This was released on March 1. It's been in development for a long time and supposed to be "revolutionary" but the whole setup just seems inconvenient to me.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 12, 2018, at 7:54 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have no idea where anyone would have thought this app had newer info than > Blind Square. > As Ed said, it has lots of businesses that are not there any longer and is > missing a ton of places. > I did not check when this app was released, but I didn't find anything in > this app to recommend it. > You cannot seem to add a location, either it is there or it isn't. > Given the out of date points of interest, I will be deleting it and waiting a > few months if not a year to revisit it. > > Richard > > > > “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” > - Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1 > > On Mar 12, 2018, at 4:35 PM, Mr. Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> The only thing I have notice is the maps must be fairly old. Because when my >> wife was driving it announce places that were at least 15 years old and >> older. These places that it was announcing were no longer there and had not >> been there for over 15 years. It did seem to announce many places that no >> longer existed. So I am not sure what is up with this. >> Mr. Ed >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Cristóbal >> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 5:40 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Soundscape >> >> With some bone conduction headphones (I've got some Trekz Air headphones) >> it's ok. You can cut down on the chatter by turning off some announcements >> and speeding up the speech, but from what I can tell, it's only British >> English which in general is not a problem, but it would be nice if there >> were an American English voice option since some of the pronunciations can >> be rather . . . dynamic with the foreign accent. >> I don't know how comfortable I'd be walking around with anything over my >> ears like that in general, but some folks are better at this than others I >> suppose. >> The around me and ahead of me feature are nice in that they can offer >> context to what's around you instead of just focusing on the destination. >> Also, the Trekz aren't going to score you any style points if presentation >> is important to you. Not the type of headphones you're going to want to wear >> if you have to deal with meetings or need to be in any sort of professional >> setting and so on. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of M. Taylor >> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 11:19 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Soundscape >> >> Hello Kelby, >> >> I installed this app on my 8 Plus last week but have yet to launch it. >> >> I will do so this week and post my observations, on-list. >> >> The app sounds intriguing. I will probably use my Apple EarPods, the first >> time out. >> >> Of course, I am eager to learn of others' findings, as well. >> >> Mark >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Kelby Carlson >> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 9:49 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Soundscape >> >> Starting a separate thread on this since from what I can tell nobody has >> talked about this app yet. >> >> >> It looks as though Soundscape is pretty similar to BlindSquare in terms of >> the things it can call out and announce, with the big new feature being the >> 3D sound. This, however, assumes one has headphones that can safely be used >> outside, and this definitely isn't the case for me with only earbuds and >> over the ear headphones. So my question is is Soundscape even worth trying >> out and mostly just focusing on the non-3D announcements like >> interesections? 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