If you have space on your phone, that ability not to be dependent on your cellular company could be a big deal. It certainly was helpful for us last summer when we were traveling. There are places where cell phone coverage just isn't. If you got good coverage wherever you go, and a decent data plan, then maybe it's not a big deal. The downside is you have to download all of the maps. There is also an upside. If you are in a city where they have transit map coverage, you get that. I don't think blind square has that, does it? I admit I'm more familiar with nearby, and am impressed with the work that APH has done and continues to do on this app. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 31, 2016, at 10:14 AM, Cris Ali <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for clarifying this Richard. That makes Blind Square more attractive. > I do not care about voice commands, or even dictation for that matter. > I was just looking at the description of nearby explorer, and found the fact > that one can actually download the maps to the phone and avoid using data > while navigating very attractive. It is a hard choice to make. > > Regards, > > Cris > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Richard Turner > Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2016 12:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: which one would you choose, Blind square or nearby explorer and > why? > > > That is completely wrong. The only credits you would need to buy is if you > want to use the Voice Commands. That is an optional add on feature. > I have never used it. > I am usually in noisy places and don't trust voice commands in those > situations. > Richard > > > > > "A guy walks into a bar and says 'ouch!'" > (Sent from my iPod 6) > “By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others." > - Satsuki Shibuya > > > > > On Dec 31, 2016, at 9:19 AM, Cris Ali <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks David and Richard, > I am under the impression that one need to constantly buy credit to use Blind > Square. Of course my impression could be wrong. But if it is correct, I am > not in favor of subscription based or credit based apps. But as Richard > said, the turn by turn problem can be solved by launching another GPS app. > I like to hear more opinions before I decide which one I would choose. > Cheers, > > Cris > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > David Tseng > Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2016 12:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: which one would you choose, Blind square or nearby explorer and > why? > > They're not the same. If you want an all in one app for the blind, go with > Nearby Explorer. Blind Square does not do turn by turn though arguably its > point of interest database is larger. It might make more sense to compare > with something like Seeing Eye. > On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 8:53 AM Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > That depends on what you want from the app. > Blind Square is great for orientation. It will tell you street names as you > get to them. You can set it to track a location so as you get closer, it > tells you the compass direction and distance. It does not give you > turn-by-turn directions at this time. > However, if you search for a location in Blind Square, you can have it then > launch a turn-by-turn gps app to get your directions to that location while > it still speaks the streets as you come to them in the background. I often > use Blind Square and Google maps that way. It will also launch Navigon, Apple > maps, and now Seeing Eye GPS. > Nearby explorer is a turn-by-turn app that also speaks the cross streets and > gives a lot more information that can be customized. I believe its default > settings are way too talkative and distracting. > Someone else may give a very different answer, but I think if you are happy > with the GPS apps you have now, adding Blind Square would be the better > choice right now. > Richard > > > > "A guy walks into a bar and says 'ouch!'" > (Sent from my iPod 6) > “By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others." > - Satsuki Shibuya > > > > > On Dec 31, 2016, at 8:37 AM, Cris Ali <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > I have quite few GPS apps on my iPhone. But none of them is specifically > designed with the blind users in mind. Nonetheless, apps like maps, Navigan, > and google maps are very accessible. But if you want to get only one app > designed with the blind users in mind, which one would you choose? 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