Hi Tammy Yes blind square announces street crossings automatically. You don't have to push a button to hear it. It uses its own text to speech voice. Mine is British English. It's very easy to hear. Lisette
On 22/10/2012, at 4:06 PM, "Tammy" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Does blindsquare announce the street crossings as you come to them > automaticly or do you have to press a button to see what street you're about > to cross? Also, does it just use voiceover or can you get a text to speech > voice giving you direction? I often find that the voiceover voice is hard ot > hear when I'm walking and have the phone in a pocket or similar, or if I'm in > a louder environment. > > Tammy > > -----Original Message----- From: Lisette Wesseling > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 7:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Best GPS for me? > > Hi > The reason I use blind square is because it gives lots of POIs here in New > Zealand, which Ariadne doesn't. Ariadne is really good at giving street > numbers, and at saying exactly where you are now, but here in NZ it doesn't > give any pois. Blind Square chatters away and gives pois plus tracks your > target in terms of the clock face. I have found it really accurate here. Both > apps do different things. > I don't know how well Ariadne works where you are though,so can't tell > whether Blind Square would give more pois than ariadne for you. > > Lisette > > On 22/10/2012, at 11:54 AM, "Tammy" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Since you use both ariadne as well as blind square, can you tell me what the >> advantages to having blindsquare are over Ariadne?? I'm trying to figure >> out whether I could use blind square, and therefore justify the 14 dollar >> price tag. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tammy >> -----Original Message----- From: Lisette Wesseling >> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 4:14 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Best GPS for me? >> >> Hi Mel >> I use navagon, ariadne and blind square. All available from the app store. >> NOt free though, sorry. >> I use Color Visor which is excellent. >> The money readers around don't support New Zealand currency so I don't use >> one. I'm told Look Tell is very good. just search for Looktell and find >> their money reader. >> >> Good luck. >> Lisette >> >> On 22/10/2012, at 9:05 AM, Mary Scott <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, I just got my first iPhone. I want to download blind useful apps. >>> I want a GPS for walking around my town mostly and knowing what is around >>> me. Can anyone give an idea of what I should get? I also want a money >>> reader, and color detecter. Mel >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
