivity systems.
Audiobook & Listening
The Listening Path: The Creative Art of Attention
By Julia Cameron
From the author of "The Artist's Way" comes a transformative exploration of how listening can improve focus, creativity, and mental clarity.
Accessibility & Universal Design
Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design
By Kat Holmes
An essential look at how designing for accessibility and inclusion leads to better products for everyone, supporting our "everyone will be disabled one day" philosophy.
Accessibility by Design
By William Webb
A practical guide to making websites and apps accessible, with techniques that directly apply to our development process.
Productivity & ADHD Management
Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction
By Chris Bailey
Learn to harness your attention for deep work and creative thinking—perfect for understanding how to optimize our ADHD-friendly development approach.
ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction
By Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey
Updated research and strategies for harnessing the ADHD brain's unique strengths while minimizing its weaknesses.
Business & Development
The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less
By Sahil Lavingia
A blueprint for building profitable businesses without overengineering, perfectly aligned with our MRR strategy and weekly shipping schedule.
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
By James Clear
The science of small changes that compound into remarkable results—essential reading for our consistent shipping approach.
Technical Inspiration
Design for Cognitive Bias
By Emily Geisen
Learn how cognitive biases affect how users interact with products and how to design with these biases in mind—crucial for our accessibility focus.
Note: As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases made through these links. All recommendations are based on books I've found valuable in my own work with accessibility, audio processing, and app development.
