Hello! This has nothing to do with if it detects if you are home or not, it is just that you have set it to run in background and it will until you stop it. In iOS 6 there is feature that will stop it automatically after a while anyway (you will hear it announced when it does) so it will not take battery more than 15 minutes or so. There might be limitations on which device models it does this, I think it needs at least 4S model.
You can always stop it from App Switcher and it is the best way if you want to use all background features. Maybe someone on this list can help you how to do it with voiceover. There are other options too, you can find more info from here: http://blindsquare.com/faq/#why-does-it-keep-talking On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 2:32 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> 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 <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> > 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 <gigifi...@me.com> 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 <shalo...@shaw.ca> wrote: >> >> *grin, seriously addicted grin. >> On 2013-06-27, at 2:13 PM, Chenelle Hancock <filmchenelle1...@gmail.com> >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > 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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