I did hear it do it once or twice, but it got interrupted by an unrelated poi announcement. I wonder how you repeat the street info if the message rolled by that quickly? What I want is something that when you get to a larger span of going straight that it would say in the text directions for route planning, cross these streets and turn left or right on whatever. I am partially familiar with some area, but getting off at random bus stops is another issue.
----- Original Message ----- From: Don Breda To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 6:23 AM Subject: Re: mapquest app and getting more information from it Hi Linda. Seeing Eye GPs sort of does this however its a somewhat unintentional feature I believe grin! I notice when walking around the streets of New York city that it will tell me the direction of the traffic flow when we reach an intersection. For example IF I am walking south on 9th Avenue and I approach 55th street it will say 55th street left to right or something to that affect. This means the trafic flows east to west and when I reach 54th street it says 54th street right to left because the traffic flows west to east on that sstreet opposite of the street before. It doesn't however tell you about two way streets such as 57th street where traffic flows in both directions. I haven't used the app in a very long time so maybe I will give it another try to refresh my memory since you brought this up. I do believe it is a useful feature providing you really understand yor neighborhood and traffic flow patterns but I am truly not sure the developers actually intended this to happen or allowed it to be realized fully. Don On 8/11/2015 7:10 AM, Lynda Ingraham wrote: Hi Brent, I’m not sure if Blind Square gives you options. I did use it yesterday. All of the names of streets were announced prior to arriving at the intersection. I will ask my mobility instructor tomorrow if there is an app that will give information about one-way streets. Have a good day, Lynda From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brent Harding Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 10:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: mapquest app and getting more information from it I do have the Seeing Eye app, which gives good directions some of the time, but I want something similar to Mapquest where I can see the other possible routes, in the event that one of the streets are 1-way or otherwise unable to be used. Also, I want to know ahead of time what streets I would cross in that 0.2 or whatever mile span. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynda Ingraham To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 5:36 PM Subject: RE: mapquest app and getting more information from it Hi Brent, I have you tried Blind Square? I just used it yesterday for the first time. I think if you put the address in for the building where your ATM is located, you are then able to save it in favorites and get walking directions. I had the announcements set to read me all information available through the app. I received information for residential street addresses and businesses. I have not tried setting a route to a particular place. HTH Lynda and Sir Gregory---My noble friend and guide From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brent Harding Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 5:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: mapquest app and getting more information from it Hi there! I found that Seeing Eye doesn't always give me enough information about the route I'm trying to do, or gives me a route to go the wrong way on a 1-way street, or to use that street at a location it doesn't go through. I just tried downloading Mapquest to see what routes are possible to go to a location where my ATM access would be free. I don't want to pay $4 at the other place I found. When I put in the address of where I want to go, and it makes up a route, I hit the list button so I can read all the directions. How do I get the other routes I can use? I tried their website, and I can't figure out how to get it to switch to walking directions, and highways just don't work when you're blind. I've always been shown routes I needed to know by whatever O&M instructor I had, but my VR counselor expects me to be able to take the bus anywhere it goes in town without the instructor's help. I can't seem to get the transit person to stay on the phone long enough and explain all the rest of the directions, as they want me to do, and holding up the bus once we arrive to try getting it from the driver is bad. Is there a better site or app I could use to figure out alternate routes, and to know exactly what streets I would be crossing when it says "Go 0.3 miles on Pine Street and turn left on Adams" if I don't already know them. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" 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/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" 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/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" 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/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" 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/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" 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/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" 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/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
