Hi, What I guess I mean is how accurate is it? When blind square says street is right in front of me, am I right at the curb, or will their be slight turns and tiny side streets that aren't spoken?
On 9/17/19, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, nobody should say whether the apps can get you home safely since we do > not know your cane skills. > Can they assist you in getting there; absolutely. > Blind Square can speak the street names that you are coming to/crossing; > while Apple Maps tells you when to turn. > I set blind square to streets only so I'm not hearing a bunch of business > names etc when I really just want to know the streets. > Apple Maps or Google maps can be launched from Blind square to do the > turn-by-turn portion of the directions. > HTH, > > > Richard > > Always look out for #1, and be careful not to step in #2. > > > On Sep 16, 2019, at 2:50 PM, James English <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > How useful is blindsquare in an unfamiliar place, especially a very > busy one? If I am in say, the royal mile, and want to walk back to my > house around 1.5 miles away (I have no clue of the directions), could > blindsquare and apple maps get me there safely? With a cane, of > course. > > - James > > On 9/16/19, 'Karen Delzer' via VIPhone <[email protected]> wrote: > Could be very interesting; thank you. > > Karen > At 04:47 PM 9/15/2019, you wrote: > I also quite like the app Righthear which is free and it gives you a > lot of information about what is around you, you can record your own > points and it even has built-in turn by turn directions. In the > latest update you can tap on a button called "Lense" and it allows > you to open Be My Eyes or Cash Reader. I don't often require a money > reader because in Canada all the bills are marked with braille dots > and I always thought the money reader channel in the Seeing AI app > worked quite well, but this Cash Reader app blows everything out of > the water I have yet tried including the old Money Reader app which > became Nand Money reader. It is, however, not free, you can > subscribe monthly or annually or get a lifetime license for the full > version for $24.99 Canadian, in the US it is $17.99. > However, it supports dozens of currencies from the big ones like US > and Canadian Dollars to Euros, British Pounds, Australian and New > Zealand Dollars to pretty much everything from central and South > America, many European currencies from countries which aren't on the > Euro like some of the Scandinavian countries, many Asian as well as > African currencies. You would need to purchase the full version for > those, I think the free version only supports only the two lowest > denominations, here in Canada that would be the $5 and $10 bills and > they also offer a 2-week free trial. > I decided to simply buy it because I thought it could come in handy > if I go to the Philippines where my wife is from, there is no way to > distinguish their many Philippine Peso bills and it is also one of > the supported currencies. I tried it with a couple of Canadian > Dollar bills and I think by that time it was pretty dark so it was > using the phone's flashlight which you can set to be used > automatically if it's two dark and almost any which way I waved the > bill by the camera it recognized it instantly, front, back, on an > angle... it was actually quite impressive. You can also select if > you want to use the front or back camera, by default it uses the > back camera and for those who are hard of hearing you can even set > vibrations patterns for the different bills. Here is a link for the app: > > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapps.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fcash-reader-bill-identifier%2Fid1344802905&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ced598d27e03e4fa3da0c08d73aefdde8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637042674195202727&sdata=RwOUs1VuFkZA1AvROTXJN4kMKfT9AdPIy7SkWsLc2QI%3D&reserved=0 > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > 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]. 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