Buying credit is only required for Blindsquare's voice commands; other than that, it works great having bought"it!
Gera Enviado desde mi iPhone 5S > El 31/12/2016, a las 11:18 a.m., Cris Ali <filasti...@hotmail.com> escribió: > > 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > David Tseng > Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2016 12:10 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > 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 <richardturne...@outlook.com> > 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 <filasti...@hotmail.com> 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? If you > have to choose between blind square and nearby explorer, for example, which > of the two would you choose and why? > Cheers, > > Cris > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > 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. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://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 V iPhone list. > > 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. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://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 V iPhone list. > > 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. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://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 V iPhone list. > > 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. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://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 V iPhone list. 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