does anyone know what this means? what is the focus with voice-over thing about?
Sent from The dark side of the moon > On 1 Jul 2019, at 17:07, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just downloaded this app and it looks very interesting, clean and simple. > The record button is right there (no pun intended) on the main screen. > All you have to do is to double tap on it to record a location. Keep in mind > that this only works if your GPS accuracy is at least 8 metres or better, but > it will tell you if it is not. > You can later on double tap and hold the recordings button if you want to see > a list of your recordings/locations. > Looks like this app uses information from Open Street maps which > unfortunately often can be quite outdated. For example, it shows the “Hill > Top Pub” which is supposed to be about 400 metres away except that this pub > has been closed for about 3 years. > Considering this is a free app which allows for turn by turn navigation to an > address or location as well as providing nearby information and so on this is > a nice app to have for people who don’t want to pay for Seeing Eye or Nearby > Explorer. > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Andrew > J. LaPointe > Sent: Monday, July 1, 2019 7:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: the right hear app > > The instructions says that you can record something via the menu....How > do you get to the area to record an item or area that you want to use at a > later time? > > From: Dan > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2019 10:13 AM > To: 'Sandy Tomkins' via VIPhone > Subject: Re: the right hear app > > I can see use for the beacons in an unfamiliar very large environment. > However, if it is a commonly visited place and you have the time and help you > could just go to places within the site and record a label and then the app > would recognize it from then on when you visit again. When I tried it it > actually got me within a few feet if I missed it. I am considering using it > for when I am working in the yard. I can drop a tool or bag of tools or > whatever. I can then record the label for that location and if I need to get > back to that bag of tools I can rotate the phone until I hear "bag of tools" > or whatever I labeled it and then walk to it. > > > > Since I have taken to using my cane in the yard to avoid the toys and other > debris my grandchildren move around getting within a few feet should allow me > to find the item with my cane. > > > > Interesting app indeed. > > > > Dan Beaver > > On 7/1/2019 9:17 AM, 'Sandy Tomkins' via VIPhone wrote: > hi Tali, > > Thanks for jumping in here. It seems to me that there are, at least, 2 > possible use options for RightHear. 1. in large public spaces, airports, > railway stations, hospitals, hotels etc. 2. Domestic use, as expressed here, > labelling the post box, a particular tree as a landmark, gates etc. Could you > comment on how this latter option might be acquired by some of us? I, for > example, live on an acre of land, in rural ireland, and would love to be able > to label and find different landmarks outside of my house, would this be > possible?i might also want to take these same labels with me on holiday and > use them there, with new info recorded on them, would this be something I > could easily do? Also, what kind of range will they cover and are they > weatherproof? > > Sorry if this puts pressure on you, but i am very interested in the > answers!! > > Sandy. > > Sent from The dark side of the moon > > On 1 Jul 2019, at 12:56, Tali Sarnetzky mailto:[email protected] wrote: > > Hi everyone. > > I have the pleasure of working with these developers on the Right Hear > app and, as said before, it works with beacons within buildings to > provide information. It also shows a list of places that have this > accessibility feature in them, allows you to get directions to the > place or use an Uber-like service to get to an accessible venue, and > call someone for help if you are lost within the venue. > They work ceaselessly on making it a better app and always welcome > suggestions and feedback from users. They also hope to venture out of > Israel and offer accessible venues in other countries. (This is > getting implemented as we speak.) > > Cheers, > Tali > > On 7/1/19, Richard Turner mailto:[email protected] wrote: > > Hi Sandy, > Thanks for the explanation and the belief that I'm not often confused, > grin. > Sieghard had found information on their web site, which I didn't think to go > investigate. I kind of assumed that it would have been in the app store > description. > But, yes, bluetooth beacons have been around for several years now. > I just wish all the different approaches would come together into one > standard. > Blind Square was one of the earlier apps that I recall having worked out > navigating this way for indoor navigation, though there were others before > them. > Now the American Printing House for the Blind is working on them and these > Right Hear folks, etc. > I know mainly that the United States is way behind other countries in > adopting this kind of technology. > However, some airports have begun using them. > I had read about San Francisco having 500 beacons in one of their terminals > so that a person who is visually impaired with the right app, (no memory of > which app) could even find an outlet to recharge their devices. > I think this would be perfect for places like museums, etc. I know some > malls have them, and maybe one day they will be more wide spread. > Later, > Richard > > > Check out my web site at: > www.turner42.com<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.turner42.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C633c05971fbe4621637e08d6bb714c96%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636902492616129219&sdata=9qG6zwn2QJ9Xe5fJyao6MewzLG36u7TAieLK72Tg19c%3D&reserved=0> > “The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of > flying. There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack > lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." --Douglas > Adams, from Life, The Universe and Everything, p.59 > > > The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't > have any." -- Alice Walker > > > On Jul 1, 2019, at 3:24 AM, Andrew J. LaPointe > <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, this Righthear App, how far can you be to locate an object?? I > just came home from the deep woods of New Hampshire and this may have been a > good tool for me to have. How would this differ from a wireless door bell > system? Andy and Shubert > > From: 'Sandy Tomkins' via VIPhonemailto:[email protected] > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2019 4:55 AM > To: [email protected]mailto:[email protected] > Subject: Re: the right hear app > > Richard, (the often confused? Close brackets never! > I understand that the labels are real and not virtual. if I remember > correctly, as I was researching this about a year ago, but got distracted > by other technologies along the way, The initial idea was to implement > these tags by way of consenting businesses/services et cetera, to make > public spaces more navigable. I asked them if I, as an individual, could > obtain beacons and implement them for myself. they thought this would be > possible, but then I moved onto other things and forgot about it. by the > way, my current and most favourite toy is the Sunu band. this works with > Sonar rather than Bluetooth. but back to RightHear, they are very > approachable, and seek to get new partners to work with, in different > countries. I will take a trawl through my zillions of old emails, never > deleted, and see if I can find some of my old correspondence. but the main > thing is this, in theory at least, this solution is much more accurate and > is much more suitable for micro navigation, such as that which was raised > in the original email, to find trees, postboxes, gates et cetera, Than GPS. > We do seem to be in a particular point in time when many potential solutions > abound, but none are quite perfected. Potential is exciting, but actuality > is much more satisfying! > Sandy. > > Sent from The dark side of the moon > > On 1 Jul 2019, at 00:28, Richard Turner > <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe Sandy will chime in on this. I also downloaded it and there are no > physical tags, so maybe I misunderstood her and the label was a virtual one, > and not a physical one. > Richard, the often confused > > > > > Check out my web site at: > www.turner42.com<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.turner42.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C0a189c2deee349c56c8208d6fe0e4898%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636975734634054109&sdata=flZC7b0NXn5vb%2FPNFCpNO91aJqXzpFKNymuhhXOAiSE%3D&reserved=0> > “The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of > flying. There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. 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Using these > recorded locations I think it would get a person to within a few feet of the > spot from what I can tell after trying it. > > > It also looks like you have to be at a given location in order to record a > label for that location. > > > -- > Dan Beaver (KA4DAN) > > -- > 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. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]mailto:[email protected]. 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