I also would like this info! I have the same thing! Colin On 29 Jun 2013, at 00:32, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi there > I am still too new to Blind Square to start saying what I want as features. > There are some other programs that I can mention, like TapTapSee, just to > name one, that I love. > > I do have a question, however, that I intended to put on the list anyway. Has > anybody had trouble closing Blind Square? I have had a weird problem that if > I want to close the program, and I go to the app switcher, and press double > tap and hold to edit applications, the iPhone wants to open the program > instead of going to edit apps. The reason I want to close it is because if I > have put in a destination, and the program thinks I'm not there, it keeps > talking and won't stop. This is because, for instance, my house is at 1019, > but the program thinks I'm at 1015, which, by the way, is better than some > GPS programs I've used. So far, this is the only thing that I had trouble > with. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. > > Regards, > Gigi > On Jun 28, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello you all! >> >> Thank you Eugenia for this nice posting where you describe so well the level >> of independence an iDevice can make possible. >> >> If Apple develops their products with great vision without interacting with >> end user too much, I develop BlindSquare together with end users, bit by bit >> bringing it to the level you could never get by traditional development >> style. I welcome you all to take part of this journey by giving your ideas >> what you would like to see in future versions. >> >> BR, Ilkka, BlindSquare dev >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi guys >> When I started out thinking about an accessible phone, I never dreamed that >> I would get a device that would have a GPS like BlindSquare on it and that I >> could get a restaurant menu on it with a braille display. I never dreamed of >> a program where I could take pictures of an item in my refrigerator or a can >> in my cabinet and find out what the thing was. When people talked about the >> camera, I remember thinking "Well, who cares!" I remember Johnathan you >> doing a podcast or some kind of presentation for Freedom Scientific talking >> about braille displays with an iPhone and I was sitting there thinking about >> what a stupid idea this was to have a braille display hooked up to a phone >> of all things. I remember saying to myself: "Why would anybody want music, >> email, etc. on a phone of all things?" Of course, guess what I have on my >> iPhone these days! I just plain flat didn't get it what things I could do >> with an iPhone. I kept thinking of it as a phone instead of a little bitty >> computer with the ability to make phone calls. I have a blind friend who has >> decided she will an iPhone eventually, but she doesn't get yet either. She >> keeps saying to me: "Well, I can do all that right now." I guess she won't >> get it either until she gets one herself. She would love BlindSquare, but >> she doesn't know it yet. It's a case of finding out you wanted something you >> didn't know you wanted until you got it. >> >> Regards, >> Gigi >> >> >> On Jun 27, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Kerri <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> *grin, seriously addicted grin. >>> On 2013-06-27, at 2:13 PM, Chenelle Hancock <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello everyone, >>>> >>>> I have been an apple I Phone user Since October 31, 209. When I first >>>> purchased my very first I Phone 3. g s. I had never texted anyone >>>> that I knew with a smart phone. I didn't have the proper access to a >>>> smart phone where I could text, send email or instant messages let alone >>>> download music and video content. Without having sighted >>>> assistancevery. So when I had my brand new I phone inside of my hands. I >>>> was so elated with joy I did not know what to do with myself at first. >>>> Now I cannot ever see myself with out one. Now I not only have an I >>>> phone 4. s. But I have a makdck book pro and a time capsule along with >>>> an I pad mini and and finally I have a Apple TV. That Is how invested >>>> in all things apple that I am at the moment. >>>> For the record I will never go back to the Windows operating system ever >>>> again as long as I live. >>>> Sincerely, Chenelle >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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