Re: Here is the Text of the User Manual for the Nearby Explorer, for iOS, GPS Navigation App

He’s written several papers on the subject being an academic. > On Aug 28, 2016, at 11:14 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > I would have to actually experience that to believe it. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 28, 2016, at 6:27 PM, Scott Granados

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I would have to actually experience that to believe it. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 28, 2016, at 6:27 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > > I have a very good friend who built an interface between his dog and a GPS > mapping package. The dog was then trained to follow a dot

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I have a very good friend who built an interface between his dog and a GPS mapping package. The dog was then trained to follow a dot that a set of goggles it was wearing projected off in to space. The dog followed the dot, the dot was controlled by the mapping software and the user could set

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I have been happy with the app since downloading it over a week ago. The only thing driving me crazy is my inability to silence its wonky sound effects. Since I do not recall hearing this particular noise in the podcast, I am mystified as to how to shut it off. If anyone has any information,

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Not to defend Mike, as he can do that himself, but he didn’t realize that the app does indeed identify POIs when possible with the side of street information included. He made a correction on the Nearby Explorer lists to his assumption. I’m sure he’ll go back in and correct the podcast or have

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Really, it doesn't matter what GPS you use, as long as you can travel safely and reliably either in Familiar areas or in areas that you know. I do not have the confidence in relying on GPS, Might mobility is very good, but, I do believe in human intervention as I have a guide dog. If I was to

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It appears that it usually does tell the side of the street to where you were looking for David Tanner >From my iPhone 6 S > On Aug 28, 2016, at 1:40 PM, gs wrote: > > The provision of information is not condescending. The podcast I heard > describing the product

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Janine is correct. I didn't listen to the podcast, but if Mike said that in general it didn't identify the side of the street for the destination, he was wrong. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 28, 2016, at 11:40 AM, gs wrote: > > The provision of information is not

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I use a few GPS solutions including: TomTom, Apple Maps, and Google Maps. Yes, I only use the general market GPS mapping solutions. I also use Blind Square, but it is not a mapping solution. In all cases, the solutions I stated tell the user which side of the street the address is on.

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The provision of information is not condescending. The podcast I heard describing the product demonstrated that it did not identify the side of the street for the destination. Therefore, I concluded that it never identifies it. In the podcast, it was stated that the Android version of the

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At the risk of also being condescending, I’ll chime in here. Nearby Explorer does identify which side of the street the destination is on if it can do so. There are some address schemes which do not make this possible. Sometimes it’s also recorded incorrectly when the mappers put in geocodes

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Thanks for the education, David. It's a little condescending but I'll leave it at that. Just to be clear, I have another GPS solution which will identify the side of the street of the destination. I do not want to spend the money for this unless it will do the same. This has nothing to do with

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Thanks David, you beat me to this one. Also, what we have to remember regarding GPS is that any app, yes even the blindness specific ones, used in real time assumes you are in the middle of the street, rather than on a sidewalk. This is how the maps are designed which are at the heart of

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When the accuracy is very good, one ends up very close to the location. When the accuracy is not as good, one ends up within the block. In that case, good O skills will get the person to the location; such skills as asking people in the area. I travel independently, and internationally, using

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I guess I am smart enough to be able to tell which side of the street I am on. The concern is about the destination. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2016, at 10:58 PM, David Chittenden wrote: > > Given the inaccuracies which are inherrant in GPS thus far, I would not

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Yes, much of the time, depending on weather conditions, large buildings, overhangs, and meriad other factors. I have seen GPS be accurate within about 3 feet, and I have seen it be off by almost 1.5 miles. I get an average of around 10 to 20 feet. This can give the side of the street with nice,

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Not to mention placing too much trust in technology that when it fails (not if it fails), one finds himself unable to resort to low tech options. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 8/27/2016 7:58 PM, David Chittenden wrote: Given the

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In my experience, the apps do a pretty good job most of the time with the side of the street. That's true for the GPS in our car, not just blindness apps. There certainly not perfect. But most of the time, they seem to get it right. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2016, at 7:58 PM,

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Given the inaccuracies which are inherrant in GPS thus far, I would not trust any app which claimed to be able to tell you which side of the street you are currently on. GPS is not that accurate. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my

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Hmm. Let me know when the iOS version announces the side of the street. This is definitely a deal breaker for me. On Aug 21, 2016, at 9:37 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: It's designed for blind users, but currently it only works in the United States and Canada. > On Aug 21, 2016, at

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Just remember that this app is one of many that start in the northern hemisphere or in this case northern America and over time get pushed out to the rest of the world. Here in NZ a lot of the services that siri provides in the USA or even austrailia do not work in new Zealand. But over

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Something has to be done about internationalisation for sure. no doubt it will be as soon as the product can be made financially viable.. the problem is that the number of Android users is somewhat less than iPhone users. I see the nearby Explorer app for iPhone as a terrific thing simply for

