Sendero mentioned developing an iPhone app with full functioning gps. Has anyone heard about their progress?
Sent from my iPhone On May 8, 2012, at 7:37 PM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Sendero GPS uses Tele Atlas maps which btw, are the same as what Google > Maps use. So updates happen when they are available. Maybe you are thinking > of program updates, which are slightly differently. FRom what I know, Sendero > has come out with an update at least once per year, sometimes even more. > > Thanks. > > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > Never have more children than you have car windows. - Erma Bombeck > Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 > > On 5/8/2012 7:25 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >> Hi Mark and others. >> I really don't understand one thing in this whole discussion of what gps >> system to use. I don't like the blind specific solutions from Sendero and >> others. From what i have heard, the maps very seldom if ever get updated, >> which means that how ever good the gps is at various anouncements, the maps >> we follow will be obsolete, so the pois wi want simply won't be there. >> Another thing is that a mainstream off-the-shelf gps app could easily be >> modified so that it speaks whatever you desire it to speak. I say easily, >> thereby taking a risk since i don't know anything about programming, but >> remember that the blind specific gps-es sends their info to the speech >> synth/screen reader rather than talks via a recorded voice, am i right? If >> so there are means for an app such as Navigon to send the things we want it >> to send, such as street names and such to the screen reader, in this case >> VoiceOver. We have seen this done before, in games like Kings corner, chat >> apps like IM plus and gps apps like Ariadne, so Navigon, Tomtom and others >> should be able to do this, if someone with much, much better programming >> knowledge than me could describe the solution to the developers of said >> apps. If they then will listen, that's a totally different story but it >> could be done. Am i totally wrong in this? >> /Krister >> >> 8 maj 2012 kl. 12:40 skrev Les Kriegler: >> >>> Hi Mark, >>> >>> I really enjoyed reading your most informative post. I also purchased the >>> Trekker Breeze at the end of last year. I did so because I wanted an more >>> comprehensive way of accessing walking routes. I do like street names >>> announced, and I have not been able to get that reliably from the >>> commercially >>> available apps. If a company like Sendero comes out with an app comparable >>> to Mobile Geo, I'll probably obtain it, but for now, the Breeze is a really >>> good option and I've made good use of it. Also, even though we have GPS in >>> our vehicle, my wife actually prefers all of the information the Breeze >>> provides when we are on route. >>> >>> Les >>> On May 7, 2012, at 7:30 PM, M. Taylor wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Everyone, >>>> >>>> In 2005 I purchased my first GPS solution; it was the Trekker/Maestro Del >>>> 51 >>>> PDA from HumanWare. If memory serves, among other difficulties, the PDA >>>> did >>>> not have an Off button. When not in use, it had to be plugged into a >>>> charger to prevent power loss. Be that as it may, it was the most amazing >>>> piece of technology I had experienced. >>>> >>>> Back in those days, I was using a Motorola TimePort which was an upgrade to >>>> the Star Trek Motorola phone. Of course, these phones had virtually no >>>> accessibility but, still they were usable. >>>> >>>> Sometime in 2007/2008 I switched to my first Windows Mobile phone. That >>>> was >>>> to be the beginning of a lot of changes in my life not the least of which >>>> was my subsequent association with Code Factory. >>>> >>>> Enter Mobile Geo; this onboard GPS software solution put the power of true >>>> independent GPS navigation for the blind and low vision on a cell phone. >>>> So, I put away my then outdated Trekker/Maestro PDA. >>>> >>>> Then, of course, came yet another game changer; the iPhone. >>>> >>>> For whatever reason I thought that either Code Factory's Mobile Geo or >>>> Humanware's Trekker would find its way to iOS. This, obviously, did not >>>> happen. >>>> >>>> As a result, since iPhone 3GS, I have purchased virtually every iOS GPS >>>> navigation software app in hopes of bringing the power of Geo or Trekker to >>>> a single mobile device. I shutter to think of all the money I have spent >>>> on >>>> this endeavor (smile). >>>> >>>> As far as off-the-shelf iOS GPS navigation solutions are concerned, I hold >>>> that A T& T Wireless Navigator is the most accurate and easy-to-use app on >>>> the market. Recently, they added the ability to download the maps to your >>>> phone so you can now travel without benefit of a active satellite >>>> connection. I believe that the monthly cost for Navigator is $9.95. >>>> >>>> As wonderful as Navigator is, it falls short of meeting the one criteria I >>>> demand in order to recommend it, or any GPS app for that matter, as a >>>> solution for true independent navigation by the blind and low vision; said >>>> criteria being the ability to have streets, cross-streets, etc >>>> automatically >>>> announced without engaging any kind of route function or without having to >>>> touch, shake, or otherwise interact with the hardware device, itself. >>>> >>>> Until this past Thursday, my solution, when traveling independently, was to >>>> fire up my old beloved Samsung Epix, running Windows 6.1, and launching >>>> Geo. >>>> I could go on and on about how much of a pain this was given that I can >>>> hardly remember any of the Mobile Speak commands as I just don't use my >>>> beloved Samsung Epix anymore but I will spare you the gory details. Add to >>>> this the fact that I also had to fire up my GPS receiver and connect a >>>> special headset adaptor as the Epix does not have a standard headset jack, >>>> as many of the models in that era did not. >>>> >>>> ON Friday, I received my new Trekker Breeze from Humanware; thus, I have >>>> come full-circle, as the saying goes. >>>> >>>> Suffice me to say that the Breeze is every bit as marvelous as the original >>>> Trekker and Geo were with the advantage that one does not have to become a >>>> software geek in order to be up and running in a matter of minute. It >>>> works >>>> right out of the box. >>>> >>>> The Breeze is roughly the same size as the iPhone 4 S but just a little >>>> thicker. >>>> >>>> What an iOS world we live in; even before I powered on my Breeze for the >>>> first time, I turned the audio CD files that are included in the package >>>> into an audio book complete with cover art and placed it on both my 4 S and >>>> Nanno. Then, I converted the user guide and quick start guide into iBooks >>>> and placed them on my 4 S. This took only a few minutes. Only after >>>> performing these iOS-centric tasks did I power on the Breeze and begin yet >>>> another chapter in my GPS navigation life. >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>> 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/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> 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/viphone?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > 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/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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