Hi there thanks for the information. I went to the Web Site and checked it out. Now I have ore questions that I did not see the answer to. Since these iBeacons have to be installed and maintained, how much does it cost the businesses to do that? I think they would have to see the need for their sighted customers before most of them would install such a system, and I can see, since many sighted people have smartphones, how they could use it for advertisement. Also, in a mall, would every single business have to have one or what? What is the range of an iBeacon so that, if you were looking for a particular store and you walked into a mall, could you tell which way to start if you went into the door, and the place you wanted was on the other side of the mall? North Park Mall here in Dallas has an Apple store, so I assume they have one. Good thing because since they expanded their store, my poor dog can’t find it any more, and I have to get another dog soon, anyway, (if I can ever get into class, that is.) So let me describe something since I know more or less how to get there if I was going to the Apple store in North Park.
If I had never been to North Park, and I wanted to go to the Apple store in there, I can tell you that the bus stop is located all the way on the other side of the mall from where it is. If I didn’t know that, and I got off the bus, would the iBeacon have the range to broadcast to my iPhone the direction I needed to start? I ask because if it didn’t, I could wander all over big place before it detected the iBeacon and told me which way to go. I think it is a wonderful sounding system, and I for one can’t wait to get it going. The American Foundation for the Blind is doing a seminar for new and/or inexperienced iPhone users, and I sent the lady who is doing the seminar information about BlindSquare and suggested that for sure she mention it to them. The title of the seminar is something like How the iPhone Can Impact Your Life. Gigi Gigi > On Jun 11, 2015, at 1:21 AM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello! > > Press release: http://blindsquare.com/press/ <http://blindsquare.com/press/> > More info of Indoor system: http://blindsquare.com/indoor/ > <http://blindsquare.com/indoor/> > > Best, Ilkka (developer of BlindSquare) > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 12:27 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com > <mailto:gigifi...@me.com>> wrote: > Hi Sadam. > Do you have the URL that was shown on the update notes in BlindSquare? I was > going to go and look at it, but I lost the screen on my iPhone and I can’t > figure out how to get it back so I check out iBeacons, or whatever it is > called. I wanted to see what places are on it. > > Gigi > for one thing. > > By the way, for those of you going to the ACB convention in Dallas, do you > know there is an app you can download from the App Store for navigation > within the convention hotel? They say it was done for the San Francisco > airport, and I downloaded it for free. I can’t try it out util I go to the > convention in July. > >> On Jun 5, 2015, at 10:24 PM, sadamahmed1...@gmail.com >> <mailto:sadamahmed1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Blind Square a great application for navigation on the iOS platform has >> received a significant update. >> >> The highlight in this release include supporting iBecons Apples >> implementation of indoor mapping. >> >> Here's the change log: >> >> NEW: BlindSquare now supports BlindSquare BPS (Beacon Positioning System), >> an indoor navigation system based on iBeacons. It is currently available at >> a few places only, but will hopefully become available at more venues soon. >> >> NEW: 3d sounds. If you use a stereo headset with BlindSquare, you will now >> hear the alert sound played from the direction of the POI that is being >> announced. >> >> NEW: BlindSquare now supports the TransitTimes+ public transport app >> >> NEW: If you use BlindSquare on an iPhone 6 or 6plus, you can check changes >> in elevation. Based on your device’s barometer, the GPS-Info screen shows >> your elevation compared to when you started BlindSquare. There is also a >> button letting you reset your elevation to the current reading. >> >> CHANGE: Optimized to use less memory >> >> CHANGE: Updated Open Street Map data, more intersection information >> available in some areas now. >> >> FIX: Resolved a timing issue in the Audio Menu that made it harder to select >> the intended item. >> >> note: You can control BlindSquare‘s Audio Menu from your Apple watch. Start >> BlindSquare on your phone, swipe up with two fingers to bring up your >> glances, and double-tap the Pause button. Double-Tap again to activate an >> Audio Menu item. >> >> Best wishes. >> >> Sadam Ahmed >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Members mailing list >> memb...@bcacug.org <mailto:memb...@bcacug.org> >> http://bcacug.org/mailman/listinfo/members_bcacug.org >> <http://bcacug.org/mailman/listinfo/members_bcacug.org> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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