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I would speculate this would not work because the app needs to get a GPS signal from the satellites in order to determine your location. I suppose there would be a chance if the app can get location services fixes the same as it can for satellites and as long as there is a Wi-Fi or other

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Hi! We don’t have such abilities to port apps here in Sweden from what i know. But i am not sure. /A > On 21 Aug 2016, at 18:31, Bill Gallik wrote: > > To all our friends living outside the United States and Canada, > > I believe this was developed and is provided by the

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Thanks David, Got that later, still it sounds like a great new toy. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chittenden Sent: Sunday, 21 August 2016 8:20 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Here

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To all our friends living outside the United States and Canada, I believe this was developed and is provided by the American Printing House for the Blind (APH). Perhaps I’m naive, but I have to believe that arrangements could be made so that similar organizations in other countries could be

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I am wondering if this app works in underground train stations such as those in NYC and Boston for announcing train times etc as demonstrated for bus stops. I know it uses onboard data when it cannot connect to cellular data or YFi. On 8/21/16, Krister Ekstrom wrote:

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Has anyone heard if there are plans to go worldwide with this app? Would be great if they did but i have my doubts seeing that it has been on Android for quite a while. /Krister > 21 aug. 2016 kl. 15:37 skrev Mike Arrigo : > > It's designed for blind users, but currently it

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It's designed for blind users, but currently it only works in the United States and Canada. > On Aug 21, 2016, at 1:31 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I didn’t know that this app was available for the Iphone. > Is this an app thats designed for blind users or is it

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Yes Kawal, also the dutch users would like an international version. Alwine Mobiel verstuurd > Op 20 aug. 2016 om 20:43 heeft Kawal Gucukoglu het > volgende geschreven: > > Great job Mike. > > I wish I could have this app as it does remind me of GEO and I would feel >

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Sorry, Simon, it is only available for US and Canada. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 21 Aug 2016, at 16:33, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Thanks for this, > > It will be worthwhile having a look at

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Hi! Ok, so its only for the US country? I hope they make it international as you mentioned Kawal. /A > On 20 Aug 2016, at 20:43, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > Great job Mike. > > I wish I could have this app as it does remind me of GEO and I would feel > very confident with

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Thanks for this, It will be worthwhile having a look at it, we can't go wrong having another accessible gps system available to us. It will also be interesting to see if it's usable within the down under. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

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Hi Mike and everyone else, Thank you for sharing this! I am duely impressed! Once I have the money I will purchase it. I'll put in a request for my city to be listed, too for the transcent. Again, I am thrilled and Mike, your Podcast was very nicely detailed. Kindly, Vaughn On 8/20/16, Kawal

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Hi, I just wanted to say that I've been using the nearby Explorer app for Android for a couple of years now. what it does for my confidence I can hardly describe. as I travel in a lot of unfamiliar areas, I need this app and had depended on mobile Geo for a long time before I was unable to use

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Great job Mike. I wish I could have this app as it does remind me of GEO and I would feel very confident with this app. Please could you write to APH and ask if they could release the app internationally as it would be simple, they could get the maps for other countries and then we could have

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Ok, here is the pod cast. http://media.blubrry.com/blindgeekzone/p/www.blind-geek-zone.net/wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/3-98839556b66feeea5fbbaaad6c392a4c/2016/08/nearby-explorer-IOS.mp3 > On Aug 20, 2016, at 11:46 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > I think the information it

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I think the information it provides is worth it, I have uploaded a pod cast to the blind geek zone web site, just waiting for it to be posted. > On Aug 20, 2016, at 10:16 AM, Brian Moore wrote: > > Well, for $109.99 in the Canadian app store, I think I will wait for

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I'm not seeing anything here that BlindSquare isn't doing except that they get map data from a different database. So I guess we'd have to get a demo to see why this is or is not worth the price. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you

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Well, for $109.99 in the Canadian app store, I think I will wait for someone to do a podcast demo or something. I get pretty good results with blind square, google maps etc so spending another hundred and 10 bucks might be worth it if the info is really good but sort of want to hear what it

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Hello Mark. Just in case, you sent to the Macvisionary list. Did you mean to do that or did you mean to send it to the GPS list? I knew you’d get it and I’m really glad you did as I was going to ask you to do that. Kawal. > On 20 Aug 2016, at 15:38, M. Taylor wrote: > >

Here is the Text of the User Manual for the Nearby Explorer, for iOS, GPS Navigation App

Hello Everyone, I must say that I am extremely impressed with the Nearby Explorer, for iOS, GPS navigation app, developed by the American Printing House for the Blind. So, for your convenience, in either enjoying the app or determining whether or not to purchase it, I am pasting in the