I am not able to get the app work fully. For most options, it is saying 'you have to login', but I am unable to find the login option. How to go about that? Thanks,
On 4/29/14, Kasia <[email protected]> wrote: > Is that app available for the iPhone users? > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Vikas Kapoor > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 6:03 PM > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning > the disabled. > Subject: Re: [AI] new app > > It is giving me false information, I'm sitting outside my home and it is > saying you are at your college at this moment... > > On 4/29/14, Prashant Verma <[email protected]> wrote: >> I was able to download the GuideDots app from play store. >> It is a useful small app. Try it out for yourself. >> Search exactly with the name GuideDots - there is no space between the >> two words. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Satguru Rathi >> Sent: 29 April 2014 12:44 >> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and >> issuesconcerning the disabled. >> Subject: Re: [AI] new app >> >> Hi, >> >> I too, red the article and was excited to read about the Android app >> "Dot Guide" but when I searched on the Google Playstore, no such app > existed. >> >> If anyone knows, or have found out link for this app, then kindly post >> the same. >> >> >> With best regards, >> Satguru >> ___,__.___ >> "Life's battle do not always go, to the stronger or faster man. But >> sooner or later the one who wins, is the one who thinks he can." >> >> Satguru Rathi >> Mobile: +91-9871489945 >> Email: [email protected] >> Skype: satgururathi >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/satguru.rathi.9 >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pratik shah >> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 12:11 PM >> To: keyboardusers ; AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility >> and issues concerningthe disabled. ; Voice Vision. >> Subject: [AI] new app >> >> taken from hindustan times... >> For the visually impaired, navigating through neighborhoods can be a >> struggle, but apps aim to shed light on places, people, and obstacles >> that lie in their paths. >> There are 285 million visually impaired people worldwide, about 39 >> million of whom are blind, according to the World Health Organization. >> Guide Dots, a free app for Android, detects a person's location and >> uses audio voice-overs to announce nearby attractions, including >> restaurants, shops -- and even friends. >> "We let people know what's around them more than a cane can, >> broadening their horizon more than a six foot circle around them," >> said Deborah Vandeven, global chief creative officer at VML, based in >> Kansas City, Missouri, which created the app. >> With the app, users tap the Nearby button to hear a voiceover of >> places around them. They can also tag walkway obstructions, restrooms, >> and places with good service, and share this feedback with other users >> of the app. >> If they feel like meeting a friend, they can find out if any Facebook >> friends are around. >> While the app is meant complement a guide dog or cane, Vandeven said >> it's about giving more independence to the visually impaired. By >> leveraging Android's TalkBack feature, a screen reader, people can >> hear the different options on the screen read aloud, and double-tap to >> choose one. >> The app gets location data about people and places from Google Maps >> and Facebook Places. However, because GPS is only accurate to >> approximately 15 meters, the company plans to use beacon technology, >> bluetooth sensors that communicate location and other data to a >> person's smartphone, to increase accuracy. >> "This will help move you those last couple feet that for a visually >> impaired person could be the size of the Grand Canyon, so beacons are >> definitely a good use case for that," she added. >> BlindSquare for iOS is another app designed for the visually impaired >> to find places nearby. Users can, for example, ask for the most >> popular cafe within a 200 meter radius, or to find a post office. The >> app, which costs $23.99 and is available in over 15 languages, gets >> location data from Foursquare. It can also read out intersections >> while travelling. >> John Corneille, director of gift planning at Foundation Fighting >> Blindness, a non-profit based in Maryland, is visually impaired as a >> result of a condition called retinitis pigmentosa. He said that if the >> apps can deliver on their claims, then they might be the tools he's >> been looking for. >> "GPS on cars can be set to announce what street you're approaching, or >> points of interest as you go, but I haven't found an app that does >> those things accurately enough when you're walking," he said. >> Corneille, who also practices law, said that he uses many apps daily, >> including the VoiceOver function on his iPhone, which does >> text-to-speech, and Siri to dictate emails and texts. >> "My assessment is that there are a lot of apps available and most of >> them are very good. They really have a practical use and function for >> the visually impaired, and I'm thrilled that they're being offered," >> he said. >> "If you're visually impaired there's no better time to be that way," >> he added. >> Among other apps available for the visually impaired, TapTapSee, free >> for iOS and Android, allows people to snap a photo of an object to >> determine what it is. For iOS, LookTel Money Reader, $9.99, speaks out >> currencies in different denominations, and Color ID, free, can help >> them figure out the color of a shirt or pair of socks. >> >> -- >> "always prepare for the worst and hope for the best." >> pratik shah >> assistant professor at SEMCOM >> (M.com,NET ) >> mobile number- 8347010528. >> skype ID -pratikashwinshah >> >> >> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing >> accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: >> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_acc >> essind >> ia.org.in >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> [email protected] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please >> >> visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org >> .in >> >> >> Disclaimer: >> 1. 